The whole kitchen incident ended well, but I got a nasty cut. Leona treated me, and my hand was still bandaged.

  We sat down and ate what we had cooked, but I can't remember the exact meal. Huh, that's weird.

  "So, is there something on your mind, Leona?" I looked at her while she was eating; she was moving slower than usual, and something may have been on her mind.

  "Yes, actually, there are two things. I heard back from my mom yesterday. My biological dad has a daugther with someone else, I know that girl. She is being sent to Japan as well by my step dad and mother, they apperently took pity on her and have already sent her on her way here, she will live with me. That's about it for the first thing." – Leona continues to eat; it's weekend, so no school for 2 days.

  "Ohhh, so your half sister will come and live with you?"

  "Yes. I will still spend time with you, so don't get jealous now." Leona gave me a mischievous smile while reaching to one of her hands to caress my cheek.

  I was caught off guard by this gesture.

  "And what's the second thing?" I replied, ignoring her previous gesture.

  "It's you. You are on my mind more and more. To be honest, Hikari, I like you; I want to date you." Leona blurted out her words. She was calm and collected, but I was nowhere near quiet. My heart was racing 100 times faster, and I almost fell off my chair.

  "L..L...Leona?"- That's all I could say before almost falling off the chair.

  "Look at you; you are all beet red." – Her smile is intoxicating; I have been trying to put it out of my mind. I know I had loved Shiori in the past, but Leona is kind and generous and doesn't let anyone trample us.

  There are many reasons why I like her. It's like I fell in love again, but the person returned my feelings this time. I don't know what to say.

  "I understand if you don't want to date me. I know I am walking a red fg. But it was worth a shot at least." – Leona rose from her seat and seated beside me.

  "Don't get me wrong, I like you too! I just…. I don't know what to say," – I replied as fast as I could. I grabbed Leona's arm and quickly pulled her close to my chest into a hug.

  "Huh, it's ok. You will find your words eventually. So, what pce do you want us to go on a date? I suggest we go to the park." A knock can be heard at my door.

  "Strange," – Leona commented and then looked at her phone

  "I wonder how she found me?" - She rushed to the door to open it, and I followed.

  Upon opening the door, we are greeted by a girl with brown hair and blue eyes dressed in casual clothes, which look much like Leona's daily wear.

  "Welcome, Andrea. How in the hell did you find me here?" Leona leaned in and hugged the girl.

  "Big sister, I went inside the house and didn't find you, but I saw you here with your girlfriend." – Is she referring to me?

  "Ohh, right, forgot to tell you where I was. Anyway, this is Hikari, my new girlfriend. Hikari is my little sister, Andrea." – It took me a while to register what Leona said, but I welcomed her with open arms.

  "Yeah, welcome, Andrea. I am Hikari" – I am still red like a beet.

  "Big sister, are you two going somewhere today? I already left all my stuff at home, so can I join you two if it isn't too much trouble?" - Andrea entered the house and sat on the couch. How did she arrive so fast here?

  "Sure, you can hang out with us. I have to keep you safe and damn sure I am not leaving you by yourself. Tell me one thing, did you fell followed?" - Leona got her serious look again and looked at her phone.

  "Yes, I felt like someone was following me the whole trip. I don't know, but it might be him." – At these words, Leona's whole body tensed up.

  "Hikari, in your room, now." – Leona grabbed both of us by our hands and dragged us to our room. She had set her ptop here for some reason and has multiple ptops. I know she only spent a night sleeping with me in my bed, but it can't be that bad. Who am I joking? I wanted to hug her and fall asleep that way when she was asleep.

  "Big sis, what are you gonna do?" - Leona has all sorts of weird devices set up across the room

  She opened the ptop, typed in her password, and then began doing things I didn't understand.

  She opened some windows in her operating system I had never seen before.

  "What are you doing, Leona?" I looked behind her and pced one of my hands on her shoulders.

  "I forgot, Hikari, to close all the windows and pull the curtains." I did as Leona instructed, but I feel bad about this.

  I entered the room again and found Leona looking at her ptop screen.

  "Did you find anything big, sis?" - Andrea asked while looking clueless at Leona.

  "Yes, the dumbass brought his phone. He is very close to us. He was watching us before and now is close, at one of the windows. Good thing Hikari closed them in time. Now Andreea, how in the fucking hell did he manage to come to Japan, wasn't he in prison?"

  "It's more complicated. He got released for so-called good behavior, and the worst part is, you know, Dan, he is the man I told you about. They are both here, one of them knows about you and what you can do. Maybe that phone is a decoy. Please be careful big sis." – I don't know what they are talking about, but this sounds serious.

  "The asshole that trafficked you and my dad work hand in hand. Who could have guessed. I want to shot both of them as soon as possible."

  "I tried to arrive here to you as soon as possible." This is serious, even if I don't know all the details.

  "I understand. Hikari, stay here. I am going outside." – Leona reached into her jacket and pulled out a gun; wait, does she always carry one with her? Where does she have it from?

  In addition to the gun, she unzips her jacket, and around her waist, there is a belt tied with four magazines for the pistol.

  "Leona, where did you get that?" Wait, she can legally get a gun. I forgot that Leona is way older than me. Yeah, she did lie about her age to me once. She is actually three years older than me—she is 19 while I am 16. Her situation is complicated.

  "It's legally owned, don't worry." - She slowly opened the door and looked with the gun pointed at the front door from the top of the stairs. I didn't follow her. I stayed with Andrea in the room.

  "Andrea, can you tell me what the hell is happening?" She huddles closer to me.

  "It's a long story; I don't want to discuss it that much. My father sold me to a human trafficker, my big sister was the one to find me and hack their databases with clients. She was in Romania at that time, we got to spend a few years before she was sent here, but shortly after they sent me here as well. I can't find words now." – Andrea had a look on her face that said she was internally crying, a look you can't describe with words.

  I hope this whole thing dies down.