Three years past: December 25th

The doorbell rang so Ayoko raced to the door to greet her friends, Yuki and Meghan. The girls rushed in, hugging their friend and handing her their gifts.

"Happy Birthday" the pair wished as they took off their coats.

"Thank you" Ayoko smiled as she set her presents down with the rest of the gifts under the Christmas tree.

"Hello girls" Erza greeted as she entered the room with Lucy, Mira and Lisanna.

"Hello" they replied shyly.

"Mum can we start now, please" Ayoko begged.

Erza had arranged for her daughter to have a girl's night for her 9th birthday, while Kiyoshi would be spending time with his dad, Gray and Natsu.

"Of course we can, but first, could you go and fetch your brother down" Erza smiled as she brushed her hand over her daughters rosy red cheeks.

Ayoko smiled as she made her way up the stairs to find her brother.

"Kiyoshi?" she called as she entered their bedroom, but he wasn't there, she suddenly heard water splashing around from inside the bathroom.

"Kiyoshi?" she called again as she gently knocked the bathroom door.

She heard movement as she turned the handle; her mother had removed the lock on the door to stop her brother from shutting himself away for hours. As she entered she saw her brother laying in a deep bath of water, she rushed over to him, pulling him up. The blue haired wizard coughed as air filled his lungs; he wiped his face before turning his head towards his sister.

"What are you doing?" she questioned.

Her brother looked at her; he rested his head on her shoulder as he sat in her arms.

"Wer…were you trying to" she stuttered, but she didn't need him to answer her. He slipped his arm around her as he buried his head into her neck.

Over the past three years her brother's personality had disappeared altogether, she felt there was nothing left of him. She held her tears as he clung to her, Ayoko had noticed he had begun to pull towards her, if he cried or needed someone he would go to her. Though he would never tell her what was wrong, all she could do was hold him; it broke her heart that she couldn't help him.

"Natsu and Gray are here" their mother called from the bottom of the stairs.

Kiyoshi's grip on his sister tightened, Ayoko nodded, understanding he didn't want their mother to know how he was feeling. She felt terrible about keeping secrets away from her, but if she told she was afraid she'd lose her brothers trust and she couldn't leave him with no one.

"We're coming down now mum" Ayoko called.

She reached over for the towel and handed it to her brother; before she could do anymore for him he gently pushed her away and walked off into their bedroom. The purple haired wizard sighed as the short moment between the two ended.

Kiyoshi shut the door behind him before resting his back against the door; slowly he slid down the cold, hard wood. He placed his face in his hands as he thought about how stupid he had been, taking his own life wouldn't fix anything, it would just hurt those around him more. But he didn't know what else to do, he felt so lost and so scared.

"Kiyoshi" Ayoko gently knocked on the door but didn't try to turn the handle.

There was a pause before he heard her placing herself against the wood and slowly sliding herself down, the twins sat back to back, with a barrier between them though Ayoko felt more further away from him than she had ever felt since they were born.

"Kiyoshi…I'm scared"

Her brother moved his head from his hands as he turned and listened to his sister.

"I'm scared of losing you, I'm terrified you've fallen so far from the path you were supposed to take that no-one not even me can pull you back"

Kiyoshi turned his body as his heart filled with guilt, he heard his sister silently crying behind the door.

"Please, please don't leave me, don't ever think you have to face what you fear alone, I will always be here for you, always Kiyoshi, promise me, please promise me you won't leave me?" she gently wiped her face as her tears escaped from her eyes.

Kiyoshi slowly slid his hand under the door; Ayoko looked down at the small palm before placing her hand over his.

"I promise I won't ever leave you" he called out from behind the door.

"I love you" she held his hand tighter as tears poured down her soft cheeks.

Kiyoshi smiled as he felt his sister gently squeeze his hand.

"I love you to Ayoko"

The pair sat for a moment, not saying anything, the silence between the two was enough. They had each other and that's all that mattered right now, their bond wasn't as strong as it used to be that was true but it was still there, it could still be felt. Even through the fear and hurt, Kiyoshi knew his sister would always be at his side, always. And she knew no matter how darker secret he kept from her, she could and would pull him back into the light. Kiyoshi lifted his right hand up and brushed it over the nursery rhyme his dad had painted for him. The words were hardly visible now, after the amount of times he had tried to erase them. But it was no use, the stars were his guide no matter how much he tried to run away, they were always there, in the sky looking down on him. He traced his finger over one of the white stars.

"I'm ready to listen, show me the way to the light, guide me and I promise I will never shut away from you again, please help me face my fear" he whispered.

"Alright everyone time to blow out the candles" Erza smiled as she held out the chocolate oreo cake.

The twins stood side by side as everyone sang happy birthday to them, Ayoko smiled as her family's faces looked down on her. She took hold of her brother's hand, this time he didn't flinched away from her touch. He looked at her and did something she hadn't seen him do for over a year. He smiled at her.

"Make a wish" their mother smiled as she brought the huge homemade chocolate cake closer towards them.

Kiyoshi lifted his left arm up, brushing his hand through his dark blue hair; slowly he moved the dark strand from his face. Ayoko looked at him as tears filled her eyes; his light tattoo glowed as he gently squeezed her hand. Slowly they closed their eyes and blew out the candles, making their 9th birthday wish together.

A/N: Sweet chapter right? I loved writing it, from here on out, Kiyoshi will begin to try his best but not after meeting someone first ;) lol I haven't stopped writing for you guys…! I thought my computer crashed and I had lost all my work, but not its ok :D Yay ^.^ The upcoming chapters are awesome, can't wait to show you guys….!

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