BAREFACED

Chapter 57

You flop onto your bed, sighing loudly. You feel extremely tired after helping Eli and Emi carry things from their house to yours. You roll over onto your back and rub your eyes. Eli softly knocks on your door before walking in. 

"Hey, thank you for letting us stay here." Eli softly says. You slowly nod and slightly smile. 

"You're welcome." You reply. He looks back towards the door and slowly closes it. He walks towards you and sits down beside you on the bed. 

"I have a question." He says slowly looking at you. You look at him, waiting for him to say. "Since you aren't Yuki... doesn't that mean you have a completely different life... Like- don't you have your own body... own family- friends- life in general." You slowly look away and then down towards the ground. 

"I'm sure I do... but I can't remember- It's almost like everything from my life is starting to fade away. I remember some things but- not much." You sigh.

"Are you from an alternative universe or something?" He asks. You slowly nod.

"Something like that." You softly say. He slightly smiles and scratches his arm.

"It's so weird thinking about it that way... It sounds like something out of a comic." He chuckles. You slowly nod.

"Have you found anything on your mother?" You ask. Eli slowly looks back at you and then at the wall.

"No... I haven't but- you heard about what happened yesterday. I assume my father sent them." he laughs in a stressed way. You slowly nod and look at him.

"What do you plan on doing now? I mean you can stay here... but it can't be forever." You imply. 

"Yeah I know." Eli replies. "I want to talk to my father again..."

"Then let's do that." 

"Huh? What do you mean by that?" He asks, looking at you.

"Let me come with you." You imply.

"No... it's okay- I don't want you to get involved." He sighs.

"I'm already involved by letting you guys stay here." You state. Eli takes a deep breath and stares at you a bit.

"Fine... "

You and Eli stand across the street from a club in Roppongi. Eli stretches and then sighs.

"Do you think my mom is being held captive by my father?" He asks. You look at him and furrow your eyebrows.

"Didn't you say your father was married?" You ask. Eli nods and looks at you.

"He has two other kids. A boy a year younger than me and another boy who's like- five... six." He replies.  

"Oh. Have you met them?" You ask. He shakes his head.

"I heard about them from my father. He told me about them the last time I saw him." Eli sighs.

"For some reason I feel kind of nervous about walking into this place..." You shakily say.

"Same." Eli sighs. "But still... let's go." He motions. The two of you cross the street and walk into the building. The place looks very pretty to be a club. It was very decorated and clean. Eli walks up to the front desk to talk to the man behind it. You look around the room, looking at all the art pieces on the wall. Eli backs away from the counter and sighs. You look at him confused, noticing the man behind the desk walk into the back. 

"What happened?" You ask.

"My father is here..." Eli sighs. Your eyes widen and then your eyebrows furrow. The man walks back out and motions for the two of you to follow another guy. The guy leads you both into an private room. Eli sits down at the booth and you sit down beside him.