Tomorrow never came. Yuno was terrified to go check up on her parents. When they weren't silent, she could hear them arguing fiercely and it made her nervous. One time when it was quiet, she had gone to open the door, only to immediately be assaulted by a string of curses. She had hurriedly shut the door and moved away from the room. Another time she had managed to slip them a tray of food when they were both sleeping, but it just involved her sliding the tray at the cage from a partially cracked door – she didn't want to face them.

Yuno was honestly at a loss as of what to do. She couldn't let them out, even though she wanted to. Her parents had never been this mad before. If her mom punished her so badly for things like missing curfew or talking back, what would she do to her for something like this? And now even Papa was angry at her and thought she was a bad girl. He wouldn't defend her this time. Yuno's small form began to tremble as she thought of the worst case scenario. Her whole plan had hinged on the fact that they would apologize to her – she hadn't expected them to stay mad at her and she hadn't planned ahead for that.

Yuno tried to open the door once more, but she lost her nerve when she heard a shout of "Yuno!" from the other side.

After that, it was a few days until she tried again. Everything was silent and had been for a while now. Maybe even a whole day. Come to think of it, how long had it been since she slid that tray of food in? She was so worried about her situation that she had lost track of time. Her parents would need food again soon. She was dreading it, but maybe now that they were a bit weakened, she could reason with them without them screaming at her. So she steeled her nerves, prepared a tray of food, and cautiously opened the door.

Mama and Papa were lying on the ground, sleeping. She smiled a little. They looked peaceful, at least. She crouched down beside the cage and set the food down.

"Wake up…I brought something to eat." Neither one budged. She gently reached out and shook her dad's arm, but quickly pulled her hand away. It was cold and felt funny. She touched her mom's arm and it felt the same way. Now that she looked closely, Mama's eyes weren't closed. That was odd; she was sleeping with her eyes open?

A funny wave of panic started setting in, though she wasn't sure why. "Mom, Dad, wake up…you two need to eat something! Get up!" She said, a little more urgently than before. Yuno shook the cage, but still no response.

"They must be exhausted if they're sleeping so soundly…" She tried to convince herself and laughed a little to herself, though nothing was funny. "I'll leave the tray and let them rest." There was something unsettling about the still way they were laying there, though. They didn't even look like they were breathing. Her mom's glassy eyes seemed to stare right at her.

"They aren't sleeping." Yuno stared back at her mother's lifeless gaze. "They aren't sleeping…oh god…" She began to repeat to herself as the ugly truth set in. It was too much for her. Yuno leaned against the wall to support herself, feeling dizzy.

"They're not sleeping. They're de-" Yuno's mind suddenly blanked out before she could finish the thought.

…What had she just been thinking about? As she turned around and quickly walked away from the room, she tried to remember.

A/N: Yep, this is the first time Yuno deals with her memory problem in the story, though she's probably had problems before, when her abuse became too much. Two more chapters of this and then I promise I'll get to some Yuki/Yuno stuff! Sorry that it's taking so long, but I think Yuno's relationship and past with her parents is a really important part of her character, and one that gets brushed over a lot. So I hope you all don't mind that I'm taking some time with it.