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Jade Chapter 14
Pairing: Akame. RyoxJin as brothers (not as a pairing). Various other characters.
Rating: PG-13 (for this chapter)
Genre: AU, crime, romance, family
Multi-chapter
Disclaimer: I don't own them or anything else JE-related. But the story is mine of course^^
Summary: Tokyo, 1981: A young bride disappears, leaving no trace but an old necklace out of jade. No one has seen her, no one knows who she is. The woman that never existed.
Tokyo, 2011: Jin, a talented photographer, is known for his sixth sense when it’s about photos and other person’s emotions. When he gets the offer to work with Tokyo’s Criminal Investigation Department, he moves to Tokyo, together with his 16-year-old brother.
There he starts to work together with the skilled, but eccentric young detective Kamenashi Kazuya.They are part of the department for Cold Cases, where forgotten and never solved cases are investigated again. Despite their first rather bad impression of each other, they soon learn that their skills complement each other almost perfectly.
The case they are working on seems mysterious, but harmless: Jade, the woman that had been erased from everyone's memory. But soon Jin and Kame realize that with this case they are awakening a sleeping lion, bringing themselves and everyone they love and care for into danger. They suddenly fall into a network of intrigues, murders and threats. On top of that they are both hiding something from each other and from everyone else... something no one is supposed to know...
“I can’t believe it.” Jin stroked through Ryo’s sweaty hair. “For the first time ever I ground you…and then you get sick out of a sudden and are supposed to stay at home anyway… grounded or not grounded. That’s not fair. It’s not a punishment like that.”
“Shut up.” Ryo mumbled miserably.
Jin smiled reassuringly. “It’s okay. We’ll get you healthy again… I’ll watch out for you.”
“Wow, now I am relieved.” Ryo complained, his voice sounding hoarse.
Jin had actually planned to answer something teasingly, but when Ryo started to cough, he felt worried again. He brushed through his brother’s hair softly, wondering if this was only a cold or if it was also psychical. He looked up a bit when Yuu approached them, placing a cup of tea in front of Ryo.
“I already called the doctor.” he reassured Jin, then he smiled at Ryo. “You should drink that…”
“No, it tastes disgusting.” Ryo grumbled.
Yuu smiled a bit. “Well, if you still have the strength to fight us, I’m sure you will be all well soon again.” He looked at Jin reassuringly. “I’ll watch out for him. You can go to work, okay?”
Jin nodded reluctantly, before he got up. “You’ll call me when the doctor was here?”
“Of course.” Yuu chuckled, pushing Jin out of the door. “Now go. And don’t feel too worried. Ryo and I will manage this.”
Jin smiled thankfully at his friend, glad that he was helping him so much. With Yuu around he could go to work peacefully, without worrying too much. Yuu smiled a bit when Jin had finally left, walking back to Ryo and comforting him a bit, until the doctor rang at their door. When Yuu opened it, he blinked in surprise. “Ueda-kun? You…again?”
Ueda smiled. “I came along with Sensei. I have a certification to work as a nurse, you know? Sensei is actually my uncle. And he asked me to help out today, since today’s nurse is sick herself.”
“I can’t believe you…” Yuu grumbled, trying to hide his surprise. “What else are you working at!? That’s just crazy.”
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Kame was almost too pale recently. Jin tilted his head a bit. He had realized it earlier, but right now it almost jumped into his face. He looked like he didn’t sleep at all. Just when Jin hugged him, or put his arm around his waist or kissed him, Kame’s eyes would lit up a bit.
Jin sighed, his gaze never leaving his friend. What was this guy hiding? It had to lie heavily on his mind. Jin knew this feeling the best after all, but even he didn’t crumble that much under the things he was hiding. In Kame’s case it was different. He looked worse every day.
Jin’s expression suddenly got determined. He had to do something about this. Kame was his lover after all, he cared for him. He was one of the most important persons in his life and he wouldn’t let him break down.
Hence Jin decided he needed to find out the truth. This whole thing Kame was hiding. He needed to get to know it, finally.
He stood up, putting his hands on Kame’s hips and turning him around to kiss him softly. The latter blushed a bit. “Jin, we are at work…”
Jin chuckled. “We are the only one’s working here.”
Kame sighed a bit, resting his head against Jin’s shoulder. For a moment he decided to allow himself to be comforted. Jin’s arms were so strong, when he hugged him he felt safe and calm. But whenever Jin let go of him he felt lonely and nervous and guilty again. This was no good.
It was later that afternoon that Jin left Kame alone to meet with one of his friends. That was what he told Kame and it was actually the truth, just that the purpose behind this meeting was deeper.
When Jin came to the bar, he saw his friend immediately, waving at him. “Hey Tatsuya.”
Ueda smiled. “Hey.”
Jin sat down. “I’m glad you are free this afternoon.” He grinned. “Considering how much you work… not to talk about the tons of jobs you apparently have.”
Ueda chuckled. “That’s just the way I live and the way I enjoy it. I can’t decide on one job, I like too many things.”
“You are an interesting guy.” Jin chuckled.
“Yes, but that’s not the reason you called me, am I right?” Ueda wanted to know.
Jin sighed a bit. “You are right. I need your help.”
“What kind of help?”
“Do you know anything about cars?” Jin asked carefully.
Ueda smiled. “I worked in a garage once and at a car dealer, I know some things.”
Jin grinned a bit. “That’s exactly why I called you. I knew you had to have worked with cars at one point in your life.”
“So?” Ueda asked curiously.
Jin angled for a photo. He had been careful to choose one where Kame wasn’t seen on. He had cut him out of the picture, because he didn’t want anyone to make a connection to Kame. It was a photo from the morning he had seen Kame getting out of this car. Somehow Jin felt like this car was the key to understanding what was going on. At least he would be able to find out whom it belonged to… and maybe he could find out why Kame had been with this man.
Then Jin angled for another sheet of paper. The description Erika had given him from the car Jade had driven away with. And last, he gave Ueda the number of the car the professor had left for them.
He looked at Ueda hopefully. “Really, it doesn’t matter what you can tell me. One single hint about any of these three clues would already help me. I can just tell you as much: They don’t need to be linked to each other. Not necessarily. Especially the first one. The second and the third are supposed to be the same. Whatever information you can find out, please, I beg you, tell me.”
Ueda looked at Jin in surprise, something in Jin’s voice sounded so desperate that he immediately nodded his head. “Trust me, Jin, I’ll give my best, okay?”
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The first thing Jin did when he came home was to check on Ryo. To his relief Ryo was looking a bit better than at morning. He smiled brightly, sitting down next to his brother and stroking over his back. “You look a bit better.”
Ryo nodded his head. “I feel better. Sensei said it’s the nerves, not a cold.”
“I see.” Jin mumbled, feeling guilty for Ryo’s breakdown.
“And there is something else.” Ryo stuttered, blushing a bit.
“What?” Jin blinked in surprise, but before he could answer Uchi already stumbled into the living room with a cup of tea in his hand. He smiled proudly.
“I made that for you, Ryo!”
“Thanks Hiro-chan.”
Jin looked at Uchi in surprise, wondering what the heck he was doing here. And why he was grinning and smiling at his younger brothers as if Ryo was some sort of Prince Charming.
When Ryo saw his brother’s surprised expression, he looked at him guiltily. “I know I’m grounded and Hiroki shouldn’t be here. But…well… Yuu…”
Yuu peeked into the living room, smiling non-chalantly. “I called Uchi-kun and invited him over.”
Jin nodded his head. Yuu’s explanation was actually not necessary at all. He had already gotten it himself. Yuu wanted Ryo to have some distraction, so that his nerves would calm down again. “It’s okay. Forget the thing about being grounded. Apparently we both
suck at it.”
Ryo frowned. “I think I was good at it. It’s you and Yuu… you totally suck!”
Yuu laughed. “He has a point here. Jin, we are hopeless, aren’t we?”
“I guess so.” Jin grinned, patting Ryo’s head before he followed Yuu into the kitchen to prepare dinner together with him.
Later at night when Ryo was sleeping and Uchi had already prepared a futon next to Ryo – he had wanted to stay over night – Jin was going to the darkroom again. The photos were already finished since afternoon. But he wanted to have some proper time to look at them and feel them. He couldn’t do that in a hurry and when other things were bothering him. Now it was perfect.
He sat down, smiling proudly when he took the photos into his hands. Finally, photos out of different angles. He had waited so long for them. Now he would hopefully be able to read this woman’s personality and maybe some of her secrets.
Some photos were plain, some of them were similar to the photographs in the newspaper, but there were also some shots that showed more.
The bride’s glance was always looking into one direction. She didn’t let herself be distracted by anything else. Was she waiting to be picked up? It seemed like that. She was walking towards a goal, definitely.
Still, the way she was going and the way she was holding her hand were strange. No one would walk like that, even after hours of walking. Jin shook his head, was she sick?
But also her expression was strange. She didn’t look like a woman who had just eloped. Of course she looked crushed, but she didn’t look desperate. Jin frowned. Did she have an option? Was this what she chose to do? To be forgotten? Did she want her person to be erased from other people’s memory?
Jin shivered a bit. Why would she want that? It didn’t make any sense. But still…she looked exactly like that. As if she had chosen this path.
She was sad, but also happy. Hopeful. Not happy like a woman in love looked like, it was a different kind of happiness and hopefulness.
Something in Jin’s mind started to swirl around, little pieces of this puzzle suddenly moving on their own in front of his inner eyes. They were trying to fit together, parting again when they realized it was the wrong end, searching for another piece of the puzzle, until it was in front of Jin. The last pieces suddenly finding its place.
He knew it. He suddenly understood. At the same time it made things even more complicated and unbelievable. Because this woman’s secret itself was unbelievable. Why did she choose to do this?
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When Jin went through the mail later on, he saw it immediately. A white envelop. Even without opening it, he knew its content already. It was the same like the letters he got before.
Do you want your brother to get even more hurt? Do you? I have no fear to tell him your most important secret. Stop your investigation and I’ll stay quiet!
Jin titled his head a bit, since days already he was getting the same letter, but to his own surprise it didn’t worry him that much. He smiled out of a sudden when he realized why it didn’t make him feel completely restless. Because the letter sounded desperate. It was the last trump card this person had! Because it was the last secret Jin had.
Jin had to laugh at that. The letter sounded desperate! That was the reason why he hadn’t freaked out yet. If this person would have had more information about Jin or more secrets, it would have been more dangerous. But apparently the person behind this didn’t want to give away his secrets.
Still, Jin knew that he couldn’t keep it anymore. He needed to tell someone what he was hiding. Kame first. And then, Ryo. This secret was a weapon against him after all. He would just wait for Ueda to give him the information he needed, then he would go to Kame and tell him his secret and at the same time make Kame spill his own secret.
It was two days later that Jin finally knew enough to make this step. He sighed, the clues he had gotten from Ueda were huge and he wondered how Kame would explain that. He didn’t go to Kame’s place now, because he already know that Kame was at his father’s place. The man Kame never talked about.
This was the place Jin headed to now. When he walked through the entrance, he felt uncomfortable immediately. He could see the black car that had driven Kame back home. And he could see a man, standing close to the house… looking similar to the man that had attacked Ryo. Something inside Jin’s stomach felt sick. But he needed to do that. He couldn’t blame Kame for everything before hearing his side of the story.
Hence he knocked at the door, waiting until the butler opened it. Jin smiled politely. “Good evening. I’m here to pick up, Kamenashi Kazuya.”
“Ah.” The man smiled politely. “He didn’t tell us someone would pick him up.” He turned his head a bit when a man walked by him.
“Who is at the door?”
“A friend of the young master.” The butler explained, bowing towards the man. Kame’s father.
For a moment his and Jin’s gaze crossed and Jin could see it directly, the surprise in the man’s eyes. Jin smiled a bit, a cold smile, while he was waiting for the man to react.
“You can go now.” Kame’s father told his butler, before he approached Jin. “I’m surprised you found out.”
Jin didn’t say anything, he merely looked at the man insistently. “I think, I need to tell you something, Sir.” he said silently. “I don’t have secrets that are important enough to make me stop what I am doing. In the end I have to thank you, because my brother deserves to know the truth. And I deserve it to tell it to him.” He looked at the man coldly. “I don’t care who you are and that you are the prime-minister’s cabinet chief for inner affairs. But what I care for are my family and friends. I don’t need to hide anything anymore. So you can officially stop sending me these letters…”
“Is that so?” the man mumbled and Jin thought that the somehow sounded broken, almost desperate.
But he couldn’t do anything about that, he couldn’t feel sorry for him. Jin bowed a bit towards the man, seeing how his message was successfully sinking in. He had never thought that Kame would be related to a political house, or even worse: to this corrupt man. He was known to be the worst.
Still, why Kame was working as a detective though he had such a father, the secrets he kept to himself and how this family was connected to the jade-bride, these were all questions Jin needed to find out.
When he looked at the man again, he could see Kame standing right behind him. His eyes widened in shock, his hands shivering slightly.
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Jin really deserves the truth, and I think he is such a cool character, he doesn't let anyone decide about his future, and no one is able to threaten him like this. I totally love his character.
Kame is for sure bothered here, and I can't imagine that he has something to do with the corrupt way of acting from his father. ><
Uchi is so sweet, I really can imagine how caring he is. *lol* Trying to comfort Ryo with every second. ^^ That's so sweet.
And Yuu is the perfect mummy, as I already said. *lol*
THanks sooo much for this chapter, I totally love it. ^^ I am really curious how it will go on. I still think Jade is connected to Kame's family.
But I am still curious what Jin's secret is....there is still something he hides....
Thanks again, *hugs* *hearts*
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Kame and Jin need to be honest to each other now. There is no use for Kame to hide anymore... he needs to come out with the truth, otherwise it might get only worse for him ><
Uchi is giving his best *lol* He and Yuu are there to cheer Ryo up <3
Thanks so much for your comment!! I'm so glad you liked it! *huggles*
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okay! let's see if I got this. OMGOMOGMOG thank you very much first for updating! i was really so happy. i know you know that ^_-
alright, so ryo had a breakdown? poor boy. i know he's not that healthy and these things were getting to him so yeah. it must be really hard. but i'm glad that his relationship with his brother is really fine so that makes thing a little better, right? :) and yuu, well, he's ryo's and jin's mother forever. he's so cute <3 <3 <3 and of course, why would i miss jin's very concerned traits. he's really a great brother! i'm happy that he's ryo's foster brother. it's really awesome. bloodline doesn't really matter at all!
ueda, lol. i really wonder how important his character having ALLLLLL the jobs. if it's the end of his importance or there is something more. but i guess i wouldn't doubt him anymore. because if he's connected to kame's father, too, he might as well have not given the infor since the man was clearly surprised to see jin. well, he could be related to anyone else related to the case if kame's father isn't alone. or he could be completely innocent and i'm just trying to overcomplicate things! :D :D :D
it's really hard to work and go on when a huge thing bugs you, right? i somehow pity kame. i just don't fully understand his whole situation. thing are still hazy so i gotta find out! i'm glad that JIn took the action here. i mean, he really wanted to know and of course help out kame. he didn't know iif it was a dangerous situation or what, right? so he's just being a good boyfriend and doing all these stuff, hoping that things will get better when all their secrets have been said and resolved :) i really admire jin's enthusiasm here :) he's really a really character!
okay. so ueda again. i'm glad that he helped jin out. it's cool. and like i said. i'm standing between the line thinking if he's a good or bad guy here. but i think he's most likely to be innocent :)
i'm glad that ryo felt better when jin came back home. but it's really a pity that he had a breakdown. but uchi here was really priceless. are they together or something? lol they are just sooooooooo cute. i hope to see the others, too, though. ryo's got a lot of friends after all <3 <3 <3 and yuuu i adore you. you are just so so awesome! :D :D i love how lights things get whenever yuu interrupts or do anything. he just lightens up the mood all the time. he's the mediator. basically, he's the best! :D :D :D
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jin undeniably has the talent. and i know he's really getting there, finally solving the real emotions behind the photo and moving on to know the whole story. it's really pretty confusing but i know he's getting there. it's not an easy case and his head's getting pretty stretched but i'm really looking forward to the time that he and kame finally deciphers the meaning and story of the photo! :D of course he already know it now but the confirmation in the reader's part would be on the next chapter, right? so yeah. i'm basically waiting for that. jin is just awesome, that's what I wanted to say. :p
even before i realized that it was kame's father sending him the mails, i really have concluded that the way of threatening jin was pathetic. really. using a kid? that
s totally unfair! :( anyway, i wonder why the last secret doesn't worry him anymore. didn't he say that it was still dangerous? why was it dangerous for ryo to know about his parents in the first place? oh well. but... is it really safe to think safely now? it still doesn't cut the line of my thinking about ryo's connection to the jade woman but he's too young and i still think about kame. hmm. but, i dont know! i just need answers! but why did kame have to know if first?because it's dangerous? it's really kind of confusing for me. i think i will just fully understand it when i read the next chapters :D
so there. jin got the infor and it's really not that good. i love how he basically stood up for his family in fron of kame's dad. now who's desperate? i want to laugh at his face. he's really stupid. i am glad that jin realized that ryo really has to know everything that involves him. :) also, so kame's father has a really high position, hah? there are just so many questions, right now. why did kame have to hide that thing to jin? is that all? if kame knew that jin would get angry when he finally discovers kame's secrets, does that mean thast kame knew all along that it was his father who's been threatening jin? or is there something more huge? i'm kind of scared and thrilled at the same time! there are just so many things that needs to happen right now. and kame's father wanted him to stop the investigation right. and he's using his powers to stop jin, too. WHY? it kinda justifies that fact of kame being related to the jade woman because like a said, he wouldn't be that devoted to solve the case if there's nothing he can gain from it but why? or is this a complete trap that kame's father had deviced long way before? is ryo's issues completely different to the jade woman's. i see path and blur at the same time. i'm trying to connect major things in this story but i can't do it smoothly. so yes! i'm very much thrilled to know more about the details that's tricking the lives of jin, kame and of course ryo! i know it's gonna be dangerous but i'm excited, stilL! i hope ryo's the one whoe suffers physically though. because it might get cheesy if it's kame. :)))))) but i really do hope that kame and jin gets together in the end, alright? and also, i'm wondering now WHY ryo would go missing. and why kame thinks it's his fault. is his father really that desperate to stop jin OR is there really sometihng huge that i wasn't able to predict? HMMMM i'm really really intrigued! you got me again, my dear!
And of course I’ve been telling you that I knew it! I just am soooooooo overwhelmed that I guess that right even though I was hesitant at first, I felt that kame’s father would be interested in jin and will do something about it. Now I just really have to know why the hell does he want the investigation to end!
thanks so much for this! i really really love this story and i'm hoping for an update soon! goodluck and again, thank you very much! :)
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I already miss you girl, really, I got used to talking to you every day. I'm so happy that you will be back on Saturday <3
Well, by now you read the next chapter :D So, maybe you have new theories and thoughts. I'll be very curious to read them. And I can promise you something interesting coming up with the next chapter I'll post on Saturday.
Poor Ryo-chan, right? This news that he is adopted really troubled him. It came as a shock and it got down to his health of course. Poor Jin, for sure feels bad about that ><
But there is one good thing about that: Ryo isn't grounded anymore *lol*
Jin is quite sharp, right? He definitely makes a good detective, not only a good photographer. Well, by now you know what he found out about Kame ^^
Poor Kame, he really was in a huge emotional mess. He for sure was feeling so guilty, right?
Well, the fear Jin has abou telling Ryo his secret might not be because it's directly dangerous for Ryo. But there might be something else about it...
Thanks so much for your amazing comment, dear!! *huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugs*
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But back to this story. I love that Jin asks for Ueda's help. He is the photographer but he makes one hell of a detective ne.
But I guess he still works best with the photos, because he figures something out about the woman--a key fact. And it is because he will not give up and I think that is what will save them--Jin's perseverance and his compassion. That is just a guess of course--with four chapters to go.
He is also really brave to go to Kazuya's fathers house--and i love how he tells him tp stop sending the letters--and then Kazuya is there and I felt so sorry for him because I am afraid of how Jin will react now. I am genuinely concerned---see how involved I am in the story. But I think that jin made a decision to love Kazuya for the person he is-only if Ryo is in danger he may not have a choice--this is all speculation! Cannot wait for the next.:D
Thanks again for the spot and for this wonderful chapter.
Hugs, hearts, and secrets come to light. :D:D:D<3<3<3
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Yuu x Jin parents would be fun :D
Yes, this here was definitely Jin's chapter. He found out a lot of things. Starting with the woman, to Kame...
Thanks so much for your amazing comment!! I'm so glad you like this story <3 <3 <3 <3
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One more thing, I am seriously impressed by Ueda in this.
Thank you ~
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I'm so glad you liked this!!
I will try to update soon <3
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*huggles*
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I'm so glad you like this story!
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cannot wait 4 next chappy...
tanq 4 update..(^_^)v
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I will try to update soon ^^
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Yes, they both are getting closer to tell each other the truth, right? ^^
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Anyway - I must tell you how much I admire your writing - this fic is somehow different from all the rest "by Lilly" I have read so far, but it is a true masterpiece. The things that emerge from your brain make me feel small and stupid - still loving your writing more and more! I love the plot, I love the language you use, I generaly admire the whole story. And I'd rather bite my tail off than give up reading your works, lol
CU soon, dear!!
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I'm so happy, really!!
THANKS SO MUCH!!!!!! I'm so glad you are enjoying my fics, really! *hugs-and-swirls-around* *hyper*
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I will try to update soon ^^
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thanks for updating.
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Glad that you like it!! *hugs*
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I'm so happy that you like this story and how I wrote the boys <3
I will try to update soon!! <3
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We'll see... :DDDDD
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Nice chap n thank U 4 updated =)
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Thanks so much for reading and commenting, dear!! *huggles*
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can't wait to see what gonna happen to them next ^^
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Yes, Jin found out quite a lot of things, right? ^^
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I wanna know already!!!! *sighs* Everybody keeps hiding and stuff. What's going on exactly? Jin has apparently solved the mystery about the woman, but there are still many questions out there. And so many things going on.
Aw, I feel so sorry for Ryo!!! D: But it's good that he got Uchi as a support in the end. Mou, Uchi making him feel better. <3 I know that kind of mysterious power, it's quite amazing. ^^ And Uchi's so cute, making tea and everything just to make Ryo feel better. See, THAT'S what I'm talking about for a boyfriend. From this series, I want Uchi! <3
It's all very exciting. I've been wondering about Kame's dad. I thought he'd play an important role. My guess was more towards he had information, but would be unwilling to give it away. That it turned out like this... I have a feeling that Kame knows quite a few things that are going on in that house. Probably his dad even extracted information from him. No wonder Kame's been feeling off. Poor boy. But I think that Jin has everything within reach now and he can solve all of this.
Already want to read the next one, but I'm afraid I won't be able to make it tonight. It's already so late. And I only managed 3 stories. *fails* Well, I lvoe it, love it, love it!!! And I'll be back for more. :D
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*laughs* From this series you want Uchi? I bet Uchi would be sooooo happy to hear that :D
How about Yuu by the way? Or, I guess, he might be too mother-like :D
There is more about Kame's dad in Chapter 15. ^_^ But you are right, everyone is keeping stuff and hiding things. It's not going to be easy for them to solve that...
Thanks so much for reading this!! *huuuuuugs*