Chapter 8: Tangled Family

"Yume, where are you? I missed you so much!" I mumbled.

"Don't worry! We'll find her." Kanata comforted me.

Even though I called her, her phone was busy.

We are now in police station still waiting for new reports.

Until, Headmas-er, Sir Hikaru came along Elza.

"Subaru, what happened to Yume?" He shrieked.

I stood up, "I did not do anything to her! I swear, she just disappeared!" I replied.

"My niece won't be kidnapped if it weren't for you!" He shouted.

"Enough already! We do not wish to make a scene." Elza scolded.

My phone then rang.

It was Yume.

I quickly picked up with my hopes, "Yume! Where are you?" I said.

Unfortunately, it was not Yume.

"This ain't Yume. You must be her boyfriend." The person said on the line.

"Wh-who are you? Why do you have her phone?" I asked.

"Put it on speaker phone, lad!" He ordered.

I put it on loud speaker.

"Listen up, jerks!" The man said.

"Where's my niece?" Hikaru asked.

"You're niece is safe with me. Now listen to me, do anyone of you know Lilac Hyakuya?" The man replied.

"Lilac? What do you need from her?" Elza wondered.

The man laughed, "Her. Her is what I need, and what I want. If she, I mean, if you all want to see Yume alive."

"Who are you?" Hikaru asked.

"Haha! You never really recognized my voice, eh, Hikaru?" The man said.

Elza and Hikaru glanced at each other.

"Ryuji?" Elza mumbled.

"Ah! Elza! You're such an astute woman." The man, namely Ryuji said.

Ryuji laughed.

I then heard Yume's voice through the phone, "You idiot! How dare you even try threaten them!" Yume yelled.

"Shut up brat!" We heard Ryuji scold Yume.

"Hikaru..." Ryuji called, "First, Amy, then Lilac. You never learn, do you?" He said.

Hikaru's eyebrows twitched.

"Who's next? E--" Ryuji's words were interrupted by me.

"You, shut up! You don't have the right to order, scowl, or shout on us." I shouted, "Yume is everything to us. She is everything to her uncle, to Miss Elza, to her friends and to me."

Ryuji chuckled a bit, "I liked those words and spirit, young man. But I never need a speech from someone, I need Lilac." He said.

"Or else, you'll be seeing dear Yume, DEAD!" He added and hung up.

No! Dead?

I clenched my fists.

"How dare he said that!" I said.

"Wait, makes me wonder? What connection does Ryuji-san have with Sir Hikaru and Miss Elza?" Laura asked.

Hikaru sighed, "He's our classmate since elementary." He said as he went outside the station.

"Subaru, let's have a talk for awhile." Hikaru said.

I swallowed a lump on his throat and went outside.

"Did I mention why I made you stay away from Yume?" He asked.

I shook my head.

"I don't want you to end up like me." He said.

"Ryuji is a boy that I used to be friends with. But I never knew he would change." He said, "We were around 14-15 years old that time, I have a relationship with Elza's sister, Amy. Ryuji got mad at me, that it broke our friendship."

I widened my eyes, "How old is Amy?"

"Around 12-13."

I frowned and gave him a signal to continue.

"After months passed of Amy's death, Ryuji has a sudden interest on Elza. However, Elza rejected Ryuji's feelings." He continued, "Ryuji thought that Elza has interest on me that he attacked me."

"That's Ryuji? Why did you make friends with him?" I asked, "And who is Lilac? What connection does she have in this situation?"

Thoughts ran through my mind that are waiting to be answered.

"Lilac, and Ryuji, used to be a married couple. But soon break up." He said as he stood up.

I kept myself silent.

Why is this world full of lies?

"Yume is not my niece," he said, "She is my daughter. I gave her to my sister lying that I got her from the orphanage. Even though, her real mom gave her to me."

"So, that means...?" I stopped.

"Yume has a half-sister, that is Hime Shiratori." He said.

Hime Shiratori?

"You mean the old S4 leader?" I said.

He nods.

"Yume has one more sister, that would be her twin. Only, I don't know who is her twin." He added.

We went inside finding the others including Elza-san talking seriously.

"Hey guys!" I greeted.

Everyone remained silent.

"I think now is the right time to tell what is bugging on your mind, Elza-sama." Aria said.

Elza sighed, "Tell me the truth, Hikaru, did you take advantage on Lilac during college? Did you lie behind my back to all of our classmates back at highschool about......nevermind!" She stopped, "I rather not have you answered it." Shr said.

"Yes." Hikaru replied, "Yes, I took advantage on your best friend Lilac, and yes, I lied behind your back to our classmates that we're more than friends."

He sighed, "Now tell me, who is Yume's twin?"

Elza approached to him and whispered to his ear.

She walked away, "She's Yume's twin." She said and left.

"Her?" He mumbled.

"Who is it?" I asked.

"Keep this a secret from Yume, to everyone." He said and walks away.

"Subaru? What did he say to you?" Nozomu asked.

"Can't tell, sorry!" I said and walked away.

Yume, where are you? I want you to know, that you're family is...

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