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N3AR SIDE :: STARTING SCENE PT2
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Narrator's point of view.

"Your father. He needs you."

Hearing it from a robot who stayed aloof as the boy kept crying over the fact that his father might not be alive, Kaito showed no response as Mi repeated her words.

"Kaito, go to the face one and find the case your father had left for you."

And yet again the boy could just compare this situation, the same effect in her voice as if fear of dying is engulfing her, she is probably drowning into it.

The same pressure was applied on Kaito with each second he spended in this cage and waited for his father to return but then suddenly one day there was a last note.

The same fear lukering in Mi's feminine voice which made Kaito laugh out loud.

"When did you install fear into your drive? You didn't even react like this when I messed up with your controls and you were about to die." His husky sneer raised a question which might sound serious.

Probably, he wasn't in his right state and hope had dimmed to the point when the unhealthy possibilities became the truth.

"And yeah, what will I do for him? Aren't I too young to even stay outside at night?"

Kai laid back, facing the wall as his eyes were hollow and empty. Mi could just not believe what she just heard.

The boy who was begging her to take him or let him go to protect his father just a few days ago, is now laughing at the misery.

"Have you gone nuts, Kai!" The loud tone reflected the amplification of her fear.

"Do you even know that we are wasting time in this discussion, what have I taught you!? Is this how you respect time?" Her voice rang divine bells in an unholy region.

Morality and laxity argued back and forth however Kaito was determined to pick the logical sign. No way he would let his father go through the same sorrow lanes.

Even though it was doubtful, the steps had already decided to roam around the first face and find the case.

As the riddle quotes, "find me where you dream, find me behind you lean." It was an easy suggestion to check the couch first.

Kaito laid his eyes on a red box and Mi arose high from the red liquid. With each tick-tock of the clock the environment was changing back to normal.

Kaito gazed over the speaker with some suspicion decorated with anticipation in his eyes as his specs reflected the bright light, making the boy appear iffy.

"Why all of sudden this change?" Again the words went the wrong direction as Mi replied the same, "your father called for you what else you expect me to do!?"

"Go by yourself and help him if he is alive."

"You sound like an ungrateful brat do you really think it's more necessary right now?"

And Mi lets anger overpower with no heeds about the boy with a bleeding heart. He had to endure all these years but now this opportunity portrayed a side which he never thought will be able to become.

With a smile on his face, he had to thank the painter for creating him as the main attraction in this picture.

"I'm whatever you made me, don't blame it on me if your creation is not upto your own expectations." Kaito picked up the case to show her as he sat on the same couch.

Mi said nothing as if there's some glitches but in reality his mind was glitching. Just a mere lift was gaslighting his ego.

"There's a letter inside, I'm reading out loud so you can also hear." His words twisted as they came out, he actually planned to take permission but flush that choice, he's rebelliously curious.

"Dad's handwriting …" Somehow he gulped the cotton to force these words out of his throat, pretending the harsh tone.

His eyes went through each word and he even read it aloud but the mind said we ain't downloading the data because tears had taken all the space in existence.

"Kai, let's not talk about this letter. It's all yours so keep and read it whenever you wish. There's something important in that case. Look for it, hurry up." Mi showed impatience; her forte.

Whenever she needs anything it's always in a hurry. Never lets the brunette work on his pace even when his body is ditching it.

"Look there's a map in it." No one was expecting the enthusiasm in her voice.

Kaito had to reconsider if his senses were working properly, however there's no point to double-check when Mi kept on directing him towards the case.

Finally his eyes landed on a rough paper, a blank piece of map, looking like the type to be used for school projects.

"Mi, it's not a full map. There's no information, just two location points linked with one another with dot lines." Kai had the analysis done as he gave the review.

"The starting point is us and the end is your father's destination." Mi informed, "go get ready for the journey we will leave with the dawn, back to peregrination!"

"You sound so happy, are you sure we are going on a rescue mission?" Kai taunted.

"I'm just excited to leave this place." Mi had the low reply that comes with puppy eyes and Kai was also caring less about anyone anymore.

Everything was just so unexpected and he was getting used to these twists, there was a time when the sea (怪盗/Kaito) was full of vortex but not anymore. Nothing was catching his attention for more than a single thought. All he did was let go.

"If you are a percent concerned about my father's situation then let me know, where will we go with this blank map?" A genuine question is always neglected in his case.

"Just write your name on one dot and another will be your father's location."

As childish as ever, Kaito had his fist and mouth in control and even if he asks why and where the logic went? His guardian will say this is how it should be done.

No, one should never argue back just do the job like a machine which Mi actually was and someone should tell her that.

Kai kept a marked map in the scanner for Mi to look after it as he headed towards the bathroom at Mi's command.

"Go get ready for the epic journey."

Tears felt safe to escape in the shower and the warm content ran down on his body.

Eyes closed and head tilted towards the shower, the droplets appeared in slow-mo and nothing could be heard however his feeling can be concluded to be pain.

Not from some mental wounds but from the drop sliding down his bare torso, sizzling will be an overstatement.

But still it was unbearable.

With the same thoughts Kaito had to turn the knob off as the vapour had already cover his surroundings.

His hand subconsciously swiped the glass as he saw his own reflection, for the first time his eyes seemed different.

When he looked closely, he felt nothing and the hollow orbs bothered him. Lack of shine which seemed to highlight the dark circles around his eyes.

That was the point he couldn't look into his eyes, that's when he realised that silence is not his choice. He had no option left other than to neglect at this time.

Never realized that he was helpless unless and until he visualized the same.

𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗘
[𝖸𝖾𝗌/𝖭𝗈]

𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧
[𝖸𝖾𝗌/𝖭𝗈]

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𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗗ㅤ𝗢𝗡ㅤ26 Sat, 2022ㅤ❞

𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥ㅤ𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘ㅤI didn't planned this mother-son kind of relationship. Mi Casa was an last minute idea but I was prepared to write about her for my entire lifeㅤ❞

𝗣ㅤ𝗦ㅤ::ㅤTwo chapters moreㅤ❞

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