The Ones Within: Utaite Version

Chapter 20: Insanity

"Here we go.", the woman said setting two cups of tea down on the table where Eve and Hashiyan were sitting right now. "I'll go and call him down right now.", she said before disappearing.

"Thanks.", Hashiyan simply said. They waited before she completely went out of sight before Eve started to speak again.

"The child from this house... I thought it went missing.", Eve said as Hashiyan nodded. "He was reported as missing.

Was it a mistake or did he come back? Things just got very complicated. Maybe we should investigate it from a runaway perspective.", Hashiyan muttered to himself as he wrote down some notes.

Eve just looked around the house while Hashiyan was in his own world noticing a drawer with framed pictures on them. A family photo?

Eve asked himself as he stood up and walked towards it. He looked at it and froze but before he could say anything to Hashiyan a voice stopped him. "Excuse me.

It seems that Mafumafu is sick and can't get out of the bed right now. Would it be possible for you to come upstairs?", she asked.

"O-of course...", Hashiyan said who was just as surprised as Eve at how the woman managed to get down here so silently. They followed her as she walked the stairs up. "Pardon me.

Mafumafu always had a weak body. Today is the day where he usually would have had his usual check ups.", she explained.

"Is that so?", Hashiyan asked still slightly confused about this situation.

They arrived at a room and she knocked the door two times before letting herself him. "Mafumafu, we're coming in.", she said opening the door for them as they walked in they didn't know what to say as they were just baffled and didn't know what to do in that kind of situation as they saw "Mafumafu" in front of them. "Eh?"

"I've had enough of that child! Why can't it just do what we say?! I gave birth to it so I have every right to decide its life!", his mother shouted from outside as his father agreed.

"Calm down. He is just young right now. He is too naive so he doesn't understand what he has to do right now. You'll soon see that he'll give up on his ridiculous dream to become a musician and face reality to study medicine.", his father reasoned as his mother agreed.

"...You're right. He is just a small naive child. He'll soon see what his life purpose is...", she said. A small child just was in his room covering his ears not wanting to listen to his parents words.

No matter what they said he wouldn't become a doctor as he wanted to make music in his future. Why wouldn't they understand?

He then noticed someone knocking on the window several times and stood up to see that it was his childhood friend standing before him.

"Shh! Come over there with me!", he said as he helped his friend climb over the balcony to his house. A plate of warm food was placed in front of him. "Here! Eat up! Your parents probably didn't give you enough food again...", Rib said as Kashitaro just nodded eating his food.

"Were they discussing about you becoming a doctor again?", Rib asked to which he received a nod again. "Jeez! They were telling you that since elementary school.

Just because you began to like music since middle school doesn't mean they get to decide that you should stop!", Rib said.

"Seriously! If you ever want to leave them I'll leave my door open for you anytime!", he offered as Kashitaro just shook his head at that.