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That night. The dark clouds starts to shower rain down onto the ground. Raindrops make the night into a noisy one. Even though it's March, the rain is still cold. Kokutoh Mikiya stares at the Ryohgi mansion, wet in the rain with the bamboo leaves. The hand holding the umbrella is turning red. Mikiya lets out a big sigh. Even Mikiya doesn't plan on continuing this stalker-like thing. It would be great if the killer would be caught while he does this, but Mikiya has decided to quit if nothing happens for another week.

... Standing in the rain sure is tiring. The coldness and the rain hits hard as Mikiya is just getting used to all this.

".... Sigh"

The sigh is not because of the rain but rather from how Shiki acted today. What was Mikiya able to get across to her when she thinks he didn't trust her? At that time, Shiki seemed really fragile, so much that Mikiya thought she was crying.

The rain does not stop.

The black puddles on the ground endlessly create ripples.

'''A big splash occurs. When Mikiya looks in the direction of the sound, a red figure is standing there.'''

A girl in red is wet with rain.

Not even holding an umbrella, the girl is drenched as if she has just came out from the ocean. The black hair is sticking to her forhead and her eyes look empty.

"... Shiki"

Mikiya quickly runs to her. How long has this girl been out in the rain? The red kimono is sticking to her body and her body is cold as ice. Mikiya hands her the umbrella and takes out a towel from his bag.

"Here, wipe yourself with this. What are you doing? Your house is right there."

Mikiya reaches out his hand. She laughs at his defencelessness.

"...... Huh?"

It happens even before he could notice. The hand that reached out feels something hot and Mikiya instantly jumps back. Something warm flows down his arm.

Cut?

On the arm?

Why?

It doesn't move?

The pain is so sharp, it cannot be thought of as normal pain. It hurts so much that the senses starts to go numb. There's no time for Mikiya to think. The girl in red he thought of as Shiki moves. Maybe it's because Mikiya has seen something terrible here already, but his head was not panicking yet. Jumping back calmly, he runs off.

....... No, there was no way he could get away.

The instant Mikiya jumps back, she runs towards him. Her speed is beast-like. Mikiya hears a slicing sound from around his feet. Red liquid mixes in with the rain. Noticing that it is his own blood, Mikiya fall onto the ground face-up.

"Agh..."

He moans hitting his back on the ground. The girl in red gets on top of Mikiya. There's determination in her eyes. The girl places her knife on Mikiya's throat. Mikiya just looks up at the whole thing happening to him. What's there is darkness... and her. There's no emotion in those black eyes. She is serious. The top of the knife touches Mikiya's throat. Maybe because the rain is coming down on her, but the girl looks like she's crying. But there's no expression. The mask-like crying face is scary, and at the same time, pitiful.

"Kokuto, say something."

Shiki says so. Shiki is saying that she'll listen to his last words. Mikiya tells Shiki looking directly in her eye while trembling.

"I... don't want to... die..."

It's doesn't seem like the word is directed at Shiki. Mikiya said so to the impeding death coming onto him, not to Shiki.

Shiki smiles.

"I want to kill you."

It was a really kind smile.