Moon: Time for a new story! This time it's a more dramatic story with some parts that could happen in the real world. I hope that everyone will read this story carefully and understand. I don't own FushigiBoshi No FutagoHime.

Shade's POV

"I'm back," I said as I was taking off my shoes. I feel completely exhausted, maybe it was a bad idea for me to go to the library to study right after tutoring and helping out with clubs. I shouldn't do this again. Now that I think about it, I was out longer than normal today, would Dad get mad at me? I'm not sure if he cares though, he's got a lot to worry about being a doctor and even when he gets mad, it's only for a couple of minutes.

Then I noticed the person that was sitting on the stairs, a girl with red hair that had her eye covered. I've never seen her before. "Um... who are you?" She was just blankly staring at me, not saying anything at all. What's with this girl?

"Shade, you're back," Dad said. "Let me introduce you. Fine-san, this is my son, Shade. Don't worry, even though he looks like this, he's a nice person. Shade, this is Sakura Fine-san. She's Rein-chan's cousin, meaning she's your mother's friend's sister's daughter. She's going to be living with us for a while. You two should try to get along with each other." She nodded.

"Dad, can I talk to you privately for a second?" His light blue eyes looked at me in confusion. I dragged him into the living room and said,"Why is that girl here?"

"Well, there are some problems going on and so-"

"Then why can't she stay with Rein? If they're cousins, then it shouldn't be a problem at all," I said. "Besides when there's a family problem normally, we wouldn't get involved. No matter how much of a good friend Elsa-san is to Mom."

"Shade, it's a little more complicated than that. She can't be with her family right now." What? "Apparently her mother, Eli-san has been drinking a lot since her husband passed away and so she's been beating Fine-san. When she was caught, she was using a knife. Elsa and Truth decided to watch Eli-san for a while, to see why she's been beating Fine. Therefore, we have to take care of Fine-san for a little while. This is the best choice for everyone," he explained.

"Alright then, I'll try to get along with her." I felt a sudden chill at my neck. I turned around and that person was sitting on the couch. "Can't you say anything?" She didn't say anything and still had that blank stare. She's annoying. Is there something wrong with me to make her not want to talk or something?

"Now, why don't we eat dinner? I already made it. Tonight's egg topped hamburger." He's acting really care free right now. It's almost creepy. "Milky! Come and help set the table," Dad said, going into the kitchen to get the dishes. Fine followed him to help. Well, at least she has some manners. There was an awkward silence as we ate.

"Fine, is it good?" Milky asked smiling and breaking the silence. Fine nodded. "That's good. This is my favorite. After dinner, let's play, okay Fine?" She nodded. Really... I don't understand how Milky can easily get along with her.

After a couple of days, I saw that Milky is always with Fine. Milky's happily playing with her toys like any normal kid her age and Fine is just watching her. She smiles as she watches and she often gives Milky candies that I know are her absolute favorite or become her favorite. But I still don't understand, why is it that Milky is so attached to Fine? Milky isn't really the type of person who would hang out with a person like that, so why?

"That's probably because Fine-san is here with Milky," Dad explained as we were washing dishes after dinner. "Your mother is in the hospital again, I don't get off work till 6 at earliest, and your schedule's really busy. Milky must be lonely, so I'm grateful to Fine for keeping Milky company."

"But other than that she doesn't really do anything else." Most of the time that I don't see her with Milky, she's always in the guest room sitting on the bed perfectly straight. The only time when I've seen her show any emotion was when she was crying in the middle of the night when I went to go get something to drink, but even then she she has that emotionless look on her face.

"Shade, it's rude to insult others when you don't know anything about them." How can he say that when he barely knows anything about that girl? She doesn't even talk. "Shade, I need to tell you something. I'm really sorry about this, but Elsa-san called me when I was at work."

"What's wrong?" This doesn't sound like it'll be good.

"It seems that Fine-san needs to stay with us longer than expected, so she might end up going to school with you," he said putting the dishes back in the shelves.

"But that's in a month." Then who knows how long it's going to be after that. The rumors that people make will be annoying too, if we go to the same school and are seen walking together to and from school.

"It looks like they're still not completely sure if it was just alcohol abuse that she was going through. I might be able to understand if I would see and examine Eli-san and her habits, but they said not yet. I hope that everything's okay." If things were okay, then she wouldn't be here. "Shade, please just bear with it for a little longer."

"But-"

"Hisakata-san," a voice called out. But it's not anyone's voice that I know of. I turned around to see Fine. "He's not going to understand." She turned to me and said,"I'm sorry." Then she ran off before I could say anything. What just happened?

Dad hit my head to get me to focus again. "Shade, you're being an idiot. Go after her. It's already dark, I don't want something to happen to her." I turned my head. I don't want to. "Shade! You know that girl has more scars than you would think."

"Fine then!" I ran after her, but soon I lost her. Where would she be? I noticed where I was. A park? When I walked in, I knew where she was. Milky came her often whenever she was crying. That's right. I went inside the dome with holes and saw Fine, turned to the other side. "Hey."

"Go away. If I'm that troublesome, then I should just leave. I didn't even want to go here in the first place. I'd rather be back in that cold house than in a place where there are people who hate me. I know that you don't like me, you prefer it if your Mother was here instead of me," she said. Wow, after days of not talking to me, I'd never thought that she would talk this much. "Oh, was it wrong of me to listen in? Well, I've already heard, so you'll just have to deal with it."

"I'm sorry, it's just that I don't understand why you're here and... I just-"

"Do you just find it irritating that you cannot understand me at all?" Well that's certainly a possibility. There aren't many people who's characters I can't understand immediately. "Bull's eye," she said sitting up, still not turned towards me.

"It's not like I hate you or anything, you spend so much time with Milky and you actually smile when you're with her. Also, I can tell that you're not really a bad person."

After a short silence, she said, "I like Milky, she's a very simple kid and can almost eat as many sweets as I can." Wait, this person can eat more than Milky? I really can't imagine that. "Hey, why isn't it you've asked anything? I'm sure that you're curious."

"Probably because I thought that you wouldn't want to say anything." Literally. "Do you feel like talking about it now?"

"Sure, let's go on the swings," she said getting out of the dome. What a strange person. I followed her and watched her. "What will happen when I tell you? Are you going to pity me?"

"I won't know until you tell me." Even though she had a rather emotionless look on her face, I could see her hands shaking in the dim light. Is she scared? And of what? The wind started to blow and her bangs flew a little to show the long marks near her left eye. There was also a deep slated mark. Did someone try to pierce her eye? She covered her eye with her hand and the bangs fell back into place.

"Last time, I was very close to losing my left eye." I could see fear in her eyes. "Have you ever wondered why I always wear things that covered my arms and legs even though it's summer?" Now that I think about it... that is true and these days, it's been really hot. She took off a part of her jacket. On her arm, I could see oddly colored bruises and marks that were deep.

"Why are you telling me about this? Isn't it painful to talk about?"

"Yeah... but I feel like I can trust you, so don't betray my trust in you," she said.

"If you're like this, then I find you more tolerable. Come on," I said extending my hand. "Let's go back. Dad's probably going to get upset if we don't go back soon." She took it, smiling at me. She has a really beautiful smile.