T/W intense themes of depression, suicide, self-harm, rape, and attempted rape. This is a warning.

"Hey, Akira~," Sora whispered into Akira's ear. Akira's face immediately went redder. "Y-yes S-sora?!" She asked getting ready to apologize for whatever she thought she did wrong. 

"It's nothing you did Akira~, It's just we should probably get some sleep..." She whispered caressing her cheek. "Ah! Y-yeah...s-sorry for k-keeping you u-up..." Akira gasped bowing her head down. Sora laughed and brought her chin back up with her hand. "It wasn't your fault~," She booped her nose playfully before pulling her down onto the bed.

"?!" Akira yelped again at the suddenness of the motion. Sora moved to go and change before walking back over to the bed. She wrapped her and Akira in the blankets pulling her close to her chest. "Get some rest Akira~, Even if you are a spirit now, I can still tell you are tired..." She said teasingly.

"A-a-alright," She muttered before wrapping her arms around Sora's torso. "I love you~," Sora said placing one more kiss on her forehead before closing her eyes. "G-goodnight S-sora..." Akira said before snuggling closer to Sora's chest.

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Sora woke up after Akira like she did before this happened. Akira was smiling up at her before she woke up. Then she got flustered and turned her head away from her. 

"Good morning my beloved~," Sora cooed pulling Akira back into an embrace. Akira nervously accepted the embrace feeling calm in her arms. "G-good m-m-morning..." She whispered. After they cuddled for a while Sora slowly pulled away to get dressed. Akira groaned from the loss of contact before she got up as well. 

"Sora?" There was a knock at the door. "Yeah?" Sora questioned. It didn't sound like Mozomo or Zazume...so who could it be. "It's me Shinobu." There were two voices coming from the other side door and the other spoke. "Oh, you are Akira's friend right?" Sora said opening the door to reveal Shinobu and another shorter male standing next to him.

"Yeah, Akira?" Shinobu asked seeing the ghost sitting on the edge of Sora's bed. Akira looked over at them before she quickly stood up. She rushed over to the door and hugged Shinobu. "Hey, Akira! I thought you were...wait that's what Zazume told us when we got here..." Shinobu whispered. 

"So the ritual must have worked!" The other male clapped his hands together. "Oh, sorry...I haven't been properly introduced to you Sora! My name is Mizumiki Ganondi! Or in other words Shinobu's boyfriend!" He exclaimed taking Shinobu's hand in his own. Shinobu blushed at the gesture but dismissed it because he had other things on his mind.

"So, you died for him didn't you?" Shinobu asked in a calm tone. Akira backed away from him slowly nodding. "You got to talk to him as well right?" He asked more concerned about Akira. "Y-yeah..." She whispered lowering her head. 

"Hey, I'm not mad at you," He walked over to her again and pulled her into another hug. She wrapped her arms around him letting some tears fall out of her eyes. "It's ok...shhh...it's alright..." He soothed brushing his fingers through her hair. She relaxed under his touch and let herself cry for the first time after coming back.

"So what did you need to talk to me about?" Sora asked after Akira calmed down. Sora moved over and rubbed Akira's back up and down trying to keep her relaxed. "Oh, I wanted to talk to you about Akira..." He sighed putting his hand on Akira's head. He patted her head signaling for his boyfriend to take her out of the room so he could talk to Sora.

Mizumiki nodded and put his arm around Akira's shoulders slowly walking with her to the hallway. "S-s-so what d-does h-he need t-to tell S-sora?" He asked patting her head. "He just needed to talk to her about somethings that were happening before, just to make sure she knows." He smiled at her taking one of her hands in his own. "L-like w-what?" She asked again worrying about Sora.

"Well..." 

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"Sora..." He said coldly cornering her to the wall. "Yeah?" She asked confused why he seemed so aggressive all of a sudden. "I wanted to ask you if you have been doing anything to Akira?" He asked glaring at Sora. She shuddered under his gaze. The last times she has talked to him he was so nice to Akira, but a little colder towards her...maybe this will explain why...

"No I haven't," She said confidently. If he is thinking that she has been using Akira or hurting her...he is mistaken... "If you were you know I would end you...Right?" He said giving her a more intense glare. She knew she had to keep her composure. He was like her older brother...not that they are related...she didn't have any siblings and her parents weren't the best...so he was her brother. They were super close and are super close...so it makes sense that he wants to protect her.

"I know, I would never do anything to hurt Akira," She said gaining more of her confidence back. He eased up and backed away from her. "Sorry for being so hostile...people have just used Akira before and because she never says anything...it's hard for me or Mizu to know..." He looked down for a moment before looking back at Sora.

"I know..." Sora said remembering all of the 'friends' Akira had that used her...and tossed her aside when they didn't have a use for her anymore. "No...this is different..." He sighed. Sora perked up. 'Different? Did something else happen to my Akira' Sora thought to herself as he began...

"When Akira was in junior high going into high school her parents told her that a new person would be living with them...I'm not sure how he and her parents were connected...you would have to ask her...but anyway," He paused taking in a shaky breath.

"When he moved in she tried her best to be kind to him to make her parents happy...but eventually he used her compassion against her..."He paused before he clenched his fist. "He would always self indulge with her...use her for her body...this made her go quiet...it took me and Mizu forever to see what was happening..." 

"It started as just touching...but eventually he got angry at what was happening with his fiance...so he went the whole way with her...no one was home and afterward Akira felt so depressed that she cut herself so much that she started to feel sick...she went to the bathroom and filled up the tub and tried to commit suicide...luckily Mizu did the daily phone call he would do with her at this time...so she got out and picked up the phone..." 

"This is when I realized something was definitely off..." He looked like he was guilting himself for this. Sora was speechless. Someone used her Akira in such a way? Why did she never tell her? Why didn't she say anything? Sora started to let some of her tears fall down her cheeks. "After this, me and Mizu tried everything to get her away from him...her parents denied any of this...after about 2 months we got the police involved and they did find signs of this and got him arrested...she later told us in therapy that he had done it multiple more times during this time frame...she got to move in with us because her parents admitted that they knew that he was doing something to her...but didn't do anything to stop it..." He said his words clipping because of how hard he was trying not to cry.

"How did this happen...?" Sora asked not knowing what to do...he thought that she was doing something bad to Akira? She wanted to protect her from anyone that wanted to use her...anyone that wanted to hurt her...

Sora felt absolutely disgusted that someone would do that to someone else. "I would never do anything like that to my beloved Akira! You can take my word for it that I will protect her and always ask her if she is uncomfortable with something I am doing!" Sora was sobbing at this point but soon she regained her composure.

Shinobu walked over and pulled Sora into a hug. Sora was confused by this but returned the gesture. "Thank you, sorry for doubting you...I was just worried..." He whispered. Sora smiled at him and accepted his apology. "It's alright, I totally get it," She whispered as they pulled away.

He texted Mizumiki letting him know that he was done talking to her. Soon after Akira and Mizumiki walked back into the room.

"S-s-sora?!" Akira gasped when Sora rushed over and pulled her into her arms. "I love you so much and would never want to hurt you...please let me know if you ever feel uncomfortable with anything I do..." She whispered into her ear before placing a kiss on her cheek.

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"He is just making sure that she isn't using you because he wants you to be safe," Mizumiki smiled down at her. "S-she isn't u-using me...s-she h-has been s-so kind t-to me...s-sometimes I w-wonder how s-s-someone like m-me g-got so l-lucky..." She whispered putting her head down. 

"You deserve Sora and so much more Akira! Don't be so down on yourself!!" He said pulling her into another hug. She hugged him back and smiled happy that she got to see him again...even if she wasn't alive anymore...

"You want to go on a walk while they talk?" He asked grabbing her hand standing her up with him. "Y-yeah...t-that would b-be n-nice," She said with a small smile. He didn't say anything he just walked with her outside and held her hand as they walked through the trees. It was really calm and quiet. It made Akira feel at ease...she was still worried about Sora...Shinobu can be pretty hostile towards people who he thinks are going to hurt her...

"Don't worry about it! I'm sure Sora will be fine!!" He said comfortingly before his phone buzzed. "Hey, look at that! They just got done," He said turning her back towards the dorms. She smiled and walked back with him.

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"W-what?" Akira asked before cutting herself off. She knew it must have been what Shinobu told her. She wrapped her arms around her showing her that she believed her. "I think that Sora is a good fit for you Akira," Shinobu said with a smile as Mizumiki walked over and snaked his arm around his waist. "I'm glad you think so my Shino~," He teased booping his nose. Shinobu looked the other way annoyed. Mizumiki knew he liked it but didn't say anything else about it.

"T-thanks f-for caring a-about m-me so m-much S-Shinobu," Akira said giving him a smile as they both left the room. "Thanks for letting us talk to you guys!" Mizumiki said before they closed the door. "O-of course!" Akira said.

"S-sora, a-are y-you ok?" Akira asked sitting her down in a chair in front of her desk. "No, I don't want anyone to hurt you...and knowing how many people who have..." "N-no, it w-was in the p-past...and i-it was p-probably my f-fault anyway..." She whispered looking down at her knees. "No, you are wrong! What they did to you is so repulsive and terrible! Next time if something like that is happening...you will tell me, right?" Sora asked caressing her cheeks with her hands. 

"O-of course..." Akira whispered as she continued to comfort Sora. She hated seeing her this sad...especially knowing it was about her...

-Sorry for the Triggering topics...anyway. Here is the next part! Thanks for reading!-

-ShuichiOuma010-