The next day. And the next.
We did not see each other.
All that false hope to see him. Gone.
I avoided him. I could do nothing. Just a helpless. Fragile. Human girl.
Tanaka I saw. And the housekeeper I saw.
I kept to myself. Taking walks in the garden. Pacing the space between us.
I knew I had to be strong. But this went beyond what I could be saved for.
I walked to my room.
There he stood.
Alone. In front. Of. My door.
The air around him seemed alive yet devours the light.
I had one question.
He turns. He sees me. He comes. Quiet as a shadow.
I gulp and bring myself to ask.
That one simple question.
"Did my father know? About you?"
The words barely pass through my lips. As I wait.
I grow scared of the answer.
Yet it comes.
"Yes,"

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Winter Song •「冬の歌」• CPN
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