Twenty

Toya

I wake up and I'm in my house. I sit down and Rei is there, crying, again. Lately every time I see her she's just crying, "Rei, I'm done. We're done, so, you don't have to keep crying because of me. You and Kai we're meant for each other anyway."

I get up grabbing a cigarette and just relaxing outside. I'm so done with all of this crap. I'm so done with everything. I want to be free from my own hell. I made this hell I'm in.

I look around and the room changes and I'm at my father's house.

"Domei? Toya! I am the chief of police for peace sake, how could my own son be a part of something like this, no, not a part of, a leader of something like this?"

"Get over yourself you self righteous bastard, how could I not. You never gave a damn about me, now we're pretending to be happy family and everybody is eating it up.

"I did what I did because I wanted to prove to you that you're no hero to anyone, that you're too busy putting up a front, your own household is a pit of hell and you're the devil who lives in it. I stopped crying for your approval a long time ago, if you found out I wouldn't care."

"What about me? Am I self righteous too? You ended things because I make you change? I make you give a damn about someone either than yourself?"

"For that I'm grateful, but I am done with your undecided crap, you can't have us both."

"What if I did Toya." She stands in front of me and cups my cheek, "What's stopping me from having you both? You want me, he wants me, I want you both."

I shove her off of me, "You're wrong about the kind of person Rei is. You will never trick me while using her face, because she would never hurt me."

Raena stands in front of me, "Then, why won't you be with her?"

"I don't want to taint her innocence. I want to protect it. When I look at her, I see a side of me I could never get back ever again and when she's close I sometimes remember what it's like, to be vulnerable, to be innocent, to be afraid, to be a damn human. I love her as she is, I don't want her changing, that's all."

"So, if she came to the darkside, you'd never want to be with her? Thanks for the heads up." Yachi laughs walking away.

~

I wake up and check the time. It's morning. I turn over and Raena is not here. I was about to panic and run like an idiot, but I'll make Rei Kai's problem. I'm done with her.

~

Kai.

I smile when Rei wakes me up for some breakfast in bed, she has no idea how much I missed this. She sits beside me and the door opens. Kaiya is rubbing her eyes.

"Daddy, I don't feel so good." She looks up and smiles feintly when she sees Rei. Kaiya's face and throat is red.

"What's wrong?" I ask setting the food aside. I get out of bed and check her face and neck up close, looks like someone was choking her, "What the hell happened?" I know this has Magenta written all over it.

"I was sleeping, and this lady attacked me, she said she was going to kill Rei." She hugs me breaking down. I turn to Rei who's sitting by the bed angry.

I let Kaiya go and she runs into Rei's arms hugging her tightly. Rei cuddles her in bed. I have my breakfast before it gets cold and decide to call on sick from work.

Kaiya finally falls asleep and I turn to Rei.

"This is not right, what the hell did we do to make these people so angry." Rei asks brushing Kaiya's hair back.

"If I had done something I would say so, but I honestly know I never hurt Yachi, not even once, not even accidentally. She left me for Toya." I look at Rei who's eyes widen.

"What? Toya?" She yells in a hush to not wake Kaiya up.

"Yeah, that's why I hated him so much, on top of just never really liking him for no reason, he finally gave me one.

"I loved her, I still do, but she doesn't feel the same, not any more. She's just blaming me for her feelings being gone, maybe she feels guilty." I know I'm, right. We've talked a lot lately in these dreams.

I turn to Rei and she's giving me a distrusting look, I don't know what I just said but I think I said something wrong.

"You still love her?" She asks cocking her head slightly to the side.

"No, I don't."

She nods her head slowly, "Okay, if that's what you say."

I really think I screwed up. What did I say that made her so angry