Nightmares
Yui followed the specific instructions that was relayed to her from her father by Yuto.
Go to the disclosed location.
Go there alone.
Don’t carry any weapon.
With every step, her anxiety heightens. What’s going to happen? Will she be okay? Will tomorrow come for her? Yui was terrified and shaking nervously. She finally arrived at a quaint little house in the middle of nowhere. The roof was covered with the whitest snow her dark hazel eyes had ever laid upon on. The pathway towards the door had traces of footsteps which alarmed her because it was proof that her father was alive and merely inches away from her.
As she arrived at the door, Yui took a deep breathe and knocked on it.
“H-hello.. Is anyone home?” she said timidly.
The door swung open and right before her was an intimidating looking man. His figure towered Yui and his arms were decorated by alluring tattoos that signalled his previous membership in the Yakuza.
“Yui. I have been expecting you. Please come in.” the man spoke.
Yui froze.
“Aw come on, don’t worry I wont hurt you.” he motioned for to enter the house.
Talking off her shoes, she entered the house and was greeted by the smell of warm charcoal burning by the fireplace. It was a beautifully decorated traditional Japanese house. Nothing that one would expect from a former Yakuza boss.
The mysterious man led her to a room where she could see a large a garden that was blanketed in beautiful white snow.
It was beautiful and Yui was in awe. This is how she exactly pictured to be the house of her dreams.
“Beautiful view isn’t? It will be yours soon?” an unknown voice boomed.
Yui turned around and saw a frail old looking old man on a wheelchair. He had an IV drip beside him which indicates his declining health.
“Wont you come sit?” the old man gestured towards the floor cushion. Separating the two was a medium sized wooden table. Suddenly, more tough looking men came into the room with a cups, a pot of tea and some traditional Japanese snack.
Yui watched everything in awe.
“Please have a sip. I made sure to serve the finest blend since my only daughter is coming to visit me.” he said while smiling gently at Yui.
“Thank you.” Yui sheepishly replied.
“So I am assuming you are here because of your dreams right?”
Yui nodded.
“And that person, told you to kill me right?” the old man bluntly said.
Yui couldn’t hide her shock at those words.
“H-how do you know?” she asked.
“There has never been a moment in which I am not watching over you my dear daughter. From your first days of being able to walk and when you graduated university, I have witnessed everything. Being the daughter of a yakuza comes with many risks”
“I have always made sure that there were no obstacles in your life. That you lived an mundane but peaceful life.” he continued.
“That man you are seeing? Aki? He’s actually the grandson of a former ally of mine that I had to eliminate.”
“I suggest that you stop seeing him if you want to live the next day.” spoke the man calmly.
Yui’s eyes widened.
“But I understand that you might not even believe me because after all..” he paused and glanced at the scenery outside.
“I am a nothing but a terrible human and father who had abandon his own child.”
Soon tears were rolling down Yui’s cheeks.
“Did you dream of Yuko last night? The girl who looks like you but from the other universe?” the old man asked.
“Yuko?”
“Ah she never mentioned her name to you? Well her name is Yuko. Did you talk to her last night in her dreams?”
“No. She didn’t appear in my dreams last night.” Yui replied.
“Hmm. I guess they got her already. She’s probably going to be executed as we speak. She got caught by the supreme leader yesterday.”
Yui immediately stood up in horror and disbelief. Her tears were long gone, anger has fuel her every bone but she was still shaking.
“H-how do you know all this?” Yui asked suspiciously.
“I told you, I have been watching your every single move since you were born my dear. There is nothing that you know that I don’t.’’ the old man boasted. He immediately approached Yui in his wheelchair and placed a gun in her hand.
Yui immediately backed away and shook her head.
“W-what are you doing?” she nervously questioned.
“Well.. let’s end it everything right now, right her. Let’s liberate you from your suffering.” he said nonchalantly.
While holding Yui’s hand, he shifted the gun pointing towards his forehand.
“You have every right to end my life. My dear child I was the root of all your suffering.”
Yui’s eyes were trembling, unable to control her tears. She was feeling overwhelmed.
Her father knew that she was coming her all along. She didn’t know that the reason why her life was so boring was for her own safety. She didn’t know that her father was watching her from afar.
Is it really fair for her to kill her remaining blood-related relative? Will she really do it? If she doesn’t do it, Yuko will be dead. But that would also lead to her own father’s own death. In the midst of her troubling thoughts, Yui sob uncontrollably.
Suddenly, a loud sound pierced through their eyes. Almost, immediately the sound of a body collapsing raided echoed throughout the room.
Soon, the room was bathing in a velvet pool of blood.
