A/N - WARNING!!! Contain Mention of suicide and self-harm ahead!

(Because of our sad boy, Toya Setsuno. ;-;)

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Shie Hassaikai's base,
Underground...

Third Person's POV

Awkward.

One word to describe the whole situation.

After introducing themselves to their young mistress, they resulted to quick silence.

Izuku was totally out of ideas. The yakuzas refused to start a conversation with her since they didn't even know what kind of topic to talk about. Not to mention, they didn't have that much experience with girls, except for one man.

Toya kept his gaze on the green bunny standing before them nervously. A glint of interest glowed in his amber irises. He studied her curvy figure carefully.

'Young Lady is surprisingly beautiful. She has such a gorgeous hourglass figure. Not to mention, her chest are so big! Her face looks so cute and innocent... Her big green eyes are adorable too. .. Man, she is blessed with everything.' He nodded along with his thoughts, eyes narrowing at her in amazement.

'Young Lady Izuku is much more beautiful than that lowlife bastard.' He thought in disgust, remembering the darkest time in his life that was caused by his ex-lover. Shivers ran down through his spines when his mind reminded him of that sly woman. A surge of negative emotions flowed in his system.

Izuku was creeped out by the way Toya stared at her body intensely. 'What is with that creepy stare? He had been acting like this ever since I arrived. Don't tell me he is mad about just now?' She remembered the moment she told Kai about Toya who had stolen her limited-edition pudding.

To be exact, he didn't steal it but he ate it without thinking it was owned by someone. Izuku happened to walk past the kitchen to grab her pudding, only to see that delicious sweet was slaughtered by a blonde-haired man. She froze in shock for a while before running into her room, crying her heart out. The precious pudding Kai bought for her was eaten by someone else.

Anyway.

Toya's face gradually grew pale. His eyes became wide, filled with despair and horror. His fingers were twitching and shaking violently, which wasn't a good sign. Izuku noticed the drastic change in his behavior.

"Um... Setsuno-san...?" The female teenager uttered his name worriedly. But Toya didn't bother to respond to her. Instead, he walked past her in complete silence. He opened the door and exited the hall, ignoring Izuku and his friends. Yu and Soramitsu didn't say anything to stop him, knowing that their effort would turn out futile.

A gasp of concern left Izuku's throat. She could tell that the young man was distressed and devastated by the negative aura he radiated. This made her felt uneasy within.

'What is wrong with him? Just now, he has a normal vibe... But now... The aura and atmosphere... Are totally different!' the young lady clenched her fist close to her chest. Her heart was beating rapidly at unusual speed.

Deciding to follow Toya in secret, Izuku skidded toward the door and opened it slowly. "Wait, Young Lady. Where are you going?" Shin spoke up at last, curious about the girl's sudden change in attitude.

Izuku turned to the bowler hat-wearing man. Her eyebrows were furrowing, worry evident on her face. "I have some stuffs to do." She answered shortly and hurriedly ran out of the hall to chase after Toya, leaving the yakuzas in turbulence.

'I have a bad feeling about this... He is going to do something unspeakable, isn't he?' She gritted her teeth as she ran after her target; Toya Setsuno.

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Meanwhile,
Toya's bedroom...

Toya's POV

Ahh... Again...

I'm really hopeless and. pathetic...

Every time I remember that woman, I couldn't help but have mental breakdown.

That woman... Who destroyed my whole life. The one who who ruin my peaceful time...

Good grief, I'm really a mistake. The worst.

Why am I even alive in this world?

"Damn it!" I grazed my arm more and more with the box cutter I kept in my pocket all the time. I couldn't hold back anymore. I needed to relieve this pain torturing me from inside. This was too much for me to bear.

Damn it. Damn it. Damn that woman! I wish I never met you if I knew you would betray me and ran away with other guy!

Well, it was my fault too... If only I wasn't a weakling and pathetic, then things would be different.

She wouldn't run away or dumped me like a disposable trash...

Blood oozed out of the cut I made on my arm, but I didn't pay much attention on it. I felt a bit better now... Though not a lot.

There were still lingering dark emotions deep within, but I couldn't get rid of all of them. They would keep coming back and attacked me with guilt, despair and devastation, making me felt like a pathetic loser.

As I was lost in my own thoughts, Young Lady's face showed up in my mind for mysterious reason. I stopped my action for a while, letting myself drowned in my world.

Young Lady Izuku...

Her smile... It looks so gentle and genuine. Her awkwardness wasn't an act. She is just a natural shy girl.

She seems very kind and caring... Even though we haven't talked yet, I could already tell by the aura she emitted.

A peaceful, warm, gentle aura...

Thinking of her somehow made me felt at ease a little.

After my ex-lover ran away from me, I lost hope and trust in every woman I met, thinking that all women were same; a traitor and a liar.

But, Young Lady is different.
Just... Something about her... Made her different from other women...

Knocking on the door broke me out of my thoughts. I was pretty flabbergasted when I heard those noise. I never had anyone coming over to my room except for my close friends, Hojo and Tabe.

"Um, Setsuno-san? Are you in there?" Young Lady Izuku spoke up from outside. A gasp of shock escaped my mouth.

Young Lady?! What is she doing outside my room?

I had no energy to move nor talk. The pains in my arms started to shoot through my body. I could only stay sitting on the floor, leaning against the wall hopelessly.

I'm so pathetic.

"Um, pardon my intrusion.." The door slowly opened, revealing Young Lady's appearance to me. The light creeping up onto my face blinded my eyes for a few seconds. I shut my eyelids close, preventing the light from disturbing my sight.

I heard Young Lady gasped in horror. "Setsuno-san, what in the world have you done to yourself?!" Her footsteps became quicker and louder as she got closer to me.

Wait, closer?

When I opened my eyes, I saw Young Lady kneeling in front of me, crystal liquid rolling down her milky white cheeks. "Setsuno-san, why...?" She sobbed sorrowfully. She had removed the box cutter from my grasp without I realizing.

She suddenly pulled me into a gentle hug. Her slender arms wrapped around my torso neatly. Her face was buried into my left shoulder. Her body was still trembling from crying too much.

"Young Lady...?"

...why are you crying...?

...why are you shedding tears...?

I don't understand.

...why did she cry when she saw me...?

Young Lady started sobbing uncontrollably. Her shoulders dropped, her tears soaked my top. She broke apart from me and stared at my face in seriousness. Her small hands gripped my shoulders firmly.

"Don't you ever dare... To hurt yourself!!"

Her yelling hit me with a rush of realization. I swore, I saw light shining brightly when she uttered those words. Now, I could see her face much more clearly.

Those tears of hers.. They glimmer when the light shower her. It wasn't an act.

It wasn't a pity.

It wasn't an anger.

The tears was... A honest expression of worry.

"You are not alone in this world! If you have trouble or in pain... It's fine to tell someone your feelings! Don't keep your pain to yourself, Setsuno-san!"

"It's okay... If you want to cry your heart out... I'm here...for you.."

Her gentle arms wrapped around my torso once again. Her words hit me hard.

My dead eyes slowly returns to their normal state. Tears began to flood my eyes. I reluctantly returned the hug, clutching on the back of her top.

...how long has it been since I cry?