I jumped back away from the door and right there stood Dominic with a girl. He had a calm smile on his face and was wearing a black long coat with a black shirt underneath and a white cloth coming out of his collar. He had his hand on the girl’s shoulder and she looked completely fine with that. On the other hand, she had her eyes really wide and was looking in my direction with excitement.
"…chan…" I couldn’t really hear her too well since she talked in such a low voice. "NII-CHAN!!"
The girl got out of Dominic’s grasp and jumped right at me. She had her arms wide open going in for a hug but I stepped back a little having her land right on her feet holding her balance. She looked at me a bit confused and I couldn’t bear looking right into her eyes. I could have easily noticed those eyes anywhere. I have seen those eyes every day in the mirror.
Her eyes were the same as mine.
"So you are Yuna?" I asked her in a flat tone without looking into her eyes.
"Hmmm? Yes, I am," she said in a cheerful voice. "I am your sister, Shiba Yuna."
Tch.
I sighed and looked over at Dominic who still had an amused smile on his face. This bastard is really finding this amusing. I realized why he wanted to send her to me. It wasn’t part of any plan, nor a way to gain an advantage over me.
He just wanted to do it for his amusement.
That bastard.
"Is that all?" I asked Dominic and he chuckled. "You said you wanted to send her to me. Anything else that you wanted to do?"
"Don’t be cold now Kazuki-kun. You got reunited with your dead sister. You should be happy and hugging her. You literally saw her after thirteen years so shouldn’t it be a bit more emotional than that? She even introduced herself," he said adding fuel to the flame that was burning inside of me.
"Hello, I am Shiba Kazuki, nice to meet you," I said looking at the girl and looking back at Dominic. "Anything else?"
He looked straight into my eyes and I could feel his gaze piercing right through my body. Those eyes of his have been bothering me since the moment I saw them. They say you can know a lot about a person if you focus on their eyes, their face but mainly their eyes. If seen properly, those eyes can tell a tale of thousand words without even saying anything in a fraction of a second.
But Dominic’s were different.
They were overwhelming.
Whenever I looked into them. I could feel, not a thousand words, but a thousand stories that they are telling me. He has been through a lot, seen a lot, and survived through a lot. His eyes had an elderly and calm feel to them. Yet, they were absolutely terrifying. It feels like if I stare into them too much I would be pulled into hell. A place full of torture and torment awaits me behind those two pupils.
Those were the feeling he has given me this entire time.
"Looks like my job is done now," Dominic said and turned around. "Yuna is your property now. I am no longer taking the responsibility of taking care of her. She is your problem now."
"Wha- "
Before I could say anything at all, Dominic started to walk away. "No, wait!" I shouted at him but he did not stop, he kept walking and walking. By the time I reached the door, I looked and saw an empty and cold corridor.
I let out a sigh and turned around seeing the girl standing right at the entrance of the living room looking just as startled as I was. I swear to god, I can never understand what is going on in Dominic’s mind.
"So…that happened…" I said very awkwardly while the room was in complete silence. I honestly had no idea what to even say to the girl. Whenever I looked at her, I turned my gaze. The words in my mouth are not coming out and I seriously have no idea what I am even supposed to do with her. "Anyways, looks like you didn’t really need to be here Koto. Sorry I called you tonight."
"It’s fine Senpai. I don’t really mind coming to your place so I have no issues at all and now that I know where you live. I can just come by whenever I want to," Koto said with his hands in his pocket in a casual manner. "So, what do we do about your sister?"
"I…honestly have no idea," I spoke my mind. "I was wondering if Dominic was lying or not and by the look of it…it seems like he wasn’t but…after that, I don’t know what to do anymore. Also, the fact that what he just said."
We all looked at the girl and her eyes started to water. Everything happened so quickly that she was not able to even process what actually happened to her. A few tears fell down her eyes and she jumped right at me. It happened so quickly that I didn’t even have time to react. So there I was, with a girl who is supposedly my sister hugging me and crying a little. Her body was rather warm honestly so I don’t really know if she was even a vampire but as soon as she hugged me, my questions were answered. I could feel it, her heartbeat.
It was faster than that of a human.
A sad expression overcame my face and I didn’t move at all. I just let the girl do whatever she wanted.
"Nii…chan…" I heard a little voice and looked down seeing the girl looking up at me. I turned my face away but I could see the expression on her face breaking in the corner of my eyes. "Why don’t you look at me…? What did I do…? I was told that they found you only some weeks ago. Before that, I had been made to believe that all of you were dead. I…was so happy to see you…"
"How?" I muttered.
"What?" she asked me and I looked at everyone else in the room.
"Guy, can you please leave the two of us alone?" I pleaded with everyone and the moment they got a look at my face, they just left the room. Without even a question. I peered the girl off my body and went to sit down on the couch. "Sit down."
They did as I said and sit right next to me. Again, my eyes were not on her and I was staring at the black television screen right in front of me looking at nothing honestly.
"Why are you not looking at me?" she asked. "What’s going on? Why are you ignoring me Nii-chan…? I don’t understand what is wrong. I missed you all so bad…I…I thought you all were dead. Our parents, you, I was told you all died ten years ago."
"Who told you that?" I asked her in a serious tone and looked at her. Her face relaxed for a second but got tensed again. "I asked you something. Who told you that?"
The girl did not answer. Rather, she wanted to but the words were not coming out of her mouth.
"I SAID WHO TOLD YOU THAT?!"
Finally, I lost my temper and shouted. The girl retracted a little with a scared expression on her face but at that moment, I didn’t really care about it. All I wanted to know was who told her that and if my guess is correct, I was going to lash out.
"F…"
"Say it," I commanded.
"Father…"
The words from her mouth instilled complete poison in my mouth. I grit my teeth in anger and the rage in me started boiling up. I had been holding it in since the moment I saw Dominic when he was at the door but now, I could not hold it any longer. I clenched my fist really hard and it started bleeding.
That wasn’t going to go unnoticed by the girl and she looked at the blood trickling down my palm with fear and excitement. Her eyes were slowly starting to turn red.
"N-Nii-chan…please…do something about…your…" I could see the girl was struggling a lot trying to not drink my blood.
"I am telling you this right now," I said in a cold tone and the girl looked at me. "Let’s say you actually are my sister- "
"But, I- "
"Don’t, cut me off. If you see me as an older brother, it would be better if you let me finish my sentence first," I said in a strict tone. The girl shut her mouth and just nod her head. "Even if you actually are my little sister, I cannot see you as one. The last thing I know about you was the fact that you were dead. I have seen your body with blood all over it being rushed to the hospital. I had seen the horrible scene of mom and dad breaking down right before my eyes. I had cried with them that day and loathed myself since the day."
As the words that hit her like absolute poison were coming out of my mouth, she held her head down, not seeing eye to eye with me anymore.
"Sorry…" she muttered.
"I am not asking for an apology. Honestly, you had nothing to do with all this and this is not your fault, but what I am saying is. You can see me as a big brother, I will even find a place for your lodging since you are apparently abandoned by Dominic," I said and I could feel without even seeing her face the emotions she was feeling. Hurt by every word I was saying but that was okay, I wanted that.
Do not hold on to me.
It would be better for you.
Hate me all you can.
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"I cannot see you as my little sister."
Yuna.
"I am repeating to make myself clear. To me, you are not my dead sister."
My sister.
"She is dead to me."
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