A/N: So sorry for the very late update. My end-semester exams have been going on and I have been busy with projects too😭😭😭😭. BTW I have changed Izana's fc, do see it please in the character profile 👀. Also Fyi – Yumeko and Izana mostly mix Japanese and English while talking since they grew up in Singapore where their main language was English and they spoke in Japanese at home. However, they are extremely fluent in Mandarin too since their friends there were mostly Chinese and the Indian friends who lived there spoke in English.
Korean: Normal text.
Bold: Japanese
This one is in Mandarin
This one is in EnglishAfter a tiring day at work, Izana finally returned home. He tiredly took his coat off and kept his bag. He sat down to unwind for a few seconds before going to freshen up and lay down on his bed. An hour later, he was feeling better and came out to see that Yumeko had still not come out of her room, which was strange since she would always come out to talk and 'annoy' him. Suddenly he heard a faint sniffle and it made him freeze. He immediately went to her room and saw that his little sister was curled up in the corner of her bed and sniffling.
"Yumeko....", Izana whispered softly as he went to sit on her bed, beside her and placed a hand on her arm. "What happened?"
"Nii-san.", she choked out a sob and got up just to hug him tightly, startling him.
Izana immediately hugged her back as her petite frame curled to his side as if trying to seek his warmth and feel safe.
His heart ached at the sound of her sobs, and he tightened his embrace, resting his chin gently on top of her head. "Shh... it's okay," he murmured, rubbing soothing circles on her back. "I'm here. You can tell me what's wrong."
Yumeko buried her face deeper into his chest, her small hands clutching the fabric of his shirt. "I-I just...I had a really bad day, Nii-san. Everything just... hurt."
Izana frowned, his protective instincts flaring. "Did someone do something to you?" His tone was calm, but there was an underlying edge to it—a silent promise that if someone had hurt her, they would regret it.
"I-I met up with an old....' friend' from high school and he...he...he molested me..."
Izana's entire body went rigid, his blood turning to ice. For a split second, the world seemed to stop—then a storm of fury erupted inside him, so fierce it made his hands tremble against Yumeko's back. He forced himself to exhale slowly, keeping his voice lethally controlled.
"Who?"
"It was... Hibiki. Kazama Hibiki. That guy from high school I told you about before. The one who always dated around."
"The baseball player?"
Yumeko nodded, still clinging to him. "He started texting me a few months ago. At first, it was normal - asking about university, about life. But then..." She swallowed hard. "Then the messages got... pushy. Kept asking to meet alone, saying suggestive things. I stopped replying. Yesterday he texted again, saying he was sorry, and that he just wanted to catch up properly. Said we could meet at the mall, in public. I thought... maybe he really had changed."
A bitter laugh escaped her. "How stupid am I? Today started fine, but then he suggested going to the park. When we got to a quiet area, he just... grabbed me. Kissed me even when I said no. Laughed when I tried to push him away." Her voice broke. "Said I needed to 'loosen up', that I was being too uptight."
Izana's hands clenched into fists. "Where is he now?"
"I don't know! I ran when I got the chance but... I should have known better. I should have blocked him months ago when he first started with those messages. I just... I thought maybe he wasn't really like that." Fresh tears spilled down her cheeks. "God, I'm so stupid."

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