Finding Home || Kazutora Hanemiya

Chapter 31

Kazutora heard as you gasped loudly behind him, and he was afraid to turn around. But his body moved on its own, and when his eyes met yours, he could actually felt how his heart shattered into tiny pieces.

You were looking at him, with a frown on your face, mouth opened slightly, and your eyes started to well up with tears, while you were breathing heavily.

Kazutora slowly reached out his hand towards you, but the minute you saw him move, you took a step back, making the pain in his chest worsen.

Your eyes snapped to the man on the other side of him, eyeing him suspiciously.

"I'm sorry, but who are you?" you asked, almost in a demanding way.

The man's eyes widened, and his focus was moving from you to Kazutora, then back at you, then he finally looked at the woman.

She was looking at him with wide eyes, like she just realized something.

"I'm Keisuke Baji. I'm his best friend." he said slowly.

Your heart jumped in your chest at his words, but then you narrowed your eyes at him and Kazutora.

"His best friend?."

Kazutora closed his eyes and gulped. He slowly opened them and looked at you.

"Yeah. He's like my brother, he's the only family I have."

The tears in your eyes started to pour down on your face, while you felt as anger raised in your chest.

Suddenly a high pitched scream snapped all of you out of your frozen state.

"Daddy has a best friend?! Does that mean I have an uncle?!" the little girl Tora shouted happily, as she was looking up at Kazutora with joy in her eyes.

Kazutora's heart skipped a beat at the look on her face and at the words she said. He felt as a lump formed in his throat, and suddenly breathing became harder for him.

The little girl giggled and ran towards him, but before she could reach Kazutora, Baji stepped between the two of them and lifted Tora up in his arms.

"No, sweetie..."

"But..."

"It's complicated, okay?"

Kazutora saw as Tora looked at him with big eyes, and with a little disappointment in them. His heart clenched in his chest painfully, and his vision became blurry.

"Leah, take her in the house." Baji said as he gave his daughter to his wife.

Leah looked at Kazutora uneasily, but with a little bit of sympathy too, before she turned around and walked away with Tora, while the girl was still looking at Kazutora over her mother's shoulder. She waved at him, and Kazutora felt as his arm move on its own and he slowly waved back to her, making her smile.

"When did you get out?" Baji asked again, making Kazutora look at him.

"Yeah Kazutora, when did you get out of prison?" you asked angrily.

Kazutora looked at you in worry, and you saw as Baji's eyes widened at your reaction. He realized that you didn't know about his past.

"Y/N, I can explain it..."

You cut him off sharply.

"I can't wait."

Kazutora looked back at his friend uneasily. He was torn between explaining the situation to you and asking Baji why did he stop writing to him while he was in prison.

When you saw Kazutora turn away from you, you wiped your eyes angrily.

"You know what, I don't care, I don't wanna hear it." you said, turned around and started walking away with fast steps.