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Chapter 10

Journal,

She knew. Shit. She knew. Hatsune knew.

I need to relax...Calm down Len. She knew but it doesn't matter now. She won't be able to tell anyone now.

She confronted me after school. Said she saw me with Kaito on Sunday. At the park. Unconscious while I was dragging him here. She was walking her dog, she said. So she was the only one who saw.

I had to get rid of her, right? Right? Or she would tell Rin.

So I told her Kaito was living here due to problems at home. She wanted to see him, so I invited her over, since Rin had to leave for choir...

I didn't want to kill her. I really didn't. But when she struggled while my grip tightened around her throat...God, what's wrong with me? I shouldn't have-

No. No, I don't regret killing Kaito. That lecherous bastard.

Miku was Rin's best friend, though. So eventually the topic would come up.

"You know, Rin, I saw your brother dragging around Kaito while he was unconscious the day he disappeared."

So I had no choice but to kill her. But the fact remains that I enjoyed it...and again I got a souvenir. The teal tie she always wore around her neck. It's in the box underground with Kaito's scarf now.

But I think those are all the souveniers I'll get. No more killing. No one else should know anything. I'm positive.

No one else should know.

No one.

But now I've got this dead body in the living room and I have no idea what I'm gonna do. Rin gets home in about an hour and a half...

Do you think she would want steak for dinner again?

- Len

1/9 7:54pm

Dear Diary,

Man, I hate choir practice. The director is so freakin' mean. Good thing the law says teachers can't beat their students anymore.

Miku was supposed to call me earlier, but she still hasn't answered her phone. I wonder what she's doing?

Mom called though. Told us Dad would be delayed in coming home since a storm hit where he was and kinda blew away some stuff for the building they're making. Also said that Grandma's not getting better. She's thinking about taking her to the hospital. Maybe Len and I should go down and visit for awhile just in case things turn for the worst.

Speaking of Len, he's been real jumpy today. He's been chewing on his nails. Which is weird for him cause he usually gets on to me for chewing mine off. Somethings up. I know it.

But why won't he talk to me about it?

Well whatever's wrong it hasn't interfered with his cooking. He makes really good steak...

- Rin

1/9 8:30pm

Dear Diary,

...I just checked the caller I.D to see if Miku called while I wasn't home. She didn't. But I also found that Kaito called here the day before he disappeared. It said that the call got answered. And I didn't answer it so it must have been Len.

He told me he didn't have any interaction with Kaito at all. Why would he lie to me?

So I called Kaito's house. His mom answered and she sounded so desperate for good news. I felt so bad for her. I told her who I was and she started yelling at me, accusing me of knowing where her son was. Apparently she knew Kaito and I had a date that didn't end very well.

I finally calmed her down, and she apologized when she realized I was just as clueless as she was. I asked her why he might have called here, and she gave me an answer that makes me feel terrible.

Apparently the night of our date, Kaito's sister Kaiko had died. She had been hit by a car a few days before and was in a comma until that day. Kaito took it so hard he went and got drunk in his grief before unfortunately remembering where he was supposed to be.

God, I feel terrible.

But that's not the worst part. Apparently she said that the day Kaito went missing he had gone to a meeting between him, Len, and myself so he could apologize directly. But I've never heard about this. Could Len have scheduled such a thing while I was at dance class? If so...what happened?

When I asked him, he said he didn't know anything about a meeting.

Is he lying?

What did he do to Kaito?

- Rin