Chapter 1: Memories

"Mom...I know it's not right, but I can't do it anymore. The children, they're...like him more and more every day. And Shouto...his left side. Sometimes I look at him and hate what I see."

Shouto drew closer, just enough for his left side to be seen by the door noticing his mother clutching the phone tightly with her left hand as she waited for the kettle to whistle.

"I...can't raise him anymore. I shouldn't raise him..."

"M-Mommy?"