In the morning, Akira sitting on the sofa working while other guards around him... Aki sitting on the other sofa as usual watching him work. Suddenly, Cherry came to ask something from Akira. As he opened his mouth to speak—

Akira: "No."

Cherry pouted: "I didn’t even say anything."

Akira glared: "I know when you open your mouth you don’t say anything productive, so get going."

Cherry clutched Akira’s shirt with both hands, gathering all courage: "Akira, I want to go on a vacation. Please give me money."

Everyone looked at him in an instant like Cherry had killed someone. Akira slowly lifted his head.

Akira: "Huh? No."

Aki frowned: "Tsk... Akira, be more gentle. At least let him finish and fix your face."

Akira side-eyed Aki and forced a painful-looking smile: "Yes, what do you want."

Cherry took a deep breath: "I want to have fun, so I thought... I mean you are busy, so I was thinking of going alone. But you can send one of your guards if you want, you know... and not J."

J (upset): "Why not me?!"

Akira got up from his seat.

Aki: "Akira!"

Akira silenced Aki by gesturing him with his hand. He leaned closer to Cherry, eyes locked and forehead touching.

Akira: "Go if you want. Your Ji separate, and Yu separately."

Then Akira: "Everyone, let’s go."

Cherry shocked and begging: "Please Akira, I won’t go anywhere. Please don’t hurt Jiyu."

Akira: "We’ll see about that." (leaves)

Cherry crying on the floor: "AKIRA!!"

Aki was there beside him.

Aki: "Don’t cry Cherry. He won’t do that. I’m very sure of this. He just likes to play with people. Look, if you cry, he’ll make you cry more."

Cherry: "But when he takes J with him it’s always bad news... last time I got a head in my hand."

(trembling with the memory)

Cherry: "I’m sure they will..."

Aki: "Hey hey Cherry, look at me. Don’t worry. I’m here. He will not do anything, you have my words okay."

Cherry nodded: "Ok."

Cherry: "But why is he so hard to love? Like impossible to love."

Aki (concerned): "Oh Cherry... he is not hard to love. But you’ve never seen him love. When he does, he cherishes that person like they mean the whole world to him."

Cherry: "You seem like you have seen him love."

Aki smiled softly: "Him? Unfortunately, yes."

Cherry surprised: "Really? Are you his lover? Wait, I never asked Aki... how did you die?"

Aki laughed: "You want to know? Then listen.”