Away from Aimi

"Are you sure, that this would work?"

Aiko asked, through the call.

"Yes. Give Naomi enough time and she'll be able to do it." Harold assured

And with that,

The plan began.

Chapter 42: Away from Aimi

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At the orphanage

"Whaaaat! You didn't know Aimi was a shy person?!" Aoi said laughingly, she was one of the people who were in the same orphanage as Aimi.

Cough cough!

"Calm down Aimi..." Ryou blushed as he patted Aimi's head, helping her calm down.

"Cough...Cough... I'm sorry...I-..." Aimi said as she blushed.

[Aimi's Perspective]

Oh god.

It seems I've avoided that question Aoi had to answer.

If Aoi answered why I was always troubled in the early days of the orphanage,

IT WOULD REVEAL MY CURSE TO RYOU.

"Ah, you were telling about something that troubled Aimi, Aoi!" Ryou said curiously.

Wait. Why is he taking another woman's name?!

More than that

Why is he asking about it again?!

[Ryou's Perspective]

Ah, I see. She's trying to make me avoid asking that question, isn't it?

What's such an information that lies within the answer?

Is she that shy? Or does she expect me to seriously believe her to be a perfect maiden?!

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And so, Aoi began answering my questions.

"Ah, about that!" She began.

"Before answering that, let me give you some context." She added.

"Before she came to the orphanage, her parents died in a school-..."

Squeeze

Sfx: glare

"..don't.." she whispered, Aimi, I mean.

what the heck?!

"What's wrong with you?!" I whispered back.

To what Aoi was telling-

"Her parents were killed in a, high school shooting I believe. Rest in peace to them."

"Ah- it was middle school-" Aimi interrupted in between.

"Ah, ofcourse. That." She corrected herself.

Sfx: tremble

Aimi seemed trembling to me, what is she trying to do?

Poke

"hey... should we do it here..??" Aimi became suggestive as she whispered a little blow of Air into my ear.

"Are you guys listening?!" Aoi became louder.

"Ah! Yes! We are!" Did she catch us?!

I whispered back to Aimi

"Stop doing this!! We will do it at home, okay?"

"No, here"

"NO!!"

"you're defying me?" She stared at me blank

"It's for your own reputation!"

The heck, why can't she let me listen to Aoi?

Is she jealous?

Probably not.

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[Aimi's Perspective]

Please... Don't listen don't listen don't listen don't listen don't listen DONT!!!

[Ryou's Perspective]

UGHH.. I'll have to take the initiative? It seems so!

Sfx: grab

"Nnh!" Aimi moaned in a quiet voice.

Why? It's because I'm grabbing her thighs, between her two legs.

Fondle...

"nnaah!" She release little voice, covering her face as it was completely red.

It's enough for her to not interrupt it seems.

"... And that's how Aimi ended up in the orphanage." Aoi finished the first part.

Damn, I missed it. But I'll not miss the other part!

"now begins the concerned part of the story, she..."

[Aimi's Perspective]

nnhhh AHHHHH!

What's is he doing?!

Sfx: fondle

STOP!

"Nnh! Ah!" I can't resist the moans!

I knew it was my idea to distract him,

But did I accidentally train him to be able to resist my advances?!

I mean, I did use him alot, so much so that I forgot he's supposed to be weaker than me!

Fondle

"Aah!" This is too much!

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[Ryou's Perspective]

Hmph, try distracting me one more time and I'll show you!

"So, she was originally brought to the orphanage as a single girl, but her brother was also added later." Aoi said

"And then?" Another man said

"In the first few days of her being here, we tried to be friends with Aimi. But she just wasn't interested in even talking anybody of us in the first place." Aoi added, she was a little sadder this time.

"That's bec-" Aimi tried saying something

Fondle, push!

"nnh!" I shut her up by pushing my finger into her.

Nobody saw us, we are safe for now.

Phew.

"I know, Her parents died. She was still attached to them. Maybe that's why she was sad. But moreoever, she was also confused about something she never told us. Aimi once accidentally hit a rabbit, it died, but the surprising thing was-"

"Wait!" Aimi tried interrupting again, but everyone ignored her voice.

"Her reaction was like, 'hmm, not surprised.' and she later told this to her brother.. Ray, I think." Aoi said.

"If I remember, Ray and Aimi used to go out of the orphanage with permission and return back after a few hours, this went on for 3 months for Ray, but Aimi countinued to go out for 4 months in total." The man added.

Wait, Ray..?

I've heard that name. Infact, I know him!

But, why did they go out?

Perhaps a stroll?

If Ray is Aimi's brother, and they went out to just vent and talk together, wouldn't they countinue to go out together for any given period of time?

What was Aimi doing when she was alone for 1 months?

"Hmm, why is that so?" I asked.

"I don't know that, I do know that before those three months, Ray used to be sad. During the three months, he always looked horrified, and didn't eat much. But after the three months, or you could say one fortunate day after his cruel three months, he was surprised of something." Aoi said.

At this point, Aimi was bright red. She didn't seem blushing, rather,

She was angry.

I'm taking a huge risk, by what does it contain for me?

I'll just get disciplined, isn't it?

I'm used to it. No big worry.

"He started shouting something like-" Man said.

"Wait. Takashi. You remember it?" Aoi was surprised.

"Ofcourse, I was Ray's best friend after all, how wouldn't I remember whatever that weirdo used to tell?" Takashi laughed.

"He shouted 'it's passing! The days passing!' and violently shook Aimi from her sleep." Takashi added.

"Huh? Why? What did he mean?" I asked.

"That day, we decided he was on drugs. Because he added something like 'I didn't do it! And the day still passes!' and something like that." Aoi recalled.

Hmm, that's pretty weird.

I have seen Aimi talking about 'days passing' too.

It must be that both of them had done drugs in their childhood? I don't know...

[Aimi's Perspective]

It's over. I'm done for.

But wait, they would never believe that Ray and me were cursed, right?

After we were admitted to the orphanage, we discovered that,

Our curse was,

When we loved somebody, we were cursed to be stuck in a loop, unless we kill a person to break the loop and pass 1 day.

And we were still attached to our parents,

Hence we had to kill a person each day to pass one day.

Ray and I went far away from the orphanage everyday to commit one murder,

His condition got better. He even made a friend, Takashi it was, I believe. But then,

Everything was ruined...

One day, he didn't go with me. He was much more indulged with his friend Takashi. And to his surprise, even without killing a person,

HIS DAY PASSED!

I knew that he has stopped loving his parents, and so, he broke the curse!

But I couldn't let the others know about this, or the curse itself.

So when he woke me up,

[Flashback]

"Aimi! Aimi! Wake up!" Ray shouted in the midst of night.

"Huh? What is it?" Aimi said in a sleepy voice.

"What is wrong with Ray?!" A small girl shouted.

"He's so weird!" Young Aoi was annoyed, too.

"Hey! Don't do him like that!" Young Takashi defended Ray.

"Aimi! The loop, I broke it! I didn't do that today and my day is still passing! Look!" Ray said happily.

Sfx: stare

"Aimi...?" Ray was scared,

Aimi's eyes widened as her blood rushed towards her face. Her eyeballs were entirely popping with blood vessels as she said

"Haah?! loop? 'it'? What do you mean?"

"Don't act like you don't know!" Ray said annoyingly.

Shit. I have to hide this. the Young Aimi thought to herself.

And so, she suddenly shouted

"Your mouth, AAAAA- IT REEKS OF DRUGS! HE'S ON DRUGS!"

"WHAT?!" the others were terrified.

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And so, When Ray had woken me up, I acted like I didn't know anything, and accused him of doing drugs.

It was effective, for me, because I wished to experiment two things.

Would his day still countinue if he didn't kill anyone? So, by accusing him of drugs, he got grounded for 1 month.

I countinued to go out of the orphanage for another month, as I committed a murder everyday.

After 1 month, my love too, for my parents, faded away my I have moved on.

And that's how I discovered, if I loved somebody, I would have to kill one person to pass a day. Or else, my day would repeat.

Why do I concern myself so much with this?

I'm probably overthinking.

Ryou won't be able to guess this much.

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[Ryou's Perspective]

Aoi countinued.

"Fast forward to when she was around fourteen or fifteen, she was adopted by this old man. He actually wanted a maid for his big mansion, but the orphanage simply refused to do so. So, he told each girl that if he adopted them, he would treat them as their daughter but they'd have one more responsibility..." Aoi added.

"What was it?" Takashi asked.

This old man she talks about,

It sounds very familiar.

"They didn't ask you?" Aoi asked.

"How would they?! I'm a guy!" Takashi replied.

"Ahah! Ofcourse!" Aoi laughed it off.

Aimi was blushing, it seems she was relieved of something yet the tension in her eyes countinued.

She is probably jealous of me talking to Aoi, I guess.

"So, the responsibility was, to accompany his son 16-17 year old son. When he asked me, I agreed in an instant! Heck, a parent is more important isn't it? But the way he described his son..." Aoi recalled as she blushed.

Wait. 16-17...

IS SHE TALKING ABOUT ME?

Her dates are a bit off, I was a bit younger.

If I remember correctly, I left Japan at the age 17-18.

It means Aimi was 13-14 when she came to our mansion, If I am correct.

"Ah, how did he describe so?" I asked hurriedly.

"She's talking about you-" Aimi whispered.

Suddenly, she was interrupted by Aoi.

"Ah! Look who's hurrying here! Let me finish, wait!" Aoi said laughingly.

"Ahah!" Takashi giggled.

"So, the old man said, that the boy was... Weak in studies, can't do basic things, like combing his own hair? Was a pickey eater, had weird hobbies... Needed surveillance everytime or else he would do something stupid, it was all weird!" Aoi laughed.

"Wait that sounds worse than even me" Takashi was concerned.

Oh gosh...

They are talking about me!

Sfx: raise

I slowly raise my hand as I say,

"Yeah. You're talking about me. The old man was my father, the old master." In embarrassment.

"Oh wait, it's you! Ryou, it was really you?!" Aoi staryed blushing!

"Oh my man! You look way better than what he described you!" Takashi laughed.

"Infact, you won't believe, when the old man described the boy, all the girls decided not to even look at the old man. Except, one girl was really curious about you. She asked for your photo by saying 'who will my step-brother be?'..." Aoi added.

"Ah, if I remember. The old man was impressed by the girl's usage of words. He even complimented her for it. And so, he only showed the photo of his son to that girl only." Takashi added.

"And guess who the girl was..." Aoi poked at Aimi.

"Ah- it was- HER?!" Aimi was blushing deeply

Squeeeeeze!

She was squeezing my thigh tightly!

UGHH!

"Agh!" I moaned as it excited me a little.

You want a payback?!

FONDLE, PUSH!!

I push my fingers in between of her legs even further!

I don't really care if somebody sees us now, this is revenge!

"Nnh! Aah!" She moaned.

Well it seems nobody noticed us.

Phew.

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[Aimi's Perspective]

Yeah. It was me.

I was the girl who was curious about who the boy the was, and the way the old man described it.

Originally, I didn't plan to even look at the guy, because of the way he was described.

But then I remembered myself,

I was so good. So perfect everything. I was the president of my class back in middle school.

But then? Everything changed, I became an orphan.

[Flashback]

"I would like to see! My step-brother!" Young Aimi said as her eyes glowed.

"...'your step-brother' huh? Your way with words are surely quite the commendable act, little girl! I'll surely reward you, and only you with the picture of him for that!.." the old man said, he was impressed by the way Aimi spoke.

Sfx: pull

He pulled out a small picture, and said

"Ah, this is how he looks. I'm sure he looks quite average- hey, are you listening?" The old man though the girl would look away,

But to his surprise,

Her eyes were stuck into the picture.

And why wouldn't it?

That day, when her parents were killed,

Who helped her kill the kidnappers?

Originally, she thought it was Ray who provided her with the knife.

But this boy...

"He looks... familliar.." her hands shaked!

"Huh? Does he?"

Sfx: tremble

Aimi trembled at the thought.

On that day, who gave her the knife? Ray? Or Ryou?

Both of them looked similar, causing her a spark of confusion.

Whatever she believed, till now, what was the truth? What was the lie? Whom to believe?

is her curse even real?

The curse could've been real, but did any boy even provide her with the knife, that day?

Sfx: scream

"AAAAAAAAAAAA-"

"Little girl! What happened! Someone! Bring her water!"

Thud!

Young Aimi fainted at looking at the picture, the old man was terrified.

"I'm so sorry! I'm terribly sorry!"

"Sir it's not your fault-" a caretaker said.

"Damn it! Is my son that ugly?!" Ne man said.

Suddenly, Aimi said with her eyes a little open

Sfx: tremble

"N..no...your son..he's..he's wonderful..i-..wish..to meet.." She said with a weak voice, as she

Thud!

"LITTLE GIRL!!!!!" fell down, and collapsed.

"I would like to adopt this girl, immediately!" The old man said.

"Uh, we can begin the paperwork-"

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And that's how, I was adopted.

"Ah! So what was I saying?" Aoi said.

How can I forget? Ryou is absolutely mine.

I was solely adopted for the purpose of accompanying him. How dare he ever leave me?

I was right, I was right all along.

Don't worry Ryou, I will keep killing each day, without you ever knowing, and will live the rest of our lives he way it should have been ever since,

THAT DAY.

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[Ryou's Perspective]

"Tell us Ryou, your perspective of the story!" Aoi said excitedly.

Huh?! My perspective?!

"Well- I... My mother died when I was very young, her last words, according to my father, were..." I said, as I recalled.

What were they? I think they were...

"..'make my son, experience motherly love as much as you could, but dear, never forget me...!'.." I added, as I recalled my mother's last word.

"Indeed, this was a sad last word to be said." Aoi became sad.

"Countinue." Takashi said.

Aimi was curious too, it seems.

"Ever since that day, my father hired tons of maids. One of them, was Susan, who was probably the closest thing to be a mother for me. But..." I said.

"Even though I was surrounded by so many maids, I never experienced what was it like to have a mother, who cared for you... My perception for a mother was actually pretty twisted. I took having a sister and mother as the same thing." I added

"Interesting..." Takashi focused to what I said.

"That day... My father told me that I am going to have a sister very sooner. I did not understand what he meant."

"But the power of money can sure do wonders, I wasn't supposed to defy the Master of the mansion, was I? He brought me back with Aimi, it was pretty awkward at first-"

Suddenly, Aoi interrupted me and asked Aimi

"Hey! Tell us how you felt when you first saw him!"

"Nnh! Huh?!" Aimi was caught off guard with this question.

"Why are you interviewing them as if they are some sort of celebrity couple?!" Takashi laughed

"Huh? It would be pretty weird if they aren't in love, especially after living so many years together I assume!" Aoi was confident.

"Well you do realise that they were 'technically' step-siblings, right?" Takashi looked into Aoi.

"Umm... Does it- matter?" Aimi said, as she was blushing intensely.

HUH?! IS THIS THE QUESTION YOU ASK ON THIS?!

"There! It confirms it all!" Aoi clapped her hands together.

"Yeah yeah" Takashi was blushing.

"Well, I did think he looked very rich- i- I wasn't used to any of the lifestyle they had..umm Ryou- really helped me gain confidence and-" Aimi fidgeted her hands as she was trembling onto deciding which words to speak that would best fit the situation!

"As for my side, I was jaw-dropped at how such a beauty could even tolerate me within her sight!" It was true. Aimi literally was far better than me in every aspect of life.

"N-no! You were better than me!" Aimi said as she blushed embarassingly!

"Hahah! Stop being so lovey-dovey, you two! I'm still single!" Takashi said as he got a nosebleed!!

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As Aimi, Takashi, Aoi and me countinued to talk for another few minutes, we laughed alot

"Hahah! is this true Aimi, that Ryou can't even choose what he wants to eat in a day?!"

"Hey!! He still has better eating etiquettes!" Aimi blushed as she defended me.

We even shared alot of secrets.

"Hey, did you know I had a crush on Aoi?"

"What the hell Takashi!" Aoi blushed.

We shared contacts.

"Hey, Aimi, my mail is-"

"Um sorry, I only keep the contact of Ryou in my phone. No other boys~"

"Oooh~" Takashi and Aoi blushed!

Most importantly,

We had fun!

Until,

Sfx: walk

It seemed another lady had walked by

"Hey, are you Ryou Aikawa?" She asked.

She was wearing a mask, a cap, her dress was a little tight. She seemed beautiful, this made Aimi put her guard on.

Sfx: stare

"Don't..."

Grab

She grabbed my wrist and ordered me to ignore her.

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HOW COULD I IGNORE SOMEBODY INFRONT OF THE OTHERS?!

I'm sorry Aimi, but

"Ah, yes. Ofcourse, who are you?" I asked.

The lady blushed to the fact that I replied her, I could see her pupils getting bigger.

On the other hand, Aimi's grip on my hands remained tighter than ever,

She was more jealous than she could ever have been.

Sfx: grab!

Grab!

"Sorry, but could I steal Ryou from you guys for a moment? It's regarding his business-" the lady grabbed my shoulder, and mentioned...

My company?!

This caught me off-guard, my body suddenly went soft as I heard about my company after a long time!

"N-" Aimi was about to say something, but Aoi and Takashi interrupted her.

"Yeah! Ofcourse!" They said.

Oh gosh, they are staring at me.

Humans are social creatures, If I don't stand up and go with the lady, they would think weird of me.

If I do stand up and go, Aimi would kill me afterwards, by her love, ofcourse.

So, what did I choose?

Sfx: stand

"Sorry, but I'll come sooner!" I said to Aimi.

And so, I began walking with the lady.

She whispered into my ears

"You made a good choice."

WAIT. THAT VOICE IS VERY FAMILLIAR.

"You're-"

"Wait! I'll come with you!" Aimi panicked as she stood up aswell, adjusting her bag.

But suddenly, Aoi grabbed Aimi and made her sit

"Oh c'mon! He won't leave you would he? Just let him be! He's a man after all, isn't he?" She raised Aimi.

Aimi was blushing, though I did understand she was jealous of me leaving her.

And moreover, she had the intent to kill this unknown masked lady right at this moment.

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At the corridor

Sf: pull

"Pwah..." The lady took off her mask.

"This mask is...mm" what is she doing?

Suddenly, she started

Sfx: lean

Leaning in for a kiss and-

"Wait! I'm not single, please!" I pushed her away.

She wasn't upset with what I told her.

Hush! Grab!

"WHAT THE-"

She suddenly took off her cap.and hugged me around her, englufing my head into her chest, as she whispered into my ears

"Let's stay like this~"

"No! Leave me-" I muffled

"I'll tell you one thing, I know Aimi is killing people. Isn't she? I'm afraid she might kill you too~" She said as she pushed her chest into my face.

"What?! This is absurd! Who are you? I'm reporting to the police-" I muffled as I resisted her advances.

"Here, keep this cellphone with you all around. Call me when you feel like you need help~ remember, YOU'RE SAFE."

What?!

This is absurd!

Just who the hell is she?!

Normally, I would have resisted this kind of person pretty easily, but

Her voice- it's very...

FAMILLIAR.

I REMEMBER HOW SHE SOUNDS.

b-but..nobody has ever told me such before-

'call me when you're not feeling safe' these words got stuck to my head.

"Are you...sure?" I asked to just confirm one more time.

"Absolutely. I'm here to help. And pull you out from the hell Aimi has created." This lady said.

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[Aimi's Perspective]

"Just stay here! Haha..." Aoi and Takashi laughed.

No way, WHERE IS HE?!

Where where where where where where?

Where are you now? Who took you? Who was she? Does he intent on stealing you away from me?! Why is she doing this? How can I save you? Ryou, please don't go! Please don't go please don't go please don't go-

"Aimi! I'm rooting for you!"

"Little girl! Wake up!"

"Chop the carrots properly!"

"AAAAAH!"

"What happened? Aimi?" Takashi sounded concerned.

Sfx: stand

"I'm going. Bye."

"Hey- wait-"

"Can't."

And so, I walked off.

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And so, Aoi and Takashi said to themselves

"Shit, did we fail?"

"Keep quiet, we have done good so far."

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At the corridor

And so, Aimi ran towards her way to the corridor

"Haah...haah..Ryou..." She panted.

But what she saw,

Was horrifying.

She sawy a lady burying Ryou's face into her chest as she hugged him tightly.

"Leave him, and get out his sight, at once." Aimi said in a cold voice.

"Ah, it seems she has came. Remember, to call me, okay?" The lady said blushingly-

Sfx: slip

"Ah! I need to go!" Ryou hurriedly pulled himself out of the lady's grip, as he ran towards Aimi.

"Let's go home, I want to tell you something, Ryou~" Aimi said, as her bangs covered her eyes, and her hair flew with the blow of hair. Her gaze was cold, and her intentions impure.

To which, the lady replied to Ryou, hinting with her eyes,

"Ryou, to be rescued, call me!"