"Well, not quite. But we need to talk before then." Ryo admitted as you laid on Akira's heaving chest. "The girl."

"Miki's fine. She thinks yesterday was a dream." Akira held you tightly and kicked one leg up onto the dashboard of the car. "Thanks to you manipulating the GPS, we have a perfect alibi."

"Did she see the demon?"

"No, she didn't. She doesn't remember anything." Akira stated surely.

But Ryo knew he was lying. He pulled out his phone and played a voice recording.

"I have a feeling you saved me." Miki's irritating voice rang through the car and you grumbled in response. Akira gave a face of utter shock, and he let out a garbled, "What?!" but quickly tried to recoup by kissing your hair and rubbing your back. He felt a little bit guilty.

"I'll let it slide this time." Ryo relented. He knew that he wasn't particularly in the clear either, having been scolded by you earlier.

"Thanks big brother..." You mumbled as you drifted into a deep sleep.

Eventually, you really did arrive at your destination. Not wanting to disturb you, Akira stopped Ryo from violently waking you up and decided to carry you into the airport on his back. It was another few minutes before you began to stir and hear your boyfriend begin to speak.

"I was lonely..." He seemed to be in the middle of a conversation with Ryo, "...but I was proud to think my mom had a job helping everyone. It's rare for her to call."

You stroked Akira's face gently, alerting him to your consciousness as well as comforting him. He smelled incredibly tense.

"You must miss her." You whispered in his ear as Ryo callously looked at his phone. You swatted at him to listen.

"I only heard my mom's voice twice when I was in junior high." He continued talking.

"That's not a lot?" Ryo asked cluelessly. "I don't know anything about parents.

"Sorry." Akira apologized.

"You don't have to apologize to us, Aki. We had you!" You kissed his neck.

"And it's just a fact." Ryo went back to his phone.

Around you, people were beginning to get anxious at the delay in plane landings.

"That's odd." Ryo mentioned. Suddenly, Akira's phone rang.

"Mom?" He kneeled down and let you off of his back. "Where are you?"

Ryo searched his phone until he found the answer.

"It's at the maintenance center." Ryo found Akira's mother on his GPS.

"Well, let's go!" You stated as all three of you ran together.

It was only minutes before you were at the maintenance hanger. You had a terrible, sinking feeling about what was about to be found inside this hanger. You grabbed onto Ryo's hand and looked at him. This is what he meant by having a hard day. But instead of allowing you to hold his hand and otherwise ignoring you, Ryo pulled you close, into a comforting embrace.

"Be ready for him." He whispered as Akira moved to open the door. "He is really going to need you. So I understand if you need to stay with him for the next few day."

"Don't you need me too?" You asked quietly as you broke the embrace, following Akira inside.

"Yes. But not like he will." Ryo exhaled. Something big was going to happen.