"I can't believe it, it's so late! Oh, I hope Seidou is alright..."
Akira had been out and about hanging out with some colleagues and shopping. Only to realize it to be far too late and had to head back home. Currently, it was 11:46 p.m.
"What should I tell him? Maybe I should be honest and tell him sorry..." Akira blushes rather softly and sighs. "What am I thinking? Seidou barely ever gets...!" Suddenly she sees up ahead, some girl standing on the edge of a bridge.
'What the heck, what is that girl-?' Akira watches as the girl prepares to let herself fall.
'Whoa whoa whoa!' Akira drops all of her bags to the ground and kicks dirt to stop the female. She barely makes it, grabbing onto the female's wrist.
"What in the-? Let me go, please I just want to die!" Akira shakes her head. "I can't let you do that! Now help me stop you!" "I can't, I hate my life! I lost my family! Just...let me die!" Akira sighs.
"Please, get up and tell me all about it! Please, I can't live on knowing I allowed some poor girl to die. We can talk about it!"
There was a pause, and Akira continues. "And I'm not letting you go, so if you fall I fall too!"
The girl stays silent, but soon nods and begins to pull herself up again.
The girl sobs loudly when she's up, and Akira comforts her. The girl says very few understandable things before she calms down a little.
"Alright, now what happened?" The girl sniffs and sighs.
"It all started when...my brother died. He was an investigator from the CCG, and..." The young female breathes.
"About five to six months after his death, my...mother and father went missing. By now, it's most likely that they're dead... I can't live with this guilt anymore!" Akira tilts her head.
"What guilt?" "If only I didn't stay for school that night. If only I comforted my parents more about my brother's death, heh...my mother kept on believing he was out there, alive and well. And if only...I had stayed home when my brother came over, if only I knew that was going to be the last time I would ever see him."
Akira sits there, then smiles warmly. "Hey, I'll let you in something personal... I too lost family, and they were also investigators. So I can understand your conflict here, but I don't think they would want you to do something like this. They would probably be sad if they knew..."
Akira hugs the girl tightly, showing major sympathy for her time of sorrow. She cries yet again hearing those words, yet felt a great sense of comfort and support.
"You didn't know what to do, it's not your fault. Things like that happen. It's alright, you just need to talk with someone about this..." She pulls away and smiles softly as she wipes her tears away.
"Thank you miss..." Akira nods, she then holds her hand out.
"Akira. My name's Akira Mado, it's nice to meet you." The girl tilts her head. "Mado...? Why...does that name seem so...familiar?" Akira shrugs.
"Maybe you've heard of it. What's your name?" The girl nods.
"Seina...Seina Takizawa." Akira's eyes widen.
"D-Did you say...Takizawa...?" Seina nods. "Yeah, sure I did. Why?" Akira moves back, shocked.
"Pardon me for asking you this, but...what's the name of your brother?"
Seina looks at her, confused. "Seidou, his name was Seidou. Why?" Akira covers her mouth. 'It can't be...'
Akira takes a deep breath. "I...I..." Akira pauses. "I know your brother." Seina gasps. "W-What...?" Akira continues.
"I know him, and...your brother's not dead. He's alive!" Seina's eyes widen, her eyes shine and glimmer. She couldn't believe it.
"Are you serious...? How is he, is he okay?!" Akira nods. "He's at my place... You have no idea what happened to him, so much has happened!"
Seina stands up. "You have to take me to him! Please! Unless this is a sick joke!" Akira shakes her head. "It's not a joke, he's alive! I never knew you were still around!"
Seina grabs Akira's hand, and Akira takes her along. She picks up the bags along the way.
Time skip
"Seidou, I'm home!" Silence. Akira turns to Seina. "Stay hidden for a little, I wanna surprise him." Seina nods.
Akira notices the place is a total mess, was it Seidou's doing, or was it somebody else's doing?
Suddenly, the white haired male clings onto Akira.
"Akira, I'm so sorry! I panicked and made a huge mess, I was so worried!" Akira blushes immensely. "S-Seidou! You're crushing me! I'm here now, it's alright!" Seidou clings even more tightly.
"Please, call me next time!" "Alright Seidou, now let go!"
Seidou hesitated for a little, then he obliged.
"Did you have fun? How was everyone?" Akira clears her throat. "Everything went fine, though...I did meet someone." Seidou tilts his head. "Oh really? That's nice." Akira smirks slightly.
"And I think you them too." Seidou perks up. "Oh, wow! Really? Who are they Akira?" Akira sighs, then moves away from the hidden female.
Seidou's eyes widen. He instantly recognized the female.
"S-Seina...?" Seina looks up, and nods gently. "Hey, big...brother...?" Her mouth hangs wide open.
"What's wrong Seina?" "Y-Your hair...it's white!" Seidou touches his own hair. "Oh...Oh, that. Well, it's a long story. Maybe I'll tell you about it sometime." Seina reaches her hands out to touch his face.
"Your eyes...you look exhausted. What happened to you exactly? You're still my big brother, right? I mean, you know... The Seidou full of life, happy, helpful. Please tell me you are still that brother."
Seidou suddenly looks really sad. "I have the memories, I know I am him physically. But...after everything that happened to me, that Seidou might as well be dead..." Seina covers her mouth. She then looks over at Akira.
Akira sighs. "He...became something else. He'll tell you, just don't freak out..."
Seina looks back at her brother, confused. "Big brother..." Seina becomes serious. "Tell me."
Seidou sighs deeply, then covers his left eye. Soon, he reveals a single kakugan.
Seina gasps, while Seidou calmly explains. "I... After the battle, I was captured by Aogiri. They...did this to me! They turned me into a monster!"
Akira steps in. "Seidou, I keep telling you, you're not a monster!" Seidou sighs. "Akira, I'm a freak. What the hell am I supposed to be if I can't be just human or ghoul?!" Akira shakes her head.
"Seidou, you're you! Just, continue telling your sister. She deserves to know."
Seidou sighs deeply. "So yeah...they turned me into a ghoul. I wish I could tell you more Seina, but it's hard enough telling Akira." Seina looks at her older brother, she then chuckles lightly.
She then hugs him tightly. "I don't care that you're this way now! Because deep down, I know the brother I had is still in there. And if that means we have to help you, then so be it! I love you Seidou, you're...you're my best friend!" Seidou just freezes, surprisingly he didn't cry, no matter how much he really wants to let it out.
He was really hurt and damaged for far too long, and needed some sense of relief.
Seina pulls away from him, then she looks at Akira.
"Thank you...Thank you so much for-! Hey wait a minute, how do you know my brother anyway?"
Akira giggles. "We were classmates at the academy, even colleagues at CCG. And...And..." Akira blushes softly, she holds her own face with her hand. Seidou walks up to the flustered female, holding her hand.
"Seina, Akira is...somebody special to me. She and I...She... She's my girlfriend."
Seina looks at the pair, shocked. It all came back to her! Akira Mado, that's the girl Seidou always complained about!
"Seidou, I thought you were jealous of her in the academy! She was way in front of you!" Seidou blushes immensely.
"Seina..." He twitched his left eyebrow. "That stuff is all...water under the bridge. I've always admired her, but...I was too frustrated at the time to notice." Seina snaps her fingers.
"That makes sense! You were always too arrogant for anything." Seidou grunts. "Was not!" "Was to!" "Was not!" "Was to!" "Was-!" Suddenly the small snickering from Akira was heard.
"Goodness! Hahahaha! You two are such cliche siblings, even after everything that has happened!" The two siblings blush with major embarrassment. Akira calms down soon after her laughing fit.
"Still though...I'm glad Seidou has at least one part of his family back. I do hope you can see us more..." Seina smiles gently and nods.
"Sure I will, I might even bring Rocky with me-!" "You have Rocky?!" Shouts Seidou. He clears his throat.
"I-I mean...that sounds great." Seina sighs. "Well...I should go." Seina heads to the door, but before she leaves, she turns to Akira.
"Oh, and Mado... Take good care of my brother." Akira nods. "I will, I promise." And just like that, Seina is gone.
Seidou holds Akira gently by each other's side, he smirks slightly then faces her.
He lifts her up above the ground, spinning her around ever so gleefully. "This is fantastic! I can't believe you found her, I can't believe it! Hahaha! I haven't felt this happy since, well...you chose me!" Akira starts laughing along.
"How can I ever pay you back?" He puts the female down, and she smiles warmly, placing her hand on his face.
"Seeing you smile is enough for me..." Seidou sighs, then looks down slightly sadder. "I wish Mom and Dad were still around, they would've been so proud to see me with such a lovely and caring woman."
Akira places her forehead onto Seidou's. "Yeah, they would've been... Seidou?" "Hmm?" She pecks his lips with a tiny kiss. "I love you, you know that right?"
Seidou nuzzles his nose onto hers. "Of course I know that. Because I love you too."
Akira gives him another kiss, a lasting one this time. Once they stop, they look into each other's eyes, Seidou sighs.
"We should really get married one of these days." Akira blushes immensely. "Seidou!" "Sorry, sorry! I know we're not ready to talk about it, I just got a little carried away." Akira pouts. "You keep teasing me..."
Maris Stella rubs herself onto both Akira and Seidou's legs lovingly. Akira picks up the cat.
"Look at us, we're like a little family already. So be it a slightly broken family, it's still a family..." Seidou hugs both Akira and Maris Stella gently. "I can agree to that."
The End