Toman's Black Cat

S POV

All of this is such a mess. Being able to see all of this unravel without being able to do more was just as painful as when Mikey died.

It would have been alright if I died, but my family was fine. Was whole. Was happy. Seeing Emma grow, Mikey Struggle, and Izana spiral was nowhere near what I could have guessed.

Lives were lost. Even Keisuke is with me now.

I was given a chance. We both were. Something evil is passing through here. Trying to destroy more and more until there's nothing left.

I was so proud of my baby brother when he found a girl he truly liked. How often did I try to push him toward her, but something came up and he would push her away because of fear and doubt.

Yeah, he knew she was hiding something, but he also knew that she never did things to hurt her friends. To hurt him. He knew that, but he wouldn't risk it. Mikey's never really been interested in romance. He had wanted something special with her, though.

Everything unfolded before our eyes, and I'm the only one who witnessed his tears because he refuses to lean on anyone completely.

But then the tears stopped.

Emma finally found friends who loved and accepted her like a sister, only for one to stop speaking to her solely to stay out of the way of her and Mikey's familial bond. For that reason, I can't imagine making such a choice even though I know I would do the same.

I had been rejected so often. Waka joked I sucked with women. I believed him. If a woman walks away, he hasn't seen that happen because she loves and not because she doesn't.

Izana had seen Y/n, too. The first thought in his mind when he saw her cut up in the streets was to end her now. I think he heard me begging him not to. That hasn't happened before.

She willingly walked to the hideout, clearly terrified of what might happen.

Yet, she went anyway.

I gotta admit….our family's connection to this girl….is…warm.

But for how much longer?