Yesterday the event keeps resonance inside Gaku's mind. How can such a thing happen in such a short amount of time? The person who is hugging the redhead is smiling like a serial killer.

When he searches again for the same person in the reflection, nothing comes out. It just likes it gone along with those eerie laugh. It's creepy when he remembers those faces again.

"Ha..." Gaku sigh. His mother watched him sighing while hand still working on the pan.

"Got something on mind wanna talk about?" She asks with the little smile on the face.

Gaku shook his head. He can't just accept his mother invitation to explain his feeling. No, this feeling and thought can never be shared. It's just something he needs to keep to himself until he becomes older by time. Furthermore, his guts tell him that the time will not be that long.

"Okay fine. Do whatever you want. Before that, Riku will come again with the same woman as yesterday. Saying along the line of business with Riku, " Gaku's mother declared as she was pouting.

Gaku can only laugh awkwardly as he watches his mother cooks. His mother and the woman yesterday are enemies right now and with his mother personalities, he surely knows that his mother will not befriend with that woman around the time.

But, the words his mother said keep repeating inside of his mind. Riku... Will be coming here again? Along with the woman? Gaku sigh.

"What a disaster." Sarcasm on the way.

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"May someone tells me why did you are here again?" Gaku's mother raises a question towards the blond-haired woman.

Riku only sweating when he saw the same thing happen like yesterday. Why did this thing repeating again and again? It like a curse is happening around this type of thing.

"I'm sorry you need to watch this thing."

Riku turns his head towards the young girl beside him. Oh, he forgot about his manager again. Two days ago, he forgot she even comes with her parents and yesterday forgot she come with her mother and today the same as yesterday.

Riku shook his head and turn towards Gaku who is watching the two woman fight with words while smiling evilly. "Those eyes didn't even smile that is creepy," Gaku whispered to himself.

Bad for him, for Riku can hear him. Riku good hearing has been useful lately. He can hear his brother confusion about his well being and his only friend right now whisper.

"Can't do anything about them. Adults are vessels for life game after all."

His manager, Tsumugi, tilts her head to left as she was repeating his words. Not understanding the meaning behind it. Riku smiled and pat his manager's head.

"She will understand it one day when she's older, " Riku thoughts.

Before anything he can say, Musubi opens her mouth and hug Riku while at it. She surely knows how to tick off people.

"So Riku-kun, about the invitation, what do you think?' She smiles and gives Riku silent words.

Riku smirk inside his mind. He just wanted to laugh out loud right now. What was the short form if it? Yeah, lol. Does this woman think she can trick Riku to agree with her cute moves?

"Never underestimate an enemy in a battle. Trust your own self is good but never good enough. Don't play with fire people say."

Gaku's mother laughs when she saw the words inside that small notebook. While Musubi is having this conflicted feeling about trust. That's right, she's the one who having trouble about trust but now she is educated by a child?

"Riku... How old are you?"

She really has this bad feeling. People say when you have this feeling called butterfly in your stomach, it means that this will never be good.

"Don't judge people by their appearance. A spin of from doesn't judge a book by its cover. Musubi sis surely know what this means, right?"

Riku smirk with all his might inside his mind. Oh, play with fate is resulting in his bad manners. Surely, lost six things in your life and keep losing in it have its effects.

Musubi sweatdrop when she saw the words. Again, her question being dodge with a good reflects. Not many children can do that so smoothly.

"Somehow, I can read your mind Musubi sis, " Riku monologue again.

Riku turns his head towards Gaku and Tsumugi on the table. They both are chatting so carefree. Riku guesses future did never change even in this past.

"Riku, you have three more years." Somehow, the same voice as yesterday opens up again. Riku closes his eyes and opens them again. He knows what these words mean. So obvious even he didn't want to acknowledge.

His brother will be adopted by Kujou-san. He hates that man with all his beings. But, that man coming to their house is one of the clues to this world event in the future.

All this began with one person. Ogami Banri, a young man that will out from being a partner to Yuki. Riku can't change this thing even if he wanted to keep them both together. But if Banri didn't stop being Yuki partner, then, Momo will never be there.

"All this just keep pop up on my head and give me a headache, " Riku thoughts.

Gaku taps Riku shoulder and gives him a warm smile. Tsumugi too gives him a smile. In return, he smiles back to both of them using the same mask he using this past few days.

I can't break this mask yet. I need to change a few events so everyone will have a happy ending they deserve. They don't need to suffer because of me again.

"Run, Riku!"

A memory of his original life flooded inside his mind. Riku smile and crying. That memory is the only trigger to this weird thing that keeps happening. He knows that memory is the only thing he able to remember from his original life but somehow it becomes a blur and nowhere can be seen again.

"You okay?"

Nodding, he returns to his sit and eats his ice cream. Sweets are the only thing he needs to focus on. It will relief him a bit from all this troublesome thing.

Tsumugi and Gaku return to their own sit and keeps chatting. The two women keep arguing like a little kid while they both cooks in the kitchen.

Riku laughing silently seeing the two of them talking. If this atmosphere can keep being like this until the end with all of them together, how miracle it is.

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"So, how was your free ticket with a new friend?" Riku mother asks with a smile.

Riku nodding his head and raises two fingers. The sign means for two friends he has right now. Tsumugi and Gaku, even if their friendship begins with a fight between Gaku's mother and Musubi sis.

"Oh my, you have two friends now? Good for you, Riku-kun." His mother laughs with a small smile.

Tenn who is sitting with their father in the living room peek at the kitchen where Riku sit. Somehow he too smiling like an idiot watching his little brother cute moment.

Riku turns his head towards Tenn who is watching and give an unpleasant face. It was like those time when he gave out a note saying, "Don't give me a reason to call you a pervert, Tenn-nii."

Seeing this, his mother immediately comes in between them and give both of them a glass of juice. While their father receives a cup of coffee.

Drink all the juice, Riku sits back u and walks to his room. He needs some time to think again about the next event that will occur. The past has been changing a few times now without him doing anything.

"Riku-kun, you sure don't want to eat any snack?" His mother raised a question along with a worried face.

Riku shook his head and walks immediately to his room, close the door and slide down when he finally locks the door. Riku brings his knees towards his chest and rests his head on it. A soft snob came out and bring Riku to his immediate shock.

"Who... Was that?" Riku thoughts to himself.

The sob keeps repeating again and again. The sobs just keep getting louder without his notice and he still isn't sure where the sobs coming from.

"It came... From the toilet?"

Riku walks to his toilet near the door. Open it up and glance around. Nothing suspicious to look and focus on. But then, he stops when he saw his own reflection in the mirror.

How can he explain this in words? The one in the reflection is the future him. How can that explain in words when he himself can't explain anything?

"A..." Again, Riku tries his best to let out his voice but nothing except a few words.

Feeling like an idiot and hopeless, his eyes tearing up. His own self whom he thinks highly of now is only a hopeless person.

"Where is my voice when I needed it?!" Riku shouts in his mind. No one can read it.

Riku slump down on the toilet floor. He clutches his shirt on the chest. Head down facing the floor and sobs loud and clear resonance in the toilet.

"A..." He tried to focus on his voice again.

"Ar..."

Feeling like being dejected, he tried to sit back up. "There's no use in crying some like this. I still have a few things needed to change." Riku brings hope to himself.

When he faces that hopeless future self, he just can't do right. His eyes tearing up again. It just his feeling is connected to the past of future him.

"Pl..." Again he this his best on his voice.

"Ple..."

The sobs continuing. This time Riku brings his hand up to his ear and close it. It's like he didn't want to hear anything from that time. He wants to be close up like a shut-in. Never give in to the light the same as a vampire.

"Please just stop crying!" Riku shouts.

His voice finally out but he keeps repeating the words, please. He didn't realize what he has done.

"A..." When he opens his mouth again, his voice... The same as before.

"Why... When I've given you everything you wanted," Riku monologue.

"Riku... Not all the thing we take from you is the same you know?" The voice resonance again.

Riku looks up to his election in the mirror. His own reflection is talking to him with those sinister smile. No, that isn't his smile.

"Every six-time you repeat the time, we take six different things from you."

Riku glance around the toilet. He takes the nearest thing he can get, a flip knife. He has been keeping those knife inside his toilet for a long time but never tries to use it.

"Riku... How sad is your life? You've lost everything while we get anything. You lost your memories, you lost one of your emotion. You lose your sanity. Finally, you lose your happy ending."

But... Why he can't remember any of that? Why he can't remember when he said he's okay to lose that thing? It's just like his own memories is playing with him.

It was like it's not his own memories. This time with Gaku, Tsumugi and his Tenn-nii. It was like... Someone else using his body. Why he never realise it until now?

"Because you've lost to your own past."

Riku shook his head. No, he needs to keep going. Don't ever lose himself again on his own. The future can still be change just like those little monster talking about.

"Future can be changed even a little. That is why I need to do everything I can to change it too. Do it like my life is on the line. Do it because I need everyone to have a happy ending!" Riku thoughts to himself.

"Riku... Don't die, okay?"

Riku watch in horror. His own brother... Is bathing in blood. He protecting him from that thing. Glance around the room, everyone... Even Re: Vale and Trigger are protecting him.

"Riku..."

No, no. This can't be happening. No, no, no, no, No! They can't die here. They still have their fans to support. He turns his head towards the screen in the room. The fans... Are throwing their flags and shirt everywhere.

"No... Tenn-nii..."

He will be alone again. He will be lonely again. He will have those guilt all over him again. He will have that thing from following him again.

"A..."

"Aaa!!"

Riku jolt from his bed. Sweat all over his head and face. Body shivering without his consent. That dream... Is his future memory.

Riku closes his eyes and opens them again. This time, when he opened it, his beautiful dawn eyes, turn into a blank crimson like blood colour.

"That's right. In order to change the future... We need to bath in blood." The voice appears again.

From Riku's bed, blood is everywhere. The person that appears in front of Gaku, this time hugs Riku again. The window in Riku's room shows his reflection.

Riku future self... Covering in blood while smiling happily with two bodies before him.

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Yes, yes. You may not understand this chapter. Especially, the moment of Riku in his toilet. Yes, I indeed try to make it less confusing but with how many mysteries are in this book, I can't say anything.

You will found out about this in the future chapter. That is why I tag this book with angst.