In Sickness And In Health (Yandere M. Genius x F. Reader x Yandere M. Prince)

Chapter 58: Flipped

(Y/n) thought that the entire ordeal with VLATO was over. Their top members had been given the death sentence for their actions and the person that had harmed Haru was disposed of. However, to her surprise, she was called to the palace to discuss something Mica had found relating to them. He had merely urged her to come as soon as she could, but, again, shocking her, Mica was not the one waiting for her. On the contrary, the second prince was there, a concerned look on his face. He stood up as she entered, some strange form of respect.

"Would you get in trouble for using your great uncle's name? Or do you outrank him?" she interrogated him, rolling her eyes, "Either way, I don't really appreciate being misled, and, yet again, I find myself questioning the security of Vethela."

"I didn't think you would come if the letter had my name on it."

"That's because I don't meet with people I don't trust. Then, if you don't mind - "

"Please, wait. This is in your best interest. While we were doing an investigation into VLATO, we happened to find your android."

At that, the younger girl paused, turning around and placing her arms over her chest. The blonde flushed and turned his head away, and, when she started walking towards him, he backed up as much as he could. Nonetheless, he cleared his throat and took out a USB. She cocked an eyebrow at it, wondering what he was planning on showing her. In fact, she was incredibly annoyed that he didn't actually have Sona's body. The fact that he still hadn't been found was beginning to weigh heavily on her.

"When they arrived at their base, your android - ," A pause, the male scratching the back of his neck, "He was already gone, but they held onto this. I transferred it onto my phone. Please, take a look."

As she took a glance at the device, she was met with a ton of writing before it transitioned into diagrams. He pointed at one of them, the girl taking her time to analyze it. Though she was notoriously bad with technology - with perhaps the only exception of video games - she could get a basic grasp of the content nonetheless. Then her eyes landed on her name, prompting her to focus on it. Before long, she had thrown the phone to the ground, shattering it. The blonde gave a blasé look.

"Are you kidding me?!" she screamed, grabbing at her shoulder and squeezing tightly, "Not a single fucking word! Not one?!"

She could not believe it. After everything he had learned and after everything she had come to trust him with, Haru had broken one of two things she'd made him promise. Anxiously, she began trying to find where he put it, feeling around her shoulder with great fear to no avail. Out of an unsure desperation, she even began clawing at it, hoping it would come out on its own, but, obviously, it wouldn't. The entire point of making a special tracking device was to make sure she couldn't get it out.

"We can remove it, if you'd like," the blonde offered, speaking timidly.

"Just start walking there!"

Flinching, the young man did as she said, leading her to the imperial doctor. She said nothing else as he slowly but surely removed the device. The girl didn't even say anything as she grabbed it in her hands, staring at the blood - her blood - all over it. Silently, she remained still, just staring at the device. The second prince glanced her way every now and again, but, ultimately, just waited for her to stand back up. When she did so slowly, he helped guide her distracted form to the hallway before she paused again, turning to stare at him.

"Sona?"

"I'm not sure," A pause. "But it's very likely that he is no more."

"So, he's dead. Right. That's how it always is anyway."

The blonde softened his eyes at the girl. It wasn't as if he knew her all that well. All of his assumptions about her were based on the constant letters Orion had been sending him. He'd always enthused about a young woman he had fallen in love with, talking about how she wasn't afraid of anything and that she was confident. And though it wasn't as if she had suddenly lacked those qualities, she was greatly different in her grieving. Kazuki watched as she remained silent, feeling great remorse.