◆Amnesia: Battle of Wits◆Toma◆

◆05◆ The seed of doubt

"I like having you around. Eating alone and doing everything alone gets a little lonely." Toma said to her as they washed the dishes. He was washing while she's drying them. He liked how she would still wear an apron when doing the washing up, he thought she looked really cute this way. 

He ate a lot of the nabe with her. Was it because she's here with him? He was a lot talkative and ate more than usual. Their conversation flowed so natural, like the water streaming through the river, like the cloud flowing through the sky without a stop. Toma wished every day could be like this. 

He opened the refrigerator and took out vanilla ice cream for her. "For you." 

"Dessert too? Yay~." 

"You're my guest, I have to treat you well. By the way, I need to go to the shops. Do you mind watching my place for me?" 

"Hm. Don't be too long." 

Toma patted her head for worrying about him. Ironically though, he's actually the one worried about her. The reason why he wanted her here was to avoid those fangirls of Ikki's. He couldn't risk her getting hurt just like today. He didn't want her to make that icy look in her eyes ever again, it just didn't suit her. 

"I'm off." 

"Have a safe trip." Michiyo said with her usual smile. 

Toma smiled and he locked the door. He searched his pocket again, making sure he had his apartment's spare key too; there's probably no possibility of her going out after him but he didn't want to take a risk. 

Michiyo put the ice cream back in the refrigerator because she's not ready to eat it yet. 

"Toma-oniichan's bed!" She jumped onto his bed. If she had a tail like a dog's, it'd be wagging from side to side in a happy manner. She's so happy to be here again, she's so happy~. "Ouch!" She had to pinch herself to see if she was dreaming. "It's not a dream." She looked at the ceiling with a shy smile, she reached a hand up and grabbed the pillow to hug it. "Hee~." She could smell the shampoo he uses. 

She should probably do some exploring while she's at it. After all, she's got amnesia and she's curious about him, an obviously close person to her before her amnesia. She wanted to see what kind of things she had missed. 

Just like Michiyo doing some exploring, Toma was doing some exploring too. He went to Michiyo's apartment to see her mailbox was jammed with dead rats and crows inside. 

"Just like the other one..." Toma cursed at this and he made his way up to where Michiyo lived. He wanted to pick up some of her clothes. He's got her key anyway so he could make an easy entry. "Huh?" 

Someone was there. A man who was blatantly a lot older than himself and Michiyo. Toma walked up to the old man, "Who are you?" 

"Huh? You're waiting for the prostitute too? Wait in line, kid, I'm up first." 

"Prostitute? Who?" 

"You know? The girl who lives here. She is a real cutie-" 

"You better get out of my sight before I make you sleep in your coffin now." Toma warned with danger dripping in his voice. "You better not make me angry." 

"Oh yeah, what are you going to do about-" 

Toma pushed the man up against the wall with his forearm and he poked the blade of the scissors up against the man's abdomen. He did that so his own body obscured the weapon from the security camera's view. Toma began to whisper loud enough for the old perverted man to hear. "I've stabbed three girls today. I have no problem finishing you here. Beat it before I get real mad." Toma was not joking, he really will kill the man. "If I see you here or even dare call her a prostitute again, I will hunt your family too. I bet your grandchildren will easy targets for me."