18 8. Where are You? <Edited>

He place a kiss on her lips which made her stunned. She didn't know how to react. She snaps back in reality and push him away. He grabs her hands and pulls her towards him even more. He once again place his lips onto hers. She couldn't fight back due to lack of strength from the car accident. She then choose a second option; headbump. POW! 💥 He lets her go as he puts both of his hands on his forehead.

She quickly moves away from him by standing further away from him even though her forehead was throbbing. (That bastard!) She wipes her lips with her hand. He got irritated by seeing her wiping her lips. (Am I that contiguous that you literally need to wipe your lips that many times?) He gets off the bed which makes her stay on guard. (Rui: Cute.) He coughs. "Ahem. Tomorrow you will be discharge from the hospital so get plenty of rest. I will come back and pick you up." He walks out of the room as she watch him leave. She let out a sigh. (What is wrong with him? Did he got hit on the head or what?)

Rui gets in the back of the car and was sitting next to an mysterious man. "You still want to know what she did when she left your place?" Rui was very curious about those years when she left him. He hesitates for a minute and opens his mouth, "What did you find?" "She was living with her friend, Cynthia and her uncle." The mysterious man hands a photo of them to him. Rui takes the photo and takes a look at it. "This man..." "Cynthia's uncle, Zamir." "I see..." (He's the one I saw earlier.)

Rui asks, "What is she to him?" "...The way he looks at her is the same how you look at her. He's into her." Rui got irritated by the man's blunt response. The man continues, "He's the one who taught Hana how to self-defense, use a gun, knife, etc." "Is there anything odd about him?" "..Not that I know of." "Well...find it." Rui glares at him. "Y-Yes."

Rui lets out a sigh. "Hana isn't like this. She's not the same Hana as before." The mysterious man then hand Rui another photo that was out of his front pocket of his jacket. Rui's eyes widened as soon as he sees the photo of Hana with an older man, which Hana is smiling carelessly. "It's not what you think." Rui looks at the man. "That man next to her is her father." (Her father?..Right...he's disappeared since he's the most wanted criminal.)

"Have you located him?" "No. Want me to find him?" Rui thought about it and said, "No. It will drawn other people to find him. Let him be for now." "Yes."

...

Next day...

Hana was discharge out of the hospital, she walks out of the hospital and spots Rui, who was leaning against the car. He smiles. She looks away. (Hana: What a show-off.) Rui thought she was being embarrassed seeing him. She walks closer and Rui opens the passenger door for her. She gets in the car without saying anything, Rui closed the door and walk to the other side. They drive away and either of them speak a word. Rui wants to have a conversation with her but didn't know what to say. After a few minutes of dead silence, she asks, "Where's Sora?" "He's at school." "Mm." She turns her head to look out the window as he takes a peek to look at her. (Rui: What's on your mind, Hana?) She cannot stop thinking about her father. (Where are you? Did you eat? Have a place to stay?)