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After school ended, she was invited by Ikki to go with him at his place with the others from Kogorasumaru and meet the Noyamano sisters. She accepted, and went there with them. She had a great time, but before she could realize, it was already nearly 12 a.m. and she wasn't home yet. She explained to them she had to leave and said good bye. She got a taxi and was driven home. When the taxi stopped in front of her house, she took her wallet and payed the driver. She stepped out of the car and closed the door. She walked to the house door and opened it slowly, walking inside. She saw Nue sitting on the couch, staring at the ground, holding a phone in his hands. She closed the door behind her and locked it and walked towards him.
"Hey, cousin..What's..Wrong?", asked her in a silent voice, slightly scared.
He raised his head and looked at her. He frowned widely and stood up.
"Where were you?!", yelled him. "I was worried sick!"
She closed her eyes from the very high volume of his voice and answered.
"I was with some classmates."
"At this time of night?!", shouted him out loud, still frowning.
"Come on. I am here and I am fine, nothing bad happened."
"I almost called the police to start searching for you! You fucking dumbhead!", he closed his eyes and held his head tightly. "Ugh! Why can't you use that stupid head of yours for once?!"
Her eyes went wide wide staring at him. That wasn't her cousin, that wasn't the Nue she knew. His behavior, his words and the high tone in his voice were strange to her. Never had he yelled at her before.
"What's with you..? Cousin, you were never like this."
"Just go to your room and don't come out!"
She blinked. "W-Wait, are you grounding me or something?"
"You bet I am..", said him, lowering his voice.
"You can't! You have no rights, you are not my father!"
"I can so all I want! They let me take care of you and told me I could do whatever it needs if you misbehave! Now go!"
She tried to hold back her tears and walked away fastly while banging her feet on the floor, making noise. She got in her room and slammed the door loudly, then fell on the bed, staring at the ceiling light. She crossed her arms, frowning while tears fell down on the bed sheets.
"Who the fuck does that pussy think he is..?", muttered her, as she turned on her left side. "Mother fucker.."
She sat up and stared blankly for a few seconds then stood up, whiping her eyes. She went to a drawer to get her pijama. When she picked them up, she noticed a paper was under them. She put the pijamas down on the bed and picked the piece of paper up. She didn't know it was there, Nue was the one who put her things in place while she was away. It looked like a birth certificate. She looked at the name as it was written in blue ink "Nova Kumori".
"Nova..?", asked herself, while raising an eyebrow. "What kind of name is that?"
She looked at the date of birth and got shocked when she saw it was the same day, month and year she was born in. She dragged her voice slightly.
"Okay..This must be a coincidence. A weird one, but a coincidence.", but when she saw that the birth place was also the same, she started freaking out. She tried to stay calm and muttered "Creepy..".
She didn't know what to do. It was too important to keep it to herself, but in the same time, she couldn't show it to Nue, since he was mad at her. He could've ignored her or even rip the paper apart for all she knew. She walked around the room, holding her forehead with one hand and the paper in the other, thinking. She finally came to a solution and sneaked out of her room, on the hall. She walked slowly and when she saw Nue was still in the living room, she rushed in his bedroom and left the door opened just a crack. She started opening his closet, drawers, she searched on his desk, under his bed, behind his lamp, but couldn't find anything. She wasn't actually sure what she was searching for either. Losing hope, she looked under his bed once again, but tthis time caught a glimpse of something. She reached her arm under the bed after what she saw and pulled something that looked like a rollerblade out. It looked amazing. It has not four, but two wheels. It was black and a deep, vribant shade of blue and had some sharp edges. She turned them on every side possible and noticed a small spot covered in tape. She removed the tape and her eyes widened and then frowned when she saw a small writing in a very elegant font, saying 'NoVa'.
"Who the fuck is Nova?!", shouted her out loud. She quickly covered her mouth with both her hands when she realized what she did and dropped the rollerblade on the floor. She rushed to the door while trying to sort her thoughts and get away from there as fast as possible, before Nue would arrive. She thought that if Nue kept those things, maybe, just maybe, Nova was his girlfriend and he still cared about her, but him keeping her birth certificate made no sense. She bumped into him before she could walk out of the room.
"What are you doing?", asked him, obviously demanding for an answer, but she was too shocked and scared to even let words out. He looked behind her and saw the rollerblade on the floor and the whole room a mess. he sighed and then looked back at her.
"What were you looking for..?"
She gulped and then frowned, taking a straight posture.
"I am the one who deserves answers! Just who is this Nova?!"
He sighed once again and then closed his eyes, placing his hands on her shoulders. He opened his eyes and stared at her.
"Welcome back in the family, Nova.."
She tried to push his hands off, but he resisted. "You have got to remember.". He held her shoulders tightly and leaned closer. She looked at his eyes. Suddenly, images started to roll in her head almost like a blurry movie. Childhood memories she never knew nor remembered. She started seing her in her first ages of life, a time when her father used to play with her. He used to tell her she was his little sunshine, his little Nova. He used to tell her he loved her and spent all his time with her. When the flashbacks stopped, she lowered her head, while her bangs were covering her eyes.
"Nova..", muttered her. "I am..Nova.."
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