•[stargazing || k. izana]•

•[chapter eighteen]• ✔

❝i thought we'd joined hands, but yours began to slip away,
as if you never really believed you could ever be loved in the first place.❞

— polaris; aimer.

╰┈➤ "akari, where did (y/n) go?"

and that's how the sorrowful atmosphere at the kurokawa mansion started.

with izana getting back to his mistress and not coming home for days, and (y/n) is currently missing. not to mention that these two are giving everyone in the mansion a strong impact. and by everyone, that includes kakucho who worried the most.

the akashi is planning the rumors announcement in two days and izana still isn't here, and the guilt to (y/n) remains unsettled deep inside his heart. they have no choice but to settle the announcement first before looking for (y/n) again.

"i know you know about this! ask you again, where is (y/n)?!"

the scarred man unconsciously gripped the young maid's collar tighter, tears can't help but brimming both of their eyes. but the first to burst is of course, akari. her small cries making kakucho realized that he has been too harsh, being blinded by anger.

"i- i'm sorry, akari- i'm just-"

"it's okay, kakucho-sama," the young maid wipe out her tears using the hem of her ivory sleeve as soon as the man let her go. one of her hands then snakes into her pocket, and that's causing her to cry harder when her palm gripped on something.

"i'm the one who should be sorry..."

"what are you talking about, akari? i'm the one who is harsh to you..." the jet-haired lad throws his gaze to the side, teeth gritted as he tries to refrain his tears from bursting out.

"i'm sorry that i've been keeping this from you... i j-just- i don't want to see everyone break apart more than it already was..."