He Will Be Born

The Hairpins

"We're here... Benio."

Why did he bring me here..?

Rokuro had brought Benio to a graveyard. She didn't undersand why until Rokuro stopped in front of a long, rectangular grave.

The Hinatsukki children's grave..

"I had never had the guts to come here. I always tried to come here with Jiisama and Ryougo, but half way walking here, I always went back home. So this is my first time coming here. They always make sure their gravestone is neat and clean."

Benio looked at him, seeing his sad expression looking down at the gravestone. He joined his two hands together and prayed. Benio did so as well. As she peeked at him, she saw a tear coming down Rokuro's cheek, whispering an apology for taking long.

Benio was still curious as to why Rokuro had brought her to the grave of the Hiinatsukki kids. In the end, she decided to ask him, which she did.

"Why did you bring... me.. here, Roku..ro?"

"Why? Because Benio, both of us have the same goal. You said it when we first met, remember? You said you will exorcise every impurity to prevent repeating tragedies. That really hit me. He... he's waiting, Yuuto is waiting for us!"

Benio suddenly started getting teary due to Rokuro's words.

"Rokuro... I am so sorry.."

"Um.. for what Benio?"

"For failing... the trial... I really wanted to go with you to the island.. yet I couldn't... I wanted to fight by your side.. defeating him,.. I also wanted to deafeat my brother.. yet.."

Rokuro was about to tell her that it wasn't her fault at all, but she interrupted.

"Also.. I lost something precious... I have to apologize for losing the hairpins you gave me... I was.. so stupid.. due to my weakness and carelesness.. I lost them during the basara battle... I'm so sorry... and I was so happy when you gave them to me... I wanted to hold onto them dearly... always.."

Rokuro brightened up hearing those words about how Benio felt about the hairpins as well as relieved. It had been worth it after all.

"I'm so glad you brought them up and how you feel towards them, Benio."

"Eh?"

From out of his pockets, Rokuro pulled out Benio's hairpins. Benio looked at them, sirprised that the hairpins looked perfectly fine.

"Where did you..?"

"I got them from Magano of course. You see the day you were admitted to the hospital, something seemed strange about you. I then realized your hairpins were missing. I asked Mayura where you guys had fought and immediatley went looking for them. I even had to ditch school to go look for them. It was hard to look for them, I mean impurities would come after me everytime I started looking for them. Then I will get hungry and my hips would later start to hurt..."

Benio couldn't help get more teary, tears about to fall down her face as Rokuro continued.

"... And it was a bit messy, thankfully I was able to find them. In the end, a friend of mine who's very good at fixing things, fixed it for me and.. Huh?"

Finally, Benio had broken down. Hearing how Rokuro gave so much effort into looking for her precious hairpins made her break. She knelt down, holding tight the hairpins, sobbing loudly. Of course this made Rokuro freak out.

"Ah, no Benio, please don't cry! I did it so you could be happy, okay Benio? Um.. look Benio, let's go over there yes?"

She rubbed her eyes and tried to calm down. Once she was calm, Rokuro stretched out his hand which Benio took and led her to a place with a nice view of their town.

"It's a pretty nice view right? Y'know, this town which I grew up in... where I met you Benio.. If we leave those impurities and Yuuto alone, they'll probably destroy all that is precious to me so... I don't have time to just be standing around... for that reason Benio, I have to go the Island first... Benio, what do you plan to do?"

Benio, knowing the exact answer to his question immediatley responded while putting on her hairpins.

"I'll definitely go join you... in the Island.. Rokuro! For that, I will try to find a way... to regain my powers back... no matter what!.. I will go to the.. Island.. I will!"

Rokuro smiled to himself, and looked at her with a satisfied look.

"That's good Benio. I know you will!"

"Hey, Rokuro.. thank you... thank you so much.. for everything.."

She grabbed both of Rokuro's hand and held them while thanking him.

"Ah! No, you don't have to thank me so formally Benio, you'll make me feel embarassed!"

But Benio wasn't listening to him, she still held on to his hands. She was on her own little world at the moment.

Hey, Mother and Father.. even though I knew this for some time.. I definitely know that I love Rokuro..

Benio moved in closer to him ,withought consent,and leaned on to his lips. Seconds later, he felt her lips touch his.

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Whoa, guys, I seriously apologize for not updating. Highschool has got me so hella busy. So sorry ;-;

Btw, if you guys need chapter 35 or 36 raws, inbox me and I will send you a link. That can make up for my absence, hehe : )

Well that's it for this week guys, again forgive me and thank you for reading ❤