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We'll be right back (English)

(Note: This is after what happened in the Teaser, also contains anguish and references to strong topics, such as abuse)

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Caine: Well, I think we both learned something from that experience (fiddling with the knives stuck in Ponmi a bit)

Ponmi: (looking at Caine with dead eyes, trembling and with a bunch of knives stuck all over his body)

Caine: Well, let us get everything set up for the next act! We'll be right back, folks!

When the curtain closed, Caine and Ponmi went backstage

Caine: (stretches) Aaaaah! That act was exhausting, don't you think? (looks at Ponmi and reaches out her hand to her) Anyway, let me take your-

Ponmi: (walks away) D-don't touch me!

Caine: !

Ponmi: (with a couple of tears in her eyes, she runs off to a part of the backstage)

Caine: ...My dear?

At that moment, in a nearby dresser, its mirror turned black and a yellow eye appeared, looking at Caine it was code

Caine: ...I did something wrong, right?

Code: What do you think!?

Caine: (sighs and looks away sadly)

Code: (sighs) Just go talk to her, comfort her and she won't be afraid of you, okay? Can you try that?

Caine: ...Y-yes, I can

Code: Then go comfort her, come on, don't waste time

Caine: (goes off to find Ponmi)

Code disappeared from the dresser mirror...

A few seconds later, Caine found a sobbing Ponmi, sitting on a box and trying to remove the knives

Caine: Darling!

Ponmi: (gets scared and tries to hide behind the box while shaking, but she was perfectly visible)

Caine: (approaches her cautiously) Don't worry darling, I don't want to hurt you, I just... let me help you...

Ponmi: (trembling and sobbing) ...W-will you take the knives from me?

Caine: (snaps his fingers and a first-aid kit appears) I'll take them from you

A few minutes later, Ponmi was already cured and calmer, so she could talk more calmly, but she was still a little upset

Caine: ...Um...Sorry, for throwing all those knives at you...

Ponmi: Someone with common sense would know that that scares anyone...

Caine: Well, I don't seem to have... Especially when you spend a lifetime of loneliness...

Ponmi: Alone? But what about Bart Chompy? Doesn't keep you company?

Caine: You've seen how he acts with me, he hates me! It barks at me and tries to bite me!

Ponmi: Yes, but with me he doesn't do that

Caine: I guess he likes you...It's the first time he's been with a human soul, so it's no surprise that he instantly likes you...

Ponmi: ...I'm not the best person in the world either...

Caine: To me you are, and you're the first person I've ever met...

Ponmi: ...I've done bad things

Caine: ...Bad things?

Ponmi explained her past: Her father was an alcoholic who physically and sexually abused her and her mother. Even to make life hell for her, he made her hold the knife he used to harm her and stabbed himself in the stomach with it, leaving his daughter feeling guilty making her feel like a murderer (although Ponmi's mother never realized it, she thought that he had just been killed by someone random)

Ponmi: (starting to sob) I-I'm a terrible p-person...I-I'm-

At that moment she was interrupted by a warm hug from Caine

Caine: Darling, I may have known you for a day, but I'm sure you're not terrible. (He takes her by the shoulders and looks at her with determination) Your father was an asshole who only liked to see you sad... But I swear, I will not make you feel bad again, and it is my job to make you overcome your traumas, so together we can with everything!

Ponmi: ... (stops sobbing and smiles happily) Together?

Caine: (making a fist with determination and an affectionate tone) Together

At that moment the public was heard saying the names of both wanting them back on stage

Caine: Oh! That's right, the show (holds Ponmi's hand) Come on, dear! We have an ac- ...No, wait, if you want, let's go when you're ready

Ponmi: (gets up determined) I'm ready

Caine: ...Perfect then!

They both left backstage to return to the stage

Caine: We're back, folks!

Author's Notes:

I was very inspired by number-1-butcher-fan for this part, but hey

In this chapter Ponmi's traumas are explored and it is shown that Caine is a god's bread, there is not much more to say

...or if? 👀

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For my coloring pencils! I became a Twitter user! ...But at least I look like a cartoon from the 20s, that's clearly much better...