BAREFACED

Chapter 89

You lay on your back, staring at the ceiling. Boxes surrounding your bed. Hikari was unpacking her stuff. You lay motionless. Hikari grabs a box from out the closet and sets it down beside you. 

"What's this?" Hikari asks. You slowly turn your head, seeing the box labeled Hanami Sato. You sit up, leaning forward a bit to get a better look at the box.

"Mom's stuff... I was able to keep some of her stuff- I kept the most important stuff..." You slowly say. Hikari opens the box and goes through it. She lifts up a picture of your mother. The same picture you saw a long time ago. You reach for the photo to see it better. 

"... I hated that man-" Hikari quietly says. You look up at her. "He always hurt Hanami... and she did nothing but let him..." She huffs. You stare blankly at the box. You lay back down and sigh. Hikari puts the photo back into the box and closes it. She looks at you and takes a deep breath.

"... so have you decided yet...?"

"Decided what?" You quietly ask.

"If you are going to the mountains with grandma or staying here in Tokyo with me." She answers. You stare at the wall not really responding. 

"I don't know yet..." You quietly answer. You close your eyes and slowly drift off into sleep. Hours pass and the light outside the window disappears. You slowly open your eyes to hear shuffling in your room. Your eyes slowly open to see a figure moving around your room. You flutter your eyes a bit to get a better look. You slowly sit up, squinting your eyes. The figure stops moving and looks at you.

You furrow your eyebrows and lean forward feeling confused. They move closer causing you to move back a bit. Your eyes widen when your see their earring dangle to the side as they move closer to you.

"I..zana?" You slowly say. They stop moving and smile. "How did you get in?" You ask, rubbing your eyes. Izana slowly opens the wrapper of a treat and breaks it in half, handing you the other half.

"Your aunt let me in." He softly answers. You take the other half of the treat and slowly take a bite from it. He watches as you eat it. "Have you eaten yet?" He asks.

"I think this is my first food today..." You calmly answer. He slowly nods and takes a bite from his half.

"Don't you have friends or anything- every time I see you... you are alone." He muffles. You sit still, drooping your hand down a bit. You relax your eyes and look down at the treat in your hand.

"I do- kinda..."

"Kinda?"

"I lost my first friends a while ago... then I made new ones- but I feel like all I do is hurt them." You softly reply, taking another bite of the treat. Izana slowly nods and shoves the rest of his half in his mouth. He stands up and wipes the crumbs off his hands. His cheeks look puffy and full. He swallows the food and looks at you. You stare at him. There's a bit of jelly on his cheek.

"I understand a bit... I've lost people too... but you shouldn't sit there and sulk." He calmly replies. You stare up at him and then furrow your eyebrows. 

"Izana...?"

"Hmm?"

"Have you ever had a weird feeling- like you aren't supposed to be here... but for some reason you are here." You ask. Izana's eyes relax and his fists clench.

"Yeah-"

You look up at him again. You sit up on your knees leaning towards him. You lick your thumb and then wiped the jelly off his cheek. His eyes widen when you do. You show him the Jelly on your finger, licking it off your thumb. He watches you do so. He furrows his eyebrows and swallows hard.