Saihara's POV:

I clenched the small polaroid photo in my hand, the gagged members impeaching my mind as I finally put it back into the drawer.

The case file was spread around me along with the bulletin board, I ever since the latest photo three months ago I'd been trying my best to discover the holding location.

The deadline was coming closer, and I knew I couldn't jeopardize this any more than I already have. Koko is depending on me to recover his friends, I can't risk this.

I figured out Ace' age and gender luckily, and unfortunate ties to...I can't tell Kichi this. He would never forive

I shouldn't have waited so long.

I should have begun the search months ago, before the pictures came in every month showing his friends being held either in a cell or beaten.

When they stopped calling.

God...I should've asked them to come over I just...the doctor told me to keep his contact to the minimum so I...

...I'm awful. But it's ok...he still loves me...I still have time to make it up to him....I still have time...

I tried not to think of the finger I had recieved in the mail this morning.