19 | I LOVED YOU LIKE THE SUN!

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Hazel's well rested the next day

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Hazel's well rested the next day. But she's worried about returning to the U.K. She wouldn't back out, of course, but it didn't make it any less nerve-wracking. She spends the whole morning walking around Ken's courtyard. She leaves her phone inside, so she wouldn't get distracted. She's trying to devise some plan, something that doesn't sound as stupid as walking into her parent's house and trying to rescue her brother like she was some superhero.

But she's spent too long outside and needs to go back inside. The last time she saw Kenji that day was during breakfast. Maybe he can help her.

Hazel stretches her arm above her head, sliding the door to the side as she enters Ken's living room space. He's on his phone but as soon as he hears her footsteps, his head snaps up, and he grins, carefree. It's enough to make her smile too.

"Hi, barbie!" he sounds so excited as he says, it elicits a laugh out of Hazel. Even in her moments of worry.

She shakes her head, "hi, Ken," she replies. A smile is playing on her lips as she plops onto the couch beside him, and his arm finds its way around her shoulders.

"Anything you've got going on?" he asks. He knows well what's going on, but he still asks. She smiles, nodding.

She tells him about her worries and her initial thought, which she thought was stupid. But Ken assures her is fine. She has the right to do that more than anyone else actually, he says. He holds her as he tells her that he'll be here when she goes. Hell, he'll go with her, if it makes her feel any better. She's so grateful to hear that.

( 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄.) kenji sato | ✓Where stories live. Discover now