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Had Kazuki ever yelled at anyone before?

It was a thing that occurred to Rael as she leaned back against a nearby fencepost. Family issues. She hated when people talked about ‘family’. Benkei was seen as a disappointment and didn’t feel like he was talented or smart enough, how his mother would put him down, and how Kazuki was the successful one. It all reminded her of home in Kōriyama before she left for university. Her fists curled into her tunic as her face remained unchanged. Kazuki yelled at Benkei like her father. Benkei talked about his mother like a sympathetic version of Rael’s own. Hanako’s own.

[i]You’re such a disappointment. You don’t have any talent. 

A Moriyama expects better. What will Akihiro think of you when he meets you?[/i]

[color=#A84B5E]“When we get out.”[/color] Rael mused, as she gathered her resolve. [color=#A84B5E]“Tch.”[/color]

An internal scream filled her mind and she jumped off the fencepost she had been leaning back on, moving down the street with her hands dug into her pockets of her longcoat. She didn't want to hear about their familial issues. As if their problems were worse than hers. At least Benkei's mother wanted him to be productive to society. She wished her mother spoke to her like that, even half of that. Whatever. it wasn't productive to think about. There was places to go. Things to do. 

She thought about the prospect of a way out. If such a thing ever became possible. Only one conclusion came to mind.

[color=#A84B5E]“I’m never going back. I’d rather die here.”[/color]


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