Chapter 23 Ayano Aishi: The storm has come, with horrible revelations

So we decided to research the mysteries of Akademi. Finally the great day had come.

First we investigated the painting in the art room. It's of a woman, and it is said that her eyes move, when you watch the artwork alone. We did not find such a thing but you can boost your courage looking at the image.

The second mystery were twin mirrors. A student got scared here at night, and saw strange things in the mirrors. Again we did not find anything here.

Third mystery is a baseball which had allegedly moved on its own once. Again, no proof.

Fourth mystery, a piano that allegedly played itself once, again, no luck at confirming abnormal activities.

Fifth mystery a mannequin in the nurse´s office that had allegedly moved once. Again, no luck.

Seventh mystery, the confession cherry tree. It is quite an impressive tree. We did not find anything, except for a secret entrance to a hidden cave. We would try and move the boulders later though.

And finally the sixth mystery.

Now we would explore the final mystery of Akademi. The third bathroom stall. Here the school friend of Father vanished back in 1989. I got a really horrible feeling about this, maybe this is why I have delayed the exploration of this mystery for so long.

Anyways I went in front of everyone as always. I might be hesitant and worried, but don´t get me wrong, I am no coward. So here goes nothing. I went into the bathroom stall first and grabbed my phone and saw…. Her.

It is really her. A ghost. Staring at me. Sumire Saitozaki. She was killed after all. Shit my heart is suddenly beating so fast and I am getting dizzy and twitchy.

"H-hello? A-Are y-you S-sum-mire? F-fath-thers f-friend?"

She looked at me and I winced so hard.

"YES, AND YOUR MOTHER MURDERED ME HERE! I AN STUCK HERE FOR AN ETERNITY AND CANT DO ANYTHING! IM STUCK´HERE! STUCK! CURSE HER! CURSE HER! I WANT HER TO DIE! I COUDN´T EVEN SAY GOODBYE TO MY PARENTS!"

The hopelessness, rage and loneliness in her voice were overwhelming. This triggered something deep inside me.

Suddenly the dam, which had held inside me for such a long time, burst with a great explosion and ….

The memories flooded to me so suddenly and utterly and so thoroughly overwhelmed me .

I was so happy! Dad was back from work! "Daddy look!" I showed him my favourite toy, a stuffed rabbit. I was so happy. Dad looked at me and smiled, but mother took him and walked away with him. He looked sad. "Daddy! Don't leave me!"

Suddenly a cold hard hand grabbed my shoulder and Mother towered over me, her face was cold and terrifying. "Your happiness is not with your father! Your happiness is with your senpai!" she said with a terrifying voice. I shuddered and started crying and tried to move away from her.

Suddenly father came back into the room and he was angry. Mother and father shouted at each other! IT WAS HORRIBLE! I started crying! I did not understand what they were saying , because their voices were so fast and loud but at the time it felt as if the world was ending. Did I cause all of this mess? Why doesn´t mother love me?

It got bad. Mother took a knife and sliced at my father and some red blood fell onto the floor. At that exact moment something in me broke. I suddenly felt numb. So numb… cold…. Empty. It did not hurt as much any longer. But now I know that I just repressed all those emotions for all those years.

I had stumbled and fallen in the yard and my knee was scraped and hurt.

"Daddy my knee hurts!" Father looked at me with concern but suddenly mother took him away.

"No Ayano, don't be selfish!. You mom needs your Dad tonight"

Even more memories of me being neglected and not taken seriously flooded my mind. They. were. SO! MANY!

It hurt! Why did you abandon me! MOM, WHY!

I cried so much. I was so overwhelmed. I knew with a final certainty beyond doubt that I wasn't lacking emotions, I just supressed them really hard, because they were too painful, too overwhelming, and I had to be on good terms with my mother to survive. I had distracted myself with the books, the chemical formulas and the building of the androids.

I SHOULDN`T EVEN EXIST! I ONLY EXIST BECAUSE MOTHER KIDNAPPED FATHER!

He loves me despite all of it, but still…

Mother just wants me to be her copy, despite loving me , it-

…

MOM YOU ARE A KILLER! FUCK YOU, YOU MONSTER! YOU HAVE GIVEN THE CURSE TO ME!

YOU HURT FATHER, YOU HURT ME, YOU HURT SUMIRE, AND THE DEVIL KNOWS HOW MANY PEOPLE ELSE YOU HAVE HURT!

WHY CAN´T I HAVE A NORMAL FAMILY AND NORMAL PARENTS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE? WHY? WHY? JUST WHY?

…

The remaining lights in the bathroom stall flickered and went out, but I did not notice anything else anymore, as I went unconscious.

Then I woke up at the Infirmary. Oka chan ,Yaku kun, the occult club members and the science club members all … looked at me worriedly.

"I-i m fine" I said weakly.

No… I wasn´t. I wasn't fine at all. I was crazy fucking paranoid and now I knew the truth…

I felt horribly nauseous and leigh headed and dizzy and there was such a tight feeling in my chest and I wanted to cry so badly…

It hurt. It couldn´t be…no way….

WHAT DO I DO NOW?