Yuki's POV
It's still weird waking up in the morning without Kira. I've started to get used to it, but am still adjusting, and if I never get her back, it'll be a long time before I get used to it.
When I walked into the kitchen, I heard the house phone ring. Picking it up off the receiver, I pressed the call button and held the phone to my ear. I heard Himeko's voice on the other line.
"Good morning, Yuki."
"Good morning, Himeko. What's up?"
"I was wondering if you thought about a plan yet."
"Ah....no. I haven't. Sorry about that."
"It's okay. Well, I'll call you if anything interesting happens over here. Good bye for now, Yuki."
"Alright. Talk to you later, Himeko."
With a click from Himeko's side of the phone, the call ended. I placed the phone back on its receiver and walked into the living room. I picked up the remote off from the table, pointed it at the TV, and pressed the power button, turning the TV on.
Sitting on the couch, I flipped to the news. I wanted to see if Kira appeared on the screen again, and when I flipped to the news, I stayed on that channel for a while. After fifteen minutes had passed, Kira didn't appear on the screen, so I turned it off.
"I guess she didn't cause any trouble last night. Maybe that's a sign. If we can find her, it might not be too late to get her back to her normal self, but that's only if we find her in time." I thought, my eyes drifting to the wall behind the TV as I continued wondering about Kira.
"What are you doing, Daddy?" I heard Akari's voice snap me out of my thoughts. Turning my head to my right, she was standing behind the couch and looking at me.
"Checking the news."
"Why?"
"Just seeing if anything interesting is on." I said, smiling at her and sitting up on the couch.
I'm not gonna tell her that her Mother robbed a bank the other day. That won't be good for her to know about.
Raising her hands above her head, Akari leaned closer to me and fell over the armrest and faceplanted onto the unoccupied couch seat next to me, but then pulled the rest of her body onto the cushion and straightened herself up.
"Where's Mommy?" Akari asked, crossing her legs as she sat on her couch cushion.
"Uh....she'll be back soon." I said, not knowing how else to tell my daughter that her Mother literally became a different person overnight two nights ago.
"How long is soon? I haven't seen her in two days!"
"I really don't know, Akari. I'm sorry." I said, looking away from her and turning off the TV.
Tilting her head, Akari's hands gripped her ankles tightly, giving me a look that screamed uncertainty.
"Did something happen to her?"
Figuring I couldn't hide the truth from her any longer, I decided it was best she knew about what happened to her Mother.
"Listen to me, Akari," I said, leaning closer to her, "it's true. Something happened to your Mother two nights ago."
Akari's eyes widened as she quickly withdrew her hands from her ankles, her head no longer tilted.
"Is she okay?" She asked, her hands withdrawing from her ankles and now holding on tightly to the couch cushion she was sitting on.
YOU ARE READING
Flowing Evil
Mystery / Thriller"You are the reason evil runs through my veins!"-Lord Garmadon. Imagine this: you were you, but then you weren't. Something happened to you that made you slowly lose yourself. 31 year old Kira Tachibanna knows exactly what that feels like. Sometimes...
