"chocolate dipped strawberries?" Sebby asks with a strawberry picked up in his hand.

I nod. "Stwaw-berwy and chocolate!" I shout. Sebby laughs with me. He like straw-berwy and chocolate too?

Something hits my back and I turn around to see Leo throwing snowballs at me. I start shouting "dad! Sebby! Leo hit me!" "This isn't fair"

I am crying. Loud. Sad. Sebby. Need sebby. Somebody holding me. Mom. "Shh" her soothing voice cuts through my cries "It's alright. You're a strong girl"

"Luna!" A voice shouts. Sebby. I look up to see sebby. "sebby!" I laugh. I turn around and puff my face. "Luna's angry?" His voice comes closer as he picks me up. I start thrashing in his hold. "Chocolate?" He whispers and I immediately turn around and nod.

I am in the air. Hahahaha. Dad will catch me. "Again?" Dad asks. "Again!" I shout happily.

"Again!" The men shout as the boy infront of me punches me to the ground. Again. Blood. I can taste it.

A dog whimpering on the ground. Rocky. No no no no. I will save you. "Help please" I look up at the passer-bys who just give me the looks of pity or ignore me.

I hold a limp body of a dead dog. Rocky. I am sorry. Sorry. Sorry sorry sorry. Dirt in my fingers. I bury. Bury my friend. Friend.

"Stay back and hide in the dumpster" he whispers quickly as I shiver on the ground. Fight. It's going to be a fight. I nod quickly before running to the dumpster.

"Akira"

Blood. On the ground. Rex gone. Rex's blood. Brother. Gone.

"Akira"

Hungry. Angry. Cold.

"Akira"

"Akira"

I gasp for air as I jolt upright. Garden. Woman. Diana. Tulips. Strawberries. Breathe. Breathe. Breathe.

"Akira" Diana wipes the sweat off my forehead "you okay?"

I nod, not trusting my voice. Okay. It's okay.

"It's okay" she whispers soothingly as stare off into a distance "it was just a bad dream. It's alright"

It's alright. She. Diana. Mom?

"Come on, it's getting colder" she supports me up.

We both make our way inside the house. I sit on the kitchen bar stool as she hands me a glass of water. I drink.

I notice how worry is etched across her features as she watches me with baited breath. Worry? Deep breath.

"Thanks for helping" I say as I get up, not making eyecontact.

Room. I need my room.

I enter my room and sit on the bed, the images still too fresh. I thought I had left these nighmares behind. Why again?

My feet drag me towards the balcony where in the purple hue of the sky after sunset the moon shone bright. My right hand reached towards the back of my waistband and slides out a knife hid there.

The moonlight glints off the silver Blade and an inscription, R, burns in my eyes. An involuntary whisper leaves my lips as my finger touch the 'R' on the blade "Rex"

I don't know how long I stay there with the memories I thought I had successfully buried, flashing across my mind. There were also memories which were broken, fragmented, and new. It was easier for me to grasp the feelings rather than the images in the memories.

In those memories, I was happy. There was a name too...whose name- a knock on the door startles me. I see Leo and Kai's face peek inside cautiously and mutters of "she's not here"

I step towards the room so they can see me which makes them both jump. "Fuck!" "Aah!" Leo and Kai scream out.

"What do you want?" I ask stepping into the room.

"Nothing- just- I- we-" "Bike- thought- you-" they both utter nervously.

"What?" I ask sharply, trying and failing to stay patient.

"Wannagoforarace?" Leo spits out.

"The fuck-" I start but Kai cuts me off.

"Wanna go for a race?" Kai asks calmer and then adds seriously " and language akira"

I stare at him, trying not to let my anger control me. "Yeah" I reply

"I told you" Kai jumps while Leo rolls his eyes. Kai forwards his hand towards Leo in which he place a $50, grudgingly.

A bet?

"You need gear" Leo turns to me and then gestures at us to follow him while muttering "I have some which should fit you"

Me and Kai follow Leo to his room who enters his walk in closet and brings out a black and a white jacket.

"These are slightly small on me so maybe they'll fit you" he says placing the jackets on the bed. Then he brings out the pants, shoes, gloves and helmet.

I bring all the things to my room and try on everything and the shoes and gloves don't fit. Kai then rushes to his room to bring some gloves and shoes which do end up fitting me.

We three make our way down and see Eiran standing near the door.

"Ready?" He asks with keys rattling in his hand.

"Ready" Kai says as Eiran hands him the keys.

"Be careful and come back before dinner" he says.

"Alright" "Thanks for covering up bro"

The three of us take out the bikes. I got the black BMW while Leo had a kawasaki and Kai yamaha. And we were on the road before long. Riding helped keep the memories at bay.

We reached the racing venue fairly quick and that's when a man approached us.

"Hey boys" he daps up both Leo and Kai and extends his hand to me. "Hey dude" he says shaking my hand to which I just nod.

He looks a bit confused when I don't introduce myself so Leo butts in.

"This is our younger sister bro" He introduces me and sounds a bit protective.

"Oh!" The man seems stumped before he smiles "I thought you were a man"

The chat doesn't continue for long when the race is announced and three of us start our bikes.

"Perform well" he says before he heads towards the commentator's box and we towards the starting point.

A few riders have already taken positions but the crowd goes wild when we three come to stand beside them. Leo and Kai must be a regular..

"We've got a reputation here" Leo boasts as he nods to acknowledge other people.

The race starts not so long after and Leo and Kai clearly perform better than everyone. I am right behind them as another white bike cuts me off. That fucker..

I speed up and weave through the bikes, making a sharp turn and leading the pack. The competition is very cutthroat as the finish line approaches closer still. I test the absolute limits of the bike as I near the finish line and cross it in a blur.

We three stand close together as the results are announced.

"It was a close race but looks like the ghost riders have yet again dominated it!" The commentator speaks. "The competition was cut throat and yet Luna dominated!"

"Followed closely by Enzo and Asher-"

"Akira I've registered you as luna!" Leo shouts from inside his helmet and above the cheers.

"You won Akira!" Kai shouts excitedly.

I won. Luna? Why does that sound familiar? I don't know anyone named luna... why did he register me as that?

We park our bikes and remove our helmets and I am met with two grinning faces as we make our way towards the main gates of the house. They kept screaming and shouting about how I won and made them so proud and shit all the way until now.

We enter through the great doors to find the house eerily silent.

"Why so quiet?!" Leo shouts as he was been for the past hour.

"Come have dinner!" Eiran's shout echoes to us.

"Coming after changing!" Kai shouts and we all head to our rooms to change out of our gear.

My hand feels something solid in one of the pockets, so I take it out. A silver Blade shines on a black carbon fibre handle. My breath hitches as the 'R' etched on the blade meets my eyes. The fragments from the dream flash before my eyes in the blink of an eye.

I sigh and put the knife in the hidden pocket on the waistband near my back. I make my way downstairs and notice Leo yapping about something excitedly.

Diana's voice cuts across his voice "Akira you won the race?"

I am met with the question and the expecting face of Eiran and Diana while boss just stares at me. I nod and quitely take my place opposite Kai and beside Leo.

I eat quitely and listen to Leo who doesn't stop talking about the race's events. I look up to notice Diana looking at me with a light smile and such soft eyes-

"You're a strong girl"

- I could feel the whisper from my dream. Diana. She said that. She was the lady in whose arms I was crying.

"I am so proud of you" her soft voice makes me look up at her.

She smiles at me with so much love in her eyes-

"no no No NO!" I could hear a voice shouting in my head, the young me.

- I just nod and get back to eating.

Throughout the dinner, I notice that boss doesn't speak at all. He usually doesn't so that's not new but the way Eiran and Diana discreetly steal glances at him, something's off. Kai has sensed it too, I notice.

"So you're going to party tomorrow?" Diana asks boss with a tone of professionalism.

He looks at her and nods. He doesn't seem to be mentally present with the way he looks at her.

"Whos going to be representing the Italians?" She asks

"Armando Rossi" He says taking a bite.

"Why isn't Alessandro Rossi coming himself?" She asks sceptically

Clearly this meeting was important because Diana never allowed much business talk while dinner.

"They didn't specify but my men told me that he's trying to cover up his sickness" He answers

"That means that Armando Rossi is going to take up his position soon" she says more to herself than anyone else.

"I don't have a good feeling about this" she speaks up again, this time her professional tone fading into an uncertain one and adds "the security is prepared?"

"Yes mom" he says as if for the umpteenth time. Clearly she had asked this before.

The dinner was mostly quiet after that. I quietly headed to my room after that. Now I sit on my bed, cross legged, with the knife in my hands and memories rushing before my eyes.

My body feels heavy with the tangle of emotions that I am not willing to acknowledge as I drag myself from the bed and to the balcony. The moon shines brokenly through the clouds as they pass infront of it. The air feels stale and the familiar heaviness settles upon me.

My head turns from left to right as I look for a way up. I see a pipe and climb it with the agility of an assasin to the top of slanted roof. I lay there as the soft breeze brushes past me and the moon is hidden among the clouds with my knife clutched tight in my hand.

He would have been happy. Yes happy. That's what I like to tell my self. That maybe there's still a possibility that he's alive. A sigh escapes my lips and flows along the breeze. Things-lies that people themselves to soothe themselves. He is gone. Gone gone gone. I repeat, etching the words in my brain cold heartedly.

I push these memories to the back of my mind and bring forth the memories of the killings. People I've killed. Brutally. Times I've left people unconscious and dead. Streetfights and ring fights at the pub. The cold hearted assasin. That's who I am. I remind myself and try to detach from the unwanted feelings.

I quitely climb down to my balcony and settle myself onto my bed. I force myself to thing of nothing. No past memories. Don't think nothing. Black. Black. But the giggles of a little girl slowly get louder and past the curtain of black that I tried to cover up the feelings and memories with.

"Luna!"

Who said it? Why had Leo registered me as Luna? My apparent old name was Iris, that's what they told me...so Luna...

"What's wrong kira?" Rex asked me as he cupped my face as I sprawled on the cold concrete road.

"Hungry" I barely whisper out but he nods quickly.

He picks me up and places me in my cardboard box..

"Eat" he puts the bread upto my mouth as I open my eyes to his newly bruised face.

"Fight!" "Fight!" "Fight!" The voices urged us on as we fought for scraps of food. But the hunger gnawing inside me refused to let me give up as tried to tackle the boy infront of me down. He punches my face but my brain refuses to register the pain as double down on him.

"A child?" The men look at me with confusion written on their faces. Scary men.

"Hey!" Somebody is shaking me "get up, before they see you..quick!" I quickly scramble up but my knees buckle beneath me, the exhaustion catching upto me. "Eat this!" He whispers quickly and shoves a protein bar in my shaking hands.

My hands feel sticky and I look down to see them covered in red. Red. Blood. "Don't be scared kira" rex's soft voice makes me look upto him but his face his blurred by the tears gathered in my eyes. "Hey-hey strong girls don't cry, alright?" He says soothingly as he quickly ckeans off my hands with his shirt.

The dog whimpers in pain as his broken back makes it writhe in agony. "No no no no" I scramble as I try to put him in a better position but nothing works "I'll make it okay Rocky"

"Don't c-cry Rock-Rocky" I say as my own tears leak from my eyes.

I bring up a plastic bag and tightly wrap it over his face and neck making the oxygen supply lessen. My hands shake with the effort as my friend suffocates and my eyes can't tear themselves apart from the scene infront of me.

Shouts. Rex's hoarse shouts. Rex. Brother. In pain. I want to go help him but he had sternly told me to not get out.

My shaky legs carry me out. I see red splattered on the ground and the walls. Brighter blood on the dried, old one. Rex's blood. "Rex" a hoarse whispers crosses my lips.

"Rex"

"Akira"

"No no no no"

"Akira"

"Brother"

"Akira!"

Somebody shaking me. Punishment? Did I not eat? Am I exhausted?

"Akira!"

"S-sorry sir"

"Akira!"

I jolt upright, as my chest heaves for breaths. My hands are sticky. Blood? My blood? I bring my hand up to not find any blood..sweat?

"Akira, it's okay" a soothing voice cuts across my rushing thoughts.

"Akira baby it's okay" the voice again-from the dream- am I dreaming?

Mom. From my dream. No. No. No. No mom. I raise my hand and touch her cheek to make sure that it is a dream. My fingers connect with soft flesh. Real? Mom-from-dream real?

"Relax" mom-from-dream says and pulls me into her embrace.

She pats my back rhythmically and I can feel my breathing returning to normal.

Diana...shit she saw me? Fuck. Detach detach detach.

I pull away from her. From her comforting embrace...No Akira detach. Detach.

"Are you okay?" She whispers softly

I nod, not trusting my voice at the moment. I wipe off the sweat from my forehead with my sleeves, avoiding meeting her eyes.

"You can come to my room if you ever need me okay?" She reassures me.

I nod, noticing a movement behind the door. I slowly get up, ignoring Diana as I open the door to the deserted hallway. Somebody was here, probably listening to us. Or maybe my panicked mind is playing tricks on my mind. The sweat which felt like blood crosses my mind as I think about it.

"What happened?" Diana asks worriedly

"Nothing" I respond

"Akira, you can share anything with me" she assures me softly "I don't like seeing my daughter have nightmares"

I notice the slight tightness in her voice as she speaks and I try to reassure her.

"It's nothing-" I speak up before she cuts me off

"Akira it's okay if you aren't comfortable in sharing it with me..yet" she whispers softly before sharply adding "but don't lie to me. I hate that."

I nod before staring down at my hands. Sweaty hands.

"I'll go now" she says as she heads towards the door and then turns around "good night kiddo"

"Good night" I respond as she shuts the door.

Kiddo..that word, it makes me feel something so deep and so out of my grasp. Kiddo.

"Kiddo"

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