I stare at the screen of this phone when I wake up.

“Huff… A disappointment…”

Am I just checking the time, or am I waiting for someone to call? I have no idea…

All I know is that someone has been knocking on my door until now.

So the first thing I did after getting up was to open the door for the one who asked to come in, that’s Fanya for sure.

She made breakfast for us…

Where usually she would just cook me something for lunch, so the menu and the taste of the food this time I admit it feels really very different… I ate without speaking a word, then I just went back to daydreaming looking out the window.

It's funny how I can have so many absences as a Sins Taker without getting any reprimands…

Either because this is a privilege that I have as a great carrier, or something Ellie sacrificed for me to be able to solve this family problem…

And again... I was reminded of how later Ellie would not accept the resolution of this case with just “This is my own choice!” As the reason...

“What a peace…” Just before it's time for me to speak to Ellie...

I yelled then whispered the rest of the sentence with this sleepy face of mine.

After I looked at Fanya's face for a moment, she was confused about what I meant, then I asked her opinion... “Don’t you think?”

“No. Ah… Listen… About that thing yesterday. Have you made one or two plans before? Like... Hear me out, Daniel… You really have money to book a plane ticket then?”

Fanya's voice echoed so lonely around this place, that I just left to go to my own delusion for the second time and quickly back again to reality.

Then I told her that... “We're not going to use any planes, Fanya. Ellie... I mean Evelina will come with us. We need her. Really. Without that girl, we will only be able to survive for less than a week after the Sins Takers realized that I was missing from their warehouse.”

I didn't get any response from this girl…

Yep. Figured...

So then I asked... “Didn't I tell you that yesterday?”

Wait… Don’t tell me... Did I really forget?!

“Fanya… I have a little secret that the Sins Takers use as a threat to keep me on their side. Back then I killed several people at once before joining them and they would only consider my status as nothing but a criminal if not as a Sins Taker like I am now.”

She still stares at me with a feeling of disappointment… So it doesn't seem like that's the thing that made her speechless.

Well… In that case...

“What Ellie had was the ability to teleport to any place she had seen… That’s in short. And that way we can actually escape from one side even to the other side of the world just in the blink of an eye.”

“I see…”

So that's what she really wanted to know? About Ellie’s ability?

“What about Deo?”

“Whether he wants to come or not, I don't really care anymore. Let him decide the thing for himself. Though to be honest, I still want him to join us all… There will be four of us then. Oh… Yeah… About that one, Ellie is such a friendly person, you know? I'm sure the two of you will get along well with her right away…”

Oh no… Wait…

Fanya doesn't like that, does she? When I pair her and Deo, right in one sentence…

“Sorry… It must be…”

“No, don’t worry… I’m fine with that.”

“Oh?”

“Your feelings must be disturbed because you two are fighting, right?”

“What? Nah… Not really…”

“It’s okay! I will bring him back.”

“...” Fuck, I just suddenly became silent.

I've been trying to look like I don't care about that guy anymore because at this rate, I'm just afraid that Fanya will force Deo to make up with me with such an implied meaning… Again...

But then she surprised me as she said… “In the end we all have nothing to cover up anymore, right? There are no more feelings that we have to lie to! Everything has been exposed and that is a good thing. The three of us can start all over again… At least I promise that it will happen.”

“Fanya…”

“Don't mind about what I've said to you before. You’ve come back to us and you have found out what you really wanted to know! Yes, everything we have just reset to zero, but now with a way much healthier start for all of us to build a new relationship…”

“Is that really what you're thinking right now?”

“Yes!”

Really?

Is it true that I'm allowed to accept such a solution?

Is this it? Finally we all got a new better start?

“Please forgive my selfishness all this time, Daniel… And I will change. I promise…”

Fuck, I’m crying… Shit… Shit, oh shit…

Really?!

“Thanks… Fanya… Seriously…”

“Sure… Now can I hug you?”

“No.” We both laughed with me still biting my toast while lowering my head, covering up happy tears.

You hear that, Elis? Maybe this method really can work!

…

But…

You can't hear me, can you?

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