I stood right there letting the girl weep in my chest with my mind going completely blank. At this point, I don’t understand anymore. Dominic had already shown me who fake Yuna so there is a possibility even this one is not the real Yuna. I…I don’t know. Why should it matter to me anyway? Yuna to me has been dead long ago so I shouldn’t be bothered with it. I can just kill her right here without any trouble. She is completely vulnerable…
Yea…
I activated my Katana and soon, the girl noticed it and took a few steps back immediately. Her eyes had an expression of shock on her face and betrayal.
"W-what were you trying to do?" she asked me.
"Do you think you will be able to fool me a third time now?" I spoke coldly. "First the dream, then the fake, and now this? What? Are you going to be another fake Yuna that Dominic created?"
She looked at me surprised and hurt at the same time by my words. She clenched her fist before her chest and took a step ahead but I raised the sword before me before creating distance between us. I still can’t trust this girl honestly. Even though if I do, there is no knowing that she won’t be on Dominic’s side. Even though I am her brother, Dominic has technically brought her up. Which is also why it is such a big issue for me.
"Trust me, it is me. Yuna, I am your sister," she pleaded to me.
"I have been fooled twice by Dominic before, so it’s not easy for me to just trust your words," I said holding my sword tighter. "And even if you are Yuna, how can you prove that you are not on Dominic’s side? Dominic wants me for my blood and is after my life."
"I…know that…." she said keeping her head down with her fist trembling. "But…I don’t want that. Nii-chan is my family and I still love him a lot. The thought that you are still alive kept me keep going. Even as a toddler, I remembered everything about you and our parents."
"So what?" I spoke with words colder than ice. "What are your motives then? Will you be on the side of your family or that vampire? If you are on my side, know that I am out there to kill Dominic."
Listening to my question, she went silent and her shoulders dropped. I knew it, she would want to be on Dominic’s side.
"Both…" she muttered.
"What?"
"I said both…" she said looking me right in the eyes. "I want both of you to live. Nii-chan is my family and I still love him a lot even though I didn’t get to see him for so many years. I knew you were alive and somewhere that pushed towards something. I made it my goal to even find you. That gave me some purpose in life again…because…I don’t know what I will even do being a vampire."
Her words sounded heartfelt and every single one of them had a depth and power to it that could make anyone believe these words were from the bottom of her heart. I believed that. I won’t say I am the best at knowing people’s intentions or what they want from how they talk and all but I could say with a gun pointed to my head. These words from Yuna were the truth.
"I mean, what will I even do? Sleep in the night, drink human blood, do some chores for Father, and then what? I am a being who just cannot die of aging," she said and I gently lowered my sword.
"Isn’t that a good thing though? That you just cannot die, you would have so much time to do whatever you want," I started having a casual conversation with her.
"Whatever I would have wanted to do was something someone can do when the sun is up. Like going to school, I don’t have a lot of friends myself. The ones I do are people way older than me by centuries and even though I love their company things just won feel right in a way," she said and started walking towards the wall and sat down. She pulled her knees closer to her chest and buried her face in them. "I…did make a friend though you know. His name was Yuji."
"A boy?" I said raising my eyes and she blankly stares at me.
"Do you think it’s a good time to be protective of your little sister?" she said with a pout on her face. "It’s not like I had any romantic interest in him anyways…"
"So he was just a friend?" I asked her.
"Yep, just…a friend…who is no more…" Yuna said her voice getting meeker with each word.
I could see her demeanor shift and sadness overtook her face. From the looks of it, I could only imagine the worst and think the boy died somehow and that was related to the vampires Yuna knows. Or worse…she herself.
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Her hands started trembling and she stared at them as if there was something disgusting on them. Her eyes started tearing up and I could see the look of fear and horror on her face. "I-I d-don’t…know…I don’t know…I don’t know what to do…"
I hate myself.
I went and sat right next to her and grabbed her hand tightly. What am I even doing? Just a moment ago I was so sure she might just be a fake but…when I look over at her. The raw vulnerable side that she is showing me right now. All senses make no sense anymore. Every logic I created in my mind to not believe her was shattered. Right now it was not a talk between a vampire and a human.
But an older brother and his sister.
"Nii-chan…" she looked over at me and I leaned her head on my shoulder.
"Don’t worry, you have me with you right now," I said calmly and pat her head. "You can cry if you want, you did really well survive like this. I’m proud of you."
And right then, again.
Tears started rolling down her eyes but these were different. These were not out of fear or sadness. These were out of relief, feeling a sense of security. I continued caressing her hair gently and smile at her. She leaned in even more on my shoulder holding my arm completely and I just let her. Right now, we both were completely vulnerable to each other. If anyone were to strike the other right now, the other person would die.
"I have been so scared…all this time…" she muttered and I kept patting her head. "I…even though the people I met are really nice and kind to me, I still felt all alone and lonely. I could easily put up a façade but…how long will this go on…?"
"I…don’t know…" I said honestly and Yuna looked at me.
"Hey, Nii-chan," she called me out and I looked at her. The tears in her eyes had dried out and all that were left were her eyes glowing in contrast to the place we were in. "If…If I were to die at anytime soon, I just want to die without any regrets."
"What are you saying?" I asked Yuna and she just smiled and looked in front of her. "Honestly, I don’t have too many things I wanted to do but I wanted to visit an amusement park."
"Amusement park?"
Hearing her innocent request, my heart sank understanding that Dominic probably never let her or took her to see any places like this. What I fear more is that he probably has kept her locked inside the four walls of places he has lived in. But I don’t really know what really happened to her.
"So…Dominic, how did he take care of you?" I asked her and she had a sad smile on her face.
"Well, he kept me fed and always took care of my safety. He said I should know how to fight my own battles so I used to train with him a lot. I was never really allowed to go outside even though I sneaked out sometimes which…he later made me regret…"
Hearing that, I just clenched my fist really hard. Does this have to do anything with that Yuji kid? So I was correct, he kept her inside most of the time like a prisoner. Knowing Dominic, I thought he would have brainwashed her a lot more than how it seems right now. By her words, she is not a blind follower of him but she did have a connection with him.
"So, you said you want both of us to live but we both are at each other’s throats, remember?" I reminded her and tried clearing out how ridiculous her request was. "In this battle, one of us will die Yuna- "
"NO!" she screamed at the top of her lungs and hugged me. "I won’t let that happen!"
She held me really tight slowly crushing my bones but I kept a straight face trying to hide away the pain I was in. Showing that I was being crushed by a force that would bring down even big houses in a click wouldn’t be the wisest decision.
"I cannot let that happen! Both Nii-chan and Father are important to me!" she screamed. "I just can’t!"
"Then what do you think is the solution? I’m sure Dominic sent you here to bring me to you," I said.
"He did and that’s why I’m here. To tell you to not go to him, he will kill you," she said holding me even tighter. Okay, please have some mercy on your long-lost brother my former dead sister. "Nii-chan, please go right back to where you came from. Go as far as you can from Father. You don’t understand but he is already ready for you to attack him."
"I know," I said in a calm voice.
"Then- "
"But I have someone very important to me trapped there," I spoke out and took a deep breath.
Yes, I know this is a big trap and Dominic will have an upper hand. But part of my brain is not listening to any logic and is just asking me to march forward. If this is the day I die so, be it.
But I will not sit still and do nothing.
That’s exactly why I’m doing this.
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