"The results are magnificent, I've never seen something like this before"

"Her body is unique, being able to resist such a high dosage"

"We should take this to the next level doctor; we still have the option to use a much higher dosage"

"Won't that be too much? She just underwent an injection this morning"

"So far she managed to deal with it just fine, let's give her a higher dosage and see what happens"

"What if the experiment fails?"

"Then I take full responsibility for it"

"Doctor Kanou, are you 100% sure that she can handle it? She is just a kid after all"

"We don't know if we don't try, now get the injection ready"

"Yes sir!"

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"Tie her down! Restrain her movements!"

"We are trying sir! But she won't calm down!"

"Give her a higher dosage of the sleep medicine and restrain her!"

"Y-Yes sir!"

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"She finally calmed down, now let's get to work"

"Here is the injection doctor"

"Transfer it slowly so her body can adjust"

"What do we do if she still does not show the required results?"

"Then we're going over to the last option and transplanting the kakuhou into her body"

"Yes sir!"

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"hahaha! Splendid! Just splendid! Her body is magnificent! After taking such a high dosage she still manages to refuse the change! Whatever it is that suppreses that modification inside of her I want it!"

"Doctor Kanou, what are you planning to do with her?"

"Let's go over to the last option and transplant the kakuhou into her body, I am itching to find out if she can resist a direct change within her body"

"Alright, we schedule the operation 1 week from now"

"Good, meanwhile monitor her if any chances appear during that time"

"Yes sir!"

"Not long now my dear... you will soon see the world through different eyes *whispers* the eyes of a monster that is".

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"(First name)!!! wake up!" I woke up from a terrible nightmare with Yomo shaking my shoulders.

"Y-Yomo-san..." I mumbled as I found him kneeling over me with a concerned expression, his eyes were shaking.

"Are you alright? I could hear your screaming all the way outside" he asked piercing my eyes.

"Y-You did? I am sorry... I did not even realize I was screaming..." he slowly let go off my shoulders and took a seat in front of me.

"Did you have a nightmare?" he asked.

"Yes... a terrible one" I replied brushing my hair out of my face.

"What happened?" he was curious.

"The time inside the laboratory... I recalled the conversation they had while injecting me with RC cells... they really planned to turn me into a monster" I whispered, still shaking on my entire body.

"They will never do it again... I promise that I won't let them get close to you... ever again" my eyes widened and I looked up to his face that I found soaked with water.

"Yomo-san... what happened to you?" I asked referring to his wet hair and soaked clothes. He was bleeding on his forehead lightly.

"Nothing, just getting back from a job" he replied.

"Why haven't you healed? The wound is still bleeding?" I asked concerned as he turned his face away from me.

"It will, just takes a little longer" he said and was about to stand up but I stopped his arm and crawled towards him to examine his face. I slowly brushed his hanging in hair out of the way to see the wound clearly, it was just a laceration but it still looked bad.

"What did you do? You've gotten a lot of dirt in it, it will get infected if we don't cleanse it" I said, softly caressing my finger around his wound.

"It's nothing serious, it does not even hurt anymore" he started but I could clearly feel he was lying.

"Yomo-san... have you been eaten well lately?" I suddenly asked, his eyes twitched and he looked away from me.

"Why do you ask?" he replied, trying to avoid the question.

"Because... you seem pale lately... and besides... if you don't eat enough your body takes longer to heal" I explained. He was silent for a moment and kind of felt embarrassed that I noticed his health issues.

"There is a lot going on currently... you are right, I haven't eaten much the last month" he replied honestly but his eyes were still avoiding mine.

"You need to tell me stuff like that... I can't take care of you if I don't know what's going on..." I whispered to him in a hurtful voice. His eyes started shaking as he heard my concerned words towards him.

"Why should I share my issues with you? I don't want to bother you with even more stuff... you already have to worry about other things" he said in his usual monotone voice, trying to shake me off.

"Because you are important to me... and I can't stand to see you suffer alone... I don't want to loose you Yomo-san..."

"W-What the hell am I saying????? AM I EVEN SANE??"

"That's why I want you to tell me if something is wrong with you... other wise I can't fix you up" I said releasing his face and climbing down the ladder to grab some items to cleanse his wound. Yomo placed his hand on the spot where I touched him and he noticed how oddly his heart was beating, he never received such concerning words from anyone before, especially not from a woman other than his sister. I returned with the first aid kit and a clean towel.

"I have my own burdens to deal with... but that does not mean that I don't have some space left for yours..." I sit in front of him and brushed his hair back, securing it with a hair tie that revealed his handsome manly features.

"Now shut up and let me fix you up!" I exclaimed and opened the first aid kit. I cleaned the wound from any dirt and access blood before I placed some medicine on it that increased the healing process. Yomo was silent the entire time, keeping his eyes away from me, to be honest I was happy that he did not look at me since my face was darkly flushed.

"Here you go, it's all done now" I said slowly letting my fingers trail down his face until they left him.

"Thank you..." he replied in a slightly shy voice.

"You're welcome" I gave him a small smile and packed the first aid kit away. He watched me with observant eyes and urged to ask me if what I just said was true.

"Did you really mean it?" he suddenly broke the silence and captured my eyes.

"Mean what?"

"That I am important to you?" my cheeks flamed and I felt embarrassed for my confession that of course did not fail to find his ears.

"Yes... I really mean it..." I lowered my face to not let him see my blush.

"Then I am glad" I looked up with wide eyes.

"Eh?" he gave me a little smile that was enough to make my heart beat increase dramatically.

"NOO PLEACE STOP IT!!! I CAN'T CONTROL MYSELF IF YOU SHOW ME THIS FACE!!"

"I am glad that I am important to you... since you are really important to me too and I don't want you to leave me..." I noticed how my body started shaking as he stated that I was important to him.

"KEEP IT TOGETHER!! HE DOES NOT MEAN IT THAT WAY!!"

"Everyone I cared about is no longer here... I have never heard such nice words of concern towards me from any other person besides my sister...you are the first person who tells me that I am needed... that I am cared about... and that I am remembered" his words sounded so sad that my heart was aching. His eyes were still shaking and I could feel how strongly he tried to suppress his emotions... this sadness that lingered inside of him... he was never told by any one else that he is wanted besides his sister.

"Renji-san..." his first name slipped out of my mouth so naturally as I looked at his shattered appearance, how badly I wanted to ease his pain... this hole inside his chest that no one was able to close... I wanted to close it.

"Renji-san!" I called his name more clearly as I pulled him into a deep hug. My body was shuddering so baldy that I could not calm down, those words he said were twisting my heart and I could not bear to see him like that. His eyes looked shocked as he found me hugging him, he could clearly feel how badly I was shuddering.

"I will never forget about you Renji-san! I am so happy that I was able to meet you! Inside my heart you hold a dear place that will never be replaced by anyone else! I care for you so much that I constantly think what I can do to make you trust me! I don't want you to be scared to open up to me, I know exactly how it feels to be traded! How is feels like to be alone... this pain inside your chest... I can feel it so well, you are just like me... someone who just wanted to be loved by someone..." tears streamed down my cheeks as I dug my nails tightly into his shirt. His body was stiff from overwhelming him like this, but after hearing my words he started to realize that the wall he build around himself slowly started to crumble. He raised his hands and acknowledged my embrace. His hands run over my back, closing the distance between us further. He held me so tightly that I could hear the beating of his heart. He was shaking, just as I was but that was ok, this pain inside him... finally he could let it all out.

"I want to push you away... but somehow I can't... I can't let you go... I don't want you to go" he whispered.

"I am so empty inside... but whenever you are around I can not stop but feeling joy... I can not trust people because I am afraid they'd betray me... but you... I trusted you from the moment I first saw you... I knew that you could aid me... my damaged heart" I smiled happily as those honest words trailed off his lips. I waited for his moment so long, finally his walls were teared down and I was able to reach his heart, the real him that was shut away deep inside.

"Stay with me tonight..." he whispered, making my entire body shudder.

"Yes..." I nodded and let him lay us down on the futon where he pulled me into his chest. I blushed furiously but that was ok, this feeling I had was prickling through my entire body and I could not help but smile. My feelings for him did not matter at this moment because I already knew that I mean a lot more to him that any other person did... maybe it wasn't the feeling I was hoping for, but experiencing this kind of emotion from him made me a lot happier than anything else ever could. I fell asleep in his arms while holding on to him so tightly.

"There will never be a person who can replace this feeling I have for you"

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"Uta-san!?" I called as I entered the shop.

"Over here!" he replied from his studio.

"Morning!" I smiled placing a coffee down on his table.

"Someone's in a pretty good mood today, what happened?" he asked curiously.

"Nothing" I smiled to myself.

"Liar!" he grabbed my collar and pulled me down to sniff me.

"I can smell Ren-Chan's essence on you, what happened between you two last night? Spill it!" he ordered me and I pulled my hands up in surrender.

"Fine!" he let go of me.

"Did you confess your feelings?" he asked

"No"

"Then?"

"I told him something even better..." he raised his eyebrow.

"What better is there to tell him?" Uta asked.

"That he holds a dear place in my heart" I replied.

"Isn't that progress?" he did not really understand what I was meaning.

"It is... but in a different way..." he let out a sigh

"I don't understand what's so good about it..." I chuckled lightly and placed my hand on my chest where my heart was located.

"The fact that he told me... I hold a dear place inside his heart too".

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