Red Thread

Chapter 5

"I'm so sorry, y/n-sama. I'm sorry I can't help you" she sobs as she helps bandaging your battered legs. You could smell the blood. "It's..alright." you smiled weakly as you looked at her. She is one of the workers that work for the house and everyone in the house is too scared of your aunt. That includes you. Since both of your parents died, they let your aunt be your guardian. Your grandmother tried to take you in but none of the family agreed due she is too old to take care of you and your sister. Even the side of your mother's family couldn't fight your aunt back. Your older sister was eloping with her boyfriend, she did ask you to run away with her but that night, your aunt ended up catching you. You told your sister to leave without you. Did you regret it? No, never you regret it. Because you want at least one of you to escape this crazy place. That shrine is the only place where you could feel at ease but now, you aren't even sure they will allow you to go back there.

Just like what your aunt has said and you did expect all of these. It's been a month since that day. She won't even let you out of the house. She is personally the one that took over your etiquette lesson. You flinched when felt her rattan slapped your arm "How many times I told you?! Why can't you do as I've told you! Do it again from the beginning!". You took a deep breath before again you redo it from the beginning. You've been doing otamae for almost five hours now and you already lost count how many green tea you've made. You couldn't even feel your legs anymore. After seeming satisfied with the result, your aunt sighed "Why did it take you this long to understand? What have you been doing all these times? This is why you shouldn't hang around someone who is from different status. He is not worthy of our family, y/n. What your sister did-" you looked up at her as clearly you are upset when someone bad mouthing people you cherish "He isn't a bad person and my sister deserves to have her happiness.". Hearing that, she splashed the warm tea to your face before slapped your cheek "You cheeky little.. Who teaches you to talk like that? Go to your room and repent.". You remained silent before politely bowing your head and leaving the room. Your whole day just ends up as your aunt finding fault with you. You? As long as she only cusses at you, you will take it. As long as she won't drag people you care about, you won't fight back much. Because you know, at this very moment, no one will be willing to help you out. Not until you could convince your grandfather who is the head of this curse family.

You sighed as you glad that the day was finally over. You locked your bedroom door and changed your clothes into something more comfortable. You stare at your wardrobe, they're all traditional clothes. Ah how you envy those girls that wear casual cute clothes. Just when you are getting ready for bed, you hear a faint knock on your window.

-Mitsuya's POV-

He has been visiting the shrine but he couldn't find you and it's been a month since the last time he saw her. Since she doesn't have a phone, he tried to go to her place and of course the security turned him down. Finally one of her juniors ends up telling him what was going on, that she is grounded because her aunt catches her being dropped by a guy home at night. He felt like his heart ached. Guilt builds up inside of him. He did know how strict her family is but he never expected it would be that strict. No wonder she didn't even have a phone. Thanking her junior for the information, he took out his phone and made a call "Hey.. I need your help..".

"You better buy us peyoung, mitsuya" Baji smirked as he, mitsuya, and chifuyu parked the bike not far from her house gate. "Keep it down, baji.. Now help me climb this damn wall" he spoke as quietly as possible. "Mitsuya... Good luck", chifuyu gave him a thumbs up after helping Mitsuya climb up that wall then jumped to the tree. "Baji-san, is Mitsuya always like this?" chifuyu leaned to the wall. Baji just shrugged his shoulders "Don't know.. But he said he needed help. He would do the same for us if we asked for his help. That is just how he is, but this.. This is kinda cringy". "I think this is kinda romantic. Girls dig that, baji-san.. Still I didn't expect she is filthy rich.." chifuyu chuckled as he glanced at the house behind that wall. "Isn't this like the story..What is it again? Beauty and monster? You know, the girl drank poison and died in the forest with some little people", Chifuyu looked up at baji feeling confused. "What story is that?? Did you mean Beauty & The Beast? The one that drinks poison is Romeo & Juliet,baji-san. They didn't die in the forest. The one who died in the forest is Snow White, she ate poisonous apricot ".

He saw the lights still on from her room and he could see her shadow as she brushed her long hair. He saw the big branches big and strong enough to support him. Carefully he got closer to the window and knocked on the glass a few times. He did as quiet as he could. Seems she did hear it as he could see from her shadow that she is getting closer. The time she saw him, She gasped in surprise. The time he saw her face, his heart fluttered like the first time he fell for her "Sup. It's been awhile, l/n..".

-End of Mitsuya's POV-