Only you

Chapter 28

CHAPTER 28

"Mei...Mei?" Yuzu waited for any sign from the younger girl, but all she could hear were muted sobs.

'Shit, she's crying.' Yuzu thought to herself as her heart ached at the sound of Mei breaking down.

Meanwhile, the sound of the door opening and another voice caught Yuzu's attention. She couldn't make out who it was on the phone. But before she could do anything else, the line was dead.

"Mei!?" Yuzu quickly hit redial but was instantly sent to voicemail.

"Damn it!" Yuzu threw her phone in frustration and it broke as it hit the wall.

"Mei aunty s-"

Izumi stopped as she saw Mei on the ground hugging her knees to her chest as she lightly sobbed.

"Mei, what's wrong?" Izumi questioned as she made her way next to her step-sister.

Mei proceeded to explain her conversation with Yuzu.

"We need to tell Mother and Aunty Ume, come on."

Izumi concluded, as she led Mei back to the kitchen.

"Mei dear, what's wrong?" Ume was quickly out of her seat and pulled Mei into a loving hug.

Orihima wanted nothing more than to pull her daughter into her arms and say everything would be alright. Yet, looking at the interaction between Ume and Mei made her happy. She was thankful that Mei shared a connection with a real mother figure in her life.

"What?!" Soma exclaimed as he stood up from the table, his chair falling back onto the floor.

"Soma, calm down," Izumi advised her brother. But his reply, as he shook his head, made his sister and everyone else in the room look down sadly.

"No, that can't be right. You must have heard wrong. Yuzu loves you more than anything, ANYONE can see that."

Soma scanned the room as he spoke and felt the atmosphere change.

"No!"

Everyone looked up as Ume boldly uttered the single word in defiance. She grabbed her phone and dialed.

Yuzu stoically sat in the room. She only had one raven haired girl on her mind.

-Knock Knock-

Yuzu opened the door, her eyes widened as she saw her mum, Orihima, Izumi and Soma all standing in her doorway with frustrated expressions on their faces.

"Mama? What are you all doing here?" Yuzu asked as she moved aside to let the group enter.

"Yuzu, what do you think you're doing? Mei was in tears and-" Ume stopped through her sentence as she looked around the room and then asked, "Where IS Mei?"

Everyone looked at each other with hesitation as they tried to think back to where the student council president could have disappeared.

MEANWHILE, WHERE MEI IS....

Mei stood in front of the door as she recomposed herself and breathed in deeply.

After calming herself down and collecting her thoughts she finally knocked.

She didn't have to wait very long before the door opened. She was met with a very intense stare.

"Yes? Who are you?" questioned Aia.

Mei bowed respectfully as she spoke.

"Good evening Ma'am, I am Mei Aihara, I have come to speak to you about-"