✓ | WITHERED BONDS, shigure sohma [Fruits Basket]

Chapter Seventy Three

Kira's disappearance caused an uproar and Sama had kept the secret of her whereabouts.

However, within the Main Estate, the worry of her location wasn't the current focus, because the twin's mother was causing a lot of havoc.

"Thank you for reporting this all to me, Sama" Kira turned to the servant who had soon become someone that she trusted. It was a rather odd, since the first couple of days, Sama was uptight around Kira, not knowing how to be calm.

However, within just the week, Sama soon had started to smother Kira.

From making sure she ate and slept enough.

"I'll be going in half an hour now, I made sure to leave lunch and dinner in the fridge. You remember how to use the microwave, right?" Kira chuckled softly and nodded to the worried female.

"Yes, you did teach me for a couple of hours, down to even pulling out a manual" Sama turned red and coughed to hide her embarrassment.

Soon enough she left and Kira's hand twitched. She placed a hand on her chest feeling the pain that lingered for a while now. It was happening again very soon and Kira gasped.

She hardly recovered from Momiji breaking his curse and there was another happening already. The reality of it was draining her emotionally.

Kira just felt that she needed to be away from it all, because of the weakening bond. She did not want to cry in front of the other members, showing the desperation that only made her intentions to break it seem like a lie.

She truly wanted it to end-but the emotions that showed physically would betray her. So, it was the reason she decided to cut herself off to prevent the doubt.

Kira's fist tightened and her eyes travelled to the clock on the wall. It had been a couple of hours of her being in this state.

She put the pieces together that it hurt more this time because she still wasn't healed over Momiji.

Then just as it felt before-her heart pulsated making her fall to her knees and let out a whimper.

"Hiro" She sobbed as the tears fell down to the floor, slowly sinking into the tatami mats below her. Kira's eyes shut tightly as she held her chest for a couple of minutes that truly felt like hours. She laid on the floor curled up in a ball as the pain lessened, but the loneliness remained.

Kira had wanted to close her eyes from exhaustion, however, before she was able to do so. She heard her sister's despair through her ears. She snapped open her eyes sitting up hurriedly ignoring the tiredness.

She was quick to her feet as she was already running out of the apartment.

"Akito" Kira mumbled over and over as she ran. She was ignorant to the looks of the people she ran past and ran towards the direction of her own home. Her lungs burned as she got near the destination that led her to her twin.