Seperate Ways

Chapter 10

<Maki's pov>

"You won't get away with this, Papa!" I yelled at the firmly locked door, banging on it.

"Keep it down, Maki! No one will come for you! This mansion is soundproof. Just give it up!" He yelled back from the other side of the wall.

I paced back and forth around the room to find a way to escape when I stopped in front of a window. I tried opening up the window, thinking that I could just crawl out of it and be free. However, the window is completely stuck and couldn't be opened. I tried pushing it with all my might but it didn't budge.

I let out a long sigh before plopping myself on the worn out bed, which belongs to the maids who used to work here. He's right. What's the point of resisting when he had the place heavily guarded? Plus, like he said, this place is soundproof. No one will hear my cries. I curled up at the edge of the bed, wishing whoever who got that message send help.

Wishing Nico to come and rescue me... Hoping that she's here right next to me... Hoping that she's able to protect me from the beast who is probably having a victorious tea break at the other side of this wall...

No... I shouldn't let him win.

I scanned around the room, trying my last attempt to escape when my eyes rested on a piece of pipe. I got out of bed, grabbed the rusted piece of metal and used it to smash the window.

Crack!

The pipe managed to create a slight crack in the window. Perfect! I'll be out of here in no time. I swung the pipe to the window again, this time harder than before.

Clunk!

The pipe gave up on itself and broke into two; the other half dropping on the floor with a loud clunk while the other stayed lifeless in my hand. I inspected the glass, hoping that the glass has a hole that I could work with to escape. Nothing. I could feel that the glass is mocking me. It's crack reminding me of my failure.

So much for escaping then...
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<Nico's pov>

I had spent the sleepless night looking for Maki. My cellphone is pretty much dying from being switched on for a long time. Part of my body would kill for a rest while the other wants to continue the tedious search for Maki.

I stopped in front of a cafe and looked at the slightly worn out menu sitting by the entrance.

"I could do with a cup of coffee..." I thought to myself as I entered the building.

I headed to my usual seat, the one at the corner of the room, when a hand tapped on my shoulders.

"M-Maki!?" I startled before turning around to face a certain blonde.

"Wha- Maki?" Eli repeated as her head tilted slightly to the side.

"N-Nothing... What brings you here?"

"Hanayo wanted to see us badly." Nozomi appeared from behind Eli. "We don't know why though. She sounded like she's in trouble... Or there's trouble somewhere."

"I-I see..."

"Hey, why don't you sit with us, then. Since we're all here." Eli suggested.

"Uhh... Sure."

We headed towards a table with seats for four and set ourselves down. Once we've settled down, we took a menu each and scanned through it.

"Hi would you like the usual?" A waitress appeared by our table.