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Part 16: Too Late

Mio's POV

I tried to think of reasons on why she would do those things to me and all I did was hugging the person who was always there for our daughter even if she was the one I depended on then.

I'm not stopping. I shuddered at the mere thought of her and I pulled my knees closer then buried my face in them. My soul shivered as my mind grudgingly revisited Ritsu. I'm sorry.

Those cold eyes, those cruel thrusts – I bet she did not do it out of jealousy. She kind of did it because she could and it made me afraid of her or what she turned into. "Knock-knock, Mio?"

"Who's there?" I smiled the moment I noticed Kai poked his nosy head into my room while Risa struggled to hide her face against his chest. "Me teddy and papa!" she said with enthusiasm.

I was taken aback for the second time today, all because of the same reason – she seemed fixated that Kai was her father. I guess it's fine – Ritsu doesn't want her. "Yes, you're right," I nodded.

Ritsu's POV

"Hello." I bit my lips impulsively once I caught her familiar voice as I slumped alongside the wall, cowered in fear for something I did not know of. However, I believed I faced it before – but when?

"It's coming back, Mugi, I try to ignore them but I keep hearing their screams and shouts," I rambled on relentlessly while I looked around the empty room. "Where are you?" Mugi asked at once.

"I'm at Eri's, Mugi. She's asleep in her room upstairs," I answered briefly and took a deep breath before I carried on, "I met her again – I don't know but I'm sure I did something bad," I spluttered.

"What happened?" she probed and I caught a jingling sound, maybe from her set of keys. I was speechless for some time as I planned the words to say. "I don't kno–I said I don't know!"

"Relax," she chided as I pulled my hair restlessly and after a while, I managed to settle down. "All I remember is that I saw her before I blacked out and when I come around – it was just… too late."

To Be Continued

Author's Notes: Thanks for reading.