As Jade drives over to Kobadera he starts thinking to himself, “I’ve seen that expression before, just like my daughters when she lost her mother, … Ever since that day she has never been able to smile while she talks to strangers or to even me… I have a feeling that he is the only one that’s going to be able to break through that mindset she has placed herself in. Following those words Sora and Sonia set out to go to Kobadera’s family. *30 minutes after Sora and Sonia seeing Jade go to Kobadera’s bar* There is an awkward silence in the air while Sora and Sonia try to make it to Kobadera’s family. As they walk, Sora tries to break the tension by saying, “Hey…” at first there was no response, around three seconds after that Sora tried again with a longer sentence, “Hey, can you hear me?” With an irritated voice Sonia responded with, “be quiet, what do you want from me…” Sora started to ask her, “what, are you angry at something?” And then again no response. Following the silence Sora starts thinking about the reason why Jade pulled so many strings to have me walk with her and then that’s when it hit Sora and he thought to himself about how it went down in the shop. “It all started when I walked in, and I started talking to Jade, she walked in and then I referenced my parents and froze up explaining why I got my name, then the bloody han…” Sora stopped his thoughts. That’s when he realized that, if it was possible that Sonia went through something similar. So, Sora without a choice started talking to Sonia by starting out with, “I went through something similar.” And as soon as he said that Sonia stopped and tears started to flow her face, and then she replied with a simple, “what?” That’s when Sora knew that it must be an issue with her past and that might be why she is so difficult to talk to. Sora started to talk to her and explain everything to try and take her out of her shell, “You see… The main reason why I’m here is because I want to grow, to become stronger, and smarter, in order for me to change fate… And the cause… because one day…” As soon as he said that Sora had second thoughts about explaining everything, Sonia''s face was almost like a reflection of his past self: Scared, hopeless, and not having enough strength to do anything. So he continued with the hopes of helping her, “my parents were people dear to me, they always treated me with high regard over themselves, and they always gave me the necessities for me to live a good life, but it all changed so suddenly, I went to sleep and flames engulfed my room.” “I was weak and I couldn’t do a damn thing, except scream for help, and then the house collapsed, with me and my parents inside of it… And…” After that sentence tears started to go down Sora’s face as well. “When I came around I was in a hospital and all that the doctor could say to me was that my parents died protecting me. That’s when I came to a realization…” I’m weak, fragile, and all that I said I would be was not not true, all I had was false strength; both physically and mentally.” That’s when Sonia stopped me and held my hand while telling me if that’s why I clenched my hand so hard that it started to bleed, and then I responded with a simple nod. So she let go of my hand and while looking down at the floor she started to talk, “Sora… I used to have a mom, and she was so kind to me, she cared about me so much that it made me so sick to my stomach, eventually one day I snapped and left the house because of the simple fact that I didn’t like it, her warming up to me although she was my step mom and not my real one…


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