■3rd Person POV■

~ 1 Year Ago~ 

Seven year old Y/N is timidly hiding behind her father's legs. She clenches her father's pants while seeing the two strangers in front of her. A woman that she met about four times, now standing in front of her, along with a black wavy short haired boy. 

The boy is wearing a mask, but even so, Y/N could tell that the slightly older boy is good looking. He has two moles above his right eyebrow. The boy stares at Y/N, he doesn't really look expressive.

Y/N's dad: Y/N honey, they will live here starting from today. Remember this aunty I took you to meet last week, I hope you can call her mom now honey... and

Y/N was being pushed gently by her father to stands in front of the black haired boy. 

Y/N's dad: this is Kiyoomi nii, he'll be your new brother... He'll be L/N Kiyoomi, you guys are now siblings.

Y/N's timidly staring at Kiyoomi, but she then gently lift her hand for a handshake.

Y/N: n-nice... to meet you....

Y/N is getting antsy that Kiyoomi hasn't taken her hand but then, he gently grabs her hand, and the two shake hands.

Kiyomi: Kiyoomi...

Ever since that day, the two become really close. Kiyoomi looks after Y/N really well. Even though he's a bit of a germophobe, Kiyoomi never hesitated to touch or be touched by Y/N. The L/N live their life happily as a family inside their humble apartment

~ Back to present ~

Y/N is crying, her body trembles and Kiyoomi wraps his arm around her trying to calm his step sister down. Their mother is crouching near a casket, Y/N's father is inside as he died in an accident when he returns from work. 

Y/N: father.... (sobs) no... don't leave me... I... (sobs) I... don't want to be alone...

Ten years old Kiyoomi pulls Y/N close to him, burying her face on his chest.

Kiyoomi: you will never be alone... I won't let you be alone... I'll never let that happen...

Y/N: Kiyoomi nii.... ( sobs)

Kiyoomi: It's okay.... I'm here...

While hugging his sister, Kiyoomi stares at his mother who stares blankly at the coffin. During a year being an L/N with Y/N and her father, his mother showing how great of a mother she is for the family, but now that their father's gone, Kiyoomi's afraid of something. Something that he faced back then, before he became an L/N, when he only lives with his mother.

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■Kiyoomi's POV■

I lock the door to my room with Y/N. Y/N is covering the back of her left hand, her face showing that she's in pain. I gently uncover her hand and see a reddish mark on the back of her hand, it seems like she was hit by something.

The door was banging as it was being knocked by our mom, violently. It's been three months since my father died, well, Y/N's father. And mom, she's back to her previous behavior before she married Y/N's father.  

Since I was young, I never see my own father. It's only me and my mom for nine years before we met Y/N's father. When it's only the two of us, mom tends to act harshly, she sometimes hit me or locks me inside our old storage room, that what makes me afraid of dirt and such. 

And now, that Y/N's father is no longer here, she's back to her old self. 

Kiyoomi's Mom: Get out you two! Open the door! Kiyoomi, don't hide that girl... having you alone is hard enough for me, now I have to care for two... 

Y/N: Kiyoomi nii... am I... going to be thrown away?

Kiyoomi: don't listen to her...

Tears fall from her eyes and I wipe them away. Though mom is my actual family, I feel more attached to Y/N and her late father. Though Y/N's father is no longer here, I won't let her be alone.

I can hear that mom is walking away from our room and walking down the stair. Y/N and I hold hands as we peek outside. But mom turns around and looks up, she immediately runs our way but, she slips a step and falls down backward.

 I pull Y/N so she doesn't see as my mother fell. I look as my mother didn't move and slowly walking down the stairs while covering Y/N's eyes. when we're down, I told her to call the cops and ambulance. 

I stare at my mother who's laying on the floor, she looks up at me and her mouth is mouthing something that makes my body shiver.

I clench my hands but then I feel soft hands hold mine. I look back and sees Y/N's teary eyes stares at mine. How I could be calmer when she's around.

Y/N: Kiyoomi nii... mother...

Kiyoomi: it's okay... you're gonna be okay...

Now I guess, it's only Y/N and me now...

■Y/N's POV■

The cops and ambulance came not long after I called them, but. 

I look to the side as our mother was being carried by the medic, but her body is covered with a white sheet. I tightened my grip on Kiyoomi Nii's hand as he talks to the cops. I watch as Kiyoomi nii calmly answers the cop's questions. 

Cop1: So she was drunk and chased you, kids, upstairs, then when she missed a step and fell backward?

Kiyoomi: yes, she kind of slip and fell backward...

Cop1: do you have any other acquaintances? 

Kiyoomi: no, it's just the two of us... we... have no one else...

Kiyoomi nii grasps my hand tighter. I see as the cops are talking while glancing at us with pity. 

Y/N: Kiyoomi nii... what will happen to us... mommy... she died too right?

I can feel that my eyes are getting hot. Mom did change in the past three months. she used to be so kind to me, but after daddy's gone, she starts to yell and sometimes hit me. But, she did worse to Kiyoomi nii.

Kiyoomi nii always protects me from mommy, and when he got hit or yelled at, he looks unfazed, as if he's used to it.

Kiyoo mii nii... what do you feel now? mommy is... your mom is...

Kiyoomi nii looks calm, I know part of his face is covered by the mask, but I can see that he's not trying to hide any emotion. Suddenly, Kiyoomi nii looks my way and tilts his head slightly.

Kiyoomi: what is it Y/N? you okay?

Kiyoomi nii is so kind... he's still worried about me even though his mom had just passed away...

I shook my head no and trying to make him stop worrying.

Y/N: no-nothing Kiyoomi nii... I...am just sleepy...

Kiyoomi nii put my head to lean on his shoulder.

Kiyoomi: lean here for a while... 

Then I see the two cops coming our way. Kiyoomi nii stands up, so I follow him and stands up as well.

Cops2: kids, um... we've been talking for a while.... we found some family that could take you in... both families are from the same perfectu-

Y/N: it's... a different family? am I... have to be... separated from Kiyoomi nii?

I could feel my eyes getting hot, imagining being apart from Kiyoomi nii. 

Cops1: it's a foster parents' that works with our office... but unfortunately, each can only take one for now... so-

Kiyoomi: please put us in a place where we could be together...

I look up at Kiyoomi nii as he grabs my shoulder and pulls me close. Kiyoomi nii talks to the cops in a stern voice. The cops exchanged glances and look back at us.

Cop1: kids... if you want to be together, you will be taken to an orphanag-

Kiyoomi: then it's okay... we'll go there... as long as we're together... that's okay...

The cops took us to a building, it's a big house to be exact. The cops knock on the door and a lay appear. She looks at us and smiles gently at Kiyoomi nii and me. The cops talk with the lady and then she crouches down in front of us.

Cop1: kids, this is Msr. Mayu, she runs this orphanage... she'll be taking care of you two

Mayu: hi there... I'm Mayu... I'll take care of you two, Kiyoomi, Y/N... this is your new family...

Kiyoomi nii holds my hands tightly. We walk inside the house with the kind lady as she shows us our room. We settle in our room and sit on our new bed.

Y/N: Kiyoomi nii... we... will we be separated?

Kiyoomi: I won't let that... no matter how many families that will be our new family... as long as you're there... that's where my family is...

I snuggle to Kiyoomi nii and he holds me close. 

Wherever we are...

As long as we're together...

That's where our family is...