You were siting in the library with your history book spread open widely but you were distracted by something else than studying, the piece of paper from Uta lied in front of you, you were thinking all the time what you could write down since there was nothing you wanted right now, all you wanted you had and everything else you couldn't write down that included your feelings... you bit your pen until a familiar voice made you snap out of your clouds

"Hello sweetie!" you looked up to see Itori walking over to your table with a bunch of bar tender books in her hands

"Itori, it's nice to see you" you greeted her and she took a seat across from you

"Nice to see you here (first name) are you studying hard for school?" you blushed in embarrassment and removed your pen from your mouth

"I-I try.." she looked at your history book and saw the paper from Uta's art book

"Why do you have a paper piece from Uta's art book? That textbook is holy to him" you looked down and noticed it was lying obviously open over your book

"I...Uhhh... this is for my birthday... he gave it to me" she smiled and rested her chin on her hand

"Oh really? Are you supposed to write down your wish or something?" she asked curious, you blushed deeper and played with the pen in your fingers

"Something like that..." she noticed your weakness and kept asking

"Then why is it still empty? Isn't there anything you want for your birthday?" you looked down in your lap still playing with the pen

"I... don't really know what to wish for, I have everything I could ask for" Itori was not stupid she realized a while ago that you liked Uta more than you should

"Then why don't you ask for something you really want?" you looked at her with confused eyes

"What do you mean?" she smiled

"It's your birthday after all so you can wish for anything right? Why don't you write down what you really want from him?" your heart started to pick up speed slowly and your eyes saddened lightly

"I don't know what you mean.." Itori placed her hand on your cheek and brought your face back up to meet with her eyes

"I know how you feel about Uta" her words made your eyes widen in shock

"W-What??" she smiled warmly to calm you

"Don't worry I am not going to tell... I just want you to be honest with yourself and write down on that paper what you really want from him, I am sure he will be happy if you write down what your heart desires the most" you felt even more sad and closed your eyes

"I... can't... he did so much for me that it would be to selfish to ask for something like this... he does not even know about my feelings and the last thing I want is to trouble him with them..." Itori understood you well since she knew herself what consequences it bares to be with a human

"Trust me on this ok... I know he will accept any wish you write down on that paper, you know why?" you looked up to her

"Why?"

"Because you mean a lot to him and he would do anything to make you happy" her words let your heart speed and you smiled lightly

"So trust me, write down whatever you desire and he will make sure to give it to you, he will do anything to see you smile... that's why he gave you that paper in the first place right?" you thought about what she said for a moment until you nodded

"Alright, I will write down what my heart desires the most" she smiled

"That's what I wanted to hear" she stood up and grabbed her books

"I have to go now, see you soon (first name)" she took her leave with a last smile and you waved her until she was out of sight, you were sitting on the table for a few minutes longer until you grabbed your stuff and left for the bathroom.

The light in the bathroom was very bright and so your scar was visible in the mirror, your dried your hands and softly touched it outlining it, your face saddened a little as you suddenly remembered something... when Uta aided you he said something that never left your mind... it revealed everything to you, the whole truth and the secret about the mystery ghoul who scarred you that night, for some reason the realization that it was him left you really calm, maybe it was because you were not shocked that it was him since you hoped that it was him... you remembered the first time you saw Uta on that stage at the auction, he was frozen in place for a second as he saw you crawling out of that box, he must have noticed your scent immediately and wanted to protect you again that's why he bought you and brought you here... the fact that he was involved in the murder of your parents also did not shock you, you knew he was not the one who killed them directly and you also knew that your head was just protecting him because it wanted to believe he was innocent but deep down you knew he wasn't... the fact that you love him could not be changed and you did not wanted it to change, you decided for yourself that one day you will ask him what really happened and why he acted the way he did but until then you would keep quiet about this because you knew this would probably hurt him very much to know that you figured out the truth... you grabbed your bag and left the bathroom taking your paper out and writing on it the wish you decided.

You heard loud noises from upstairs as you entered the shop, Uta was having an argument with someone and that one was Renji. You dropped your coat and shoes as you made your way upstairs slowly, you heard out a few words but they did not make any sense to you, you peaked into the living room and saw Renji and Uta standing on the table arguing, you stood in the doorway and listened for a second before your scent made you visible

"(first name), you are back already?" Uta asked a little surprised, you nodded shyly and apologized

"I'm sorry I did not mean to interrupt you guys, I'll be going" you were about to turn around when Renji stopped you

"You don't have to, I'm done anyway" he grabbed his coat and walked past you, Uta dropped himself on the chair and massaged the sides of his head

"Did you...had a fight?" you asked curious

"Yeah... the usual stuff again, he'll never leave me alone with that subject" you sit down on the chair across him

"What subject?" Uta smiled and removed his hands from his head

"Don't worry about it, it's just some boys stuff..." you could tell he was lying but you nodded anyway, he stood up and walked towards the fridge

"Are you hungry?" you hummed

"What did you do today?" he started preparing the tools for coking while you sit on the chair and stared at his back with lightly sad eyes

"I was in the library all day"

"Studying for school I hope" you nodded

"Yes... something like that" he glimpsed over his shoulder and looked at your posture that was sunken into the chair slightly sad

"Is something troubling you?" he asked

"I... uhhh" he started chopping some vegetables and you watched him doing it, you hold the small paper in your hands tightly, your heart was speeding and you pulled yourself together, silently you stood up from the chair and walked towards Uta with the paper, you were so nervous since the wish you write down was probably obvious, you stopped behind him

"T-There is something I want to give you" you managed to stutter out and Uta turned around, his eyes met with yours as he saw you holding out a small paper

"What is it?" he asked curious, you swallowed the knot in your throat

"It's my wish... you wanted me to write down what I want for my birthday" he suddenly smiled brightly and took the paper from your shaking hands

"So you decided on something?" you nodded and he unfolded it slowly, your heart was beating so fast that it almost jumped out of your chest, Uta could hear it but tried to stay calm he was curious what you decided on, his eyes scanned the paper and read the words you write down

"I want to spend 1 day with you in the amusement park"

End of Part 16