Kyoufu

Hantaisoku

The next day: "Akio time to get up." Kaori said. "You want to get breakfast right?" She said. Akio slowly sat up. "What time is it?" She asked, rubbing her eyes. "Time to get up." Kaori answered. Akio yawned and got out of bed.

"Akio, I'm so sorry about what happened last night." She said. "Do you want to talk about it?" Akio shook her head. Kaori nodded and walked over to Akio. She hugged her. "I love you Akio." She said. "I love you too." Akio replied.

They stood in silence for a little. "I guess I should go change." Akio finally said, breaking the silence. "Oh yeah." Kaori said, a little surprised.

Akio looked around the room then remembered that she had no clothes except the clothes on her back. She started to cry. Kaori noticed and went over to Akio. "Akio what's wrong?" She asked, putting her hand on Akio's shoulder. Akio laid her head on Kaori, not saying anything.

Kaori remembered that they had nothing, and she assumed that was why Akio was crying. "Do you want to head to a nearby store?" Kaori asked. "We could buy some clothes." Akio looked up at Kaori. She faintly smiled and nodded.

They went to a nearby store to get clothes. They went in and Kaori asked the worker if the store had clothes. He nodded and pointed to the back of the store. All the clothes were for men. They still bought some clothes.

They got back to the hotel. "You can change first." Akio said. Kaori looked at her confused. "Okay?" She said. She went into the bathroom and changed. She came out and Akio went in.

She took her clothes off, and looked at herself in the mirror. Her reflection looked different. She moved her hand and brushed her hair out of her face. Her reflection did the same, but differently at the same time. Akio started to breath heavily. She closed her eyes for a little then opened them again. When she opened her eyes, Her reflection's head was facing up and turned in an awkward position, black blood flowing out of its eyes.

Akio screamed. She cowered in the corner of the bathroom, covering her face with her hands. Kaori was at the door, trying to get in. "Akio, what's wrong? Open the door!" She yelled, wiggling the handle. Akio ignored her, and continued crying. "Akio please." Kaori said. Akio stood up, put on her change of clothes and unlocked the door. She was still crying and staring at her reflection in the mirror.

Kaori opened the door and grabbed Akio's hand. "What's wrong?" She asked. Akio broke down again. She slowly cowered down again. She was sitting on the floor now, crying into her hands. Kaori sat down next to her. She hugged her tightly. She did not say anything, she did not think it would do any good.

After a while, Akio stopped crying. She wiped her eyes with the sleeve of her shirt and sat up. She looked at her mom and she hugged her back.

Akio decided not to tell Kaori about her reflection.

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The next morning Akio woke up in pain. She got out of her bed and looked at it. The white bed sheets were stained red. She gasped and looked at her arms. They were covered in scratched, some of which were still bleeding. Akio yelled for Kaori. Kaori ran over to her. She grabbed her arm and looked at the cuts. "Akio!" She said. "What did you do?" She asked. "Mom, I did not do this." Akio stuttered. "Stop it Akio!" Kaori yelled. Akio looked down an cried. "Akio, I'm sorry." Kaori said, grabbing Akio,s hands.

"It hurts! It really hurts!" Akio cried, feeling the terrible pain from the cuts.