Murder?? At the wonderstage

Part 5 - Dancing Among The Stars.

"Why did you lie to me?" Rui asked as he wept away in the middle seat, squashed between the two girls. "We had to, Rui, you're not yourself since he-"

"STOP!"

Emu and Nene turned as Rui raised his voice so suddenly. "I don't know what's going on with me.. I know Tsukasa's not dead.. but the questions that lady asked me.." He sobbed. "Nene.. Emu.. What's going on with me? Why am I like this?"

Emu put a comforting arm around him. "Rui.." Nene began. "We don't know, ok? But that's why we're going to figure this out.."

After another therapy session, and a lot of similar questions, it had been suspected that Rui had developed very very mild symptoms of schizophrenia due to the loss of his beloved boyfriend, but it was treatable. He was set to go to more therapy sessions once or twice a week, depending on how bad his mental state was, and possibly take some medication, although that part wasn't 100% confirmed yet.

Emu arrived home just in time for her family's dinner. "I'm home!" She called out as she took off her shoes and made her way inside to eat. She sat down beside her sister at the table. "Welcome home, Emu" her father greeted her. "Thanks! Um.. Shosuke.. Keisuke.. any news on the wonderstage?" She asked sheepishly. She hated bothering her brothers all the time about it, because she knew they were really busy, but she was scared. The place that she loved so much, the stage that brought her joy and comfort, was where one of her best friends was killed. It was needless to say that she did feel a bit guilty about the whole situation. "Well.. actually that's what we needed to mention, we need to talk later" Keisuke told her. His tone seemed a lot more serious than usual, but then again, he was talking about a crime scene.

After everyone had eaten and all the dishes were cleaned up, Emu and her brothers went back to being seated at the table. "I'm sorry to keep annoying you about this.." She apologised. "Emu, you have every right to know what's going on, so don't say sorry" Shosuke comforted her. For someone who didn't seem to care a lot of the time, he found himself having a soft spot for his younger sister, one that he couldn't resist feeding into. "Anyway" Keisuke began. He was always the one to organise everything properly, since he was the eldest. "They know who committed the murder" He declared. Emu's eyes began to water. "W-w- oh my.. w-who? Who did it? Does Tsukasa's family know?" She stammered for words. "Yes, they have been informed by the police, and who did it.. you can feel free to let Kusanagi know, but maybe hold off on telling Kamishiro for now.."

Saki sat eagerly on the sofa I'm the Tenma family living room, waiting for her mother to tell her the details of her brother's killer. "Her name is Aoi Shimura, she's not too much older than Tsukasa" Mrs Tenma began. "Apparently she finds joy in going around killing boys her age and younger who she knows she can't have.. but that confuses me, Tsukasa wasn't with anyone, was he?" She asked. There was only one thought that popped into Saki's mind.

He didn't tell her about Rui..

Saki lowered her head and began to cry. The only words she could muster were "She's going to pay for this.."

Tsukasa and Rui had obviously decided to keep their relationship away from their mothers knowledge, trusting that those who knew wouldn't give it away. Saki wasn't sure whether she should tell her mom or not, it was a heavy topic to add on and she already felt saddened enough just thinking about everything. So she decided against it for now.

Emu was now back in her room, sitting on the floor trying to process all of the information she had just been given. She was crying to herself once again, dwelling on the past, and now the present. There was a knock at her door. "Come in" She said. Shosuke opened the door and walked inside. "You ok?" He asked. Emu wiped the tears from her eyes. "Yeah, i'm fine, i'm great, they know who did it!" She smiled as she looked up at him. Shosuke moved over to sit down beside her. "Emu it's not your fault." He said simply. "W-what?"