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3rd POV

Everything seems muted. No sound of a sisters heart beat. Her laugh. Her voice. Not even the sound's she would make while crying.

How could this happen? How could everything go to hell barley a week? How is it possible for a human being to feel this mush sadness and grief?

Yume stands in the doorframe of Bree's little room. Riku's back facing her. He's obviously playing with Bree.

Yume opens her mouth but no words come out. It had barley even been an hour after her sisters death. She feels tears threating to spill out. To pour out if her eyes that make her just wanna crawl into a small ball.

She opens her mouth one more time and words come out this time.

"... Riku..."

It was quiet. Almost a mutter. But loud enough for Riku to stop playing with Bree. He didn't turn around. But he did stop playing.

Yume opens her mouth again and closes it.

She wants to scream. Yell. Wail. Anything but this. How in the world is she going to be able to tell her brother-in-law that he's now a widower?

Yume opens her mouth one more time. This time just to blurt it out. Barley even a squeak comes out when Riku says.

"She's dead... Isn't she..."

Yume's eyes widen, and she takes a step back. The tears she had been keeping in slowly slip down her cheeks. Her mouth agape.

"... How... How did you know...?"

Riku finally turns just a bit. But enough for Yume to see the right side of his face. He has a sad smile on his lips and his eyes look like he's grieving.

"You may know her better than anyone else. But she was someone really close to me..."

He turns back to Bree and hugs. His voice shaking.

"She would never hold Bree that tight unless she was going to die..."

Yume looks down. Her tears falling onto the floor. She shuts her eyes closed.

"It's my fault..."

Riku quickly turns around to Yume. Reveling his tear stained cheeks.

"How?"

He asks.

Yume grabs her pink sweater that's now wrapped around her waist.

"If I hadn't been so stubborn! If I hadn't been so depressed! None of this wouldn't have happened! Things happen for a reason! That's what I believe! That's why, what if things went differently! What if I stayed at Four Star! Would Brec still be alive! I'm the one who sent you that letter last year! I'm the reason why you came! Why you two had intercourse! Why Bree was born! If I just didn't send that letter! She would still be aliv--"

Yume is interrupted when Riku suddenly hugs her. Tears falling down his cheeks.

"Don't say that! If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be holding my daughter! I know she said something really important to you! Something to make you have to go on before she passed! That's why I'm begging you! As your older brother by Marrige! Remember what she said to you!"

Yume shuts her eyes. And just let's her tears pour out. Riku does the same. And after awhile. They let go of each other. Yume looks down.

"Do you... Want to say goodbye to her...?"

Riku looks down and nods. He leaves the room with Yume and Bree in it.

When he enters the room Riku freezes.

Brec looks so peaceful. Like as if she's finally resting.

He swallows a lump in his throat. And walks forward. Sitting in the seat Yume always sits at.

Riku clears his throat.

"I'm not really good at this and well... You know that."

He stops for a second. Looking away. But then focuses back on Brec and starts again.

"I just... I just hope you're resting. I know that you've been tired for a long time and..."

He swallows another invisible lump.

"And.... You're gonna miss alot of things... You know--knew that. You're... Gonna miss our daughters first steps. Her first words. Her first day at school... Her graduation. Her wedding....
"Not to mention she's growing up without a mother and... I just... Don't think it's even possible for me to love another person as much as I love you...
"You're gonna miss out on seeing our daughter become a person! You're not able to-- watch her get her first boyfriend. Her first heartbreak. And what if something happens to me?! Then who will take care of her?! "

By now. Riku's hand is shaking as tears stream down his cheeks. He bends over but not getting up.

"You're--You're not able to cry anymore! Shout! Get mad! Get happy! Nothing! You're not able to feel anything anymore! Everything just stopped for you and--and!"

He looks up. Tears pouring down.

"What if I'm a bad father! What if I don't raise Bree right!? What if I don't pay enough attention to her and she starts harming herself or worse! She--She-!"

He looks back down. Unable to stop crying.

You know that won't happen. You'll raise her right... I know you will...

He looks back up at Brec. Like as if he's realized something.

"But... That doesn't mean I can't do it.. I'll tell her one day all about you! It may not be soon... But one day. When I'm ready. I'll tell her about her crazy brave mother, her optimisc aunt, and her smiling half-aunt. And I'll tell her the story of your battle."

He stands up and kisses her forehead. He walks to the door. Before he leaves. He turns back around. And smiles.

"Goodnight Brec...."

He turns off the light and walks out.