Unhappy Birthday.
Ahmya
Hey Ma. I can't sleep.
Ma
You shouldn't be on your phone! I'm on the ferry, I'll be in Tokyo tomorrow.
Ma
17, I can't believe it! Make the most of it, sweetheart.
Ahmya
Ma, I AM 17. I'm going to be 18!!!
Ahmya
All that time away in Australia is really messing with you head. LOL!
Ahmya
You can't admit your 'baby girl ' is growing up.
Ahmya
Okay, okay. I got the point. I'll go to sleep.
Ma
She's seventeen, I swear.
Father
I know your tricks. She's 18. You've gone to tell her to stay in the house, huh? Pointless. Pointless, I tell you. Shi always knows. So do the rest of us.
Ahmya
Ma! I thought you wanted me to sleep!!!
Ma
Okay...so...you can't leave the house. You can't go out. Be careful. Don't do anything stupid.
Ahmya
You sound like Father. Ohhhh. This is one of his lame jokes, right?
Ahmya
Ma...what's going on?
Ma
You can text everyone...
Ma
Don't climb trees, don't drop from the climbing wall in your room to the floor. We've signed you out of the adventure centre. You are no longer a member of Acrobatics. You'll be home schooled from now on.
Ma
Actually, best not to go on the climbing wall at all.
Ma
Don't EVER go to the trampoline centre.
Ma
Especially not on the trapeze.
Ahmya
Why? Why can't I do all this stuff?
Ma
That's for us to worry about.
Ahmya
Ma! Remember what you always say?!
Ahmya
No. Well, yes. But that's not what I meant.
Ahmya
You always say 'Trust is everything. Families are built on trust. Friendships fall apart without it. Relationships could never be if not for trust.'
Ahmya
So tell me! At least give me a hint. Please, Ma.
Ma
You remember your cousin Sakura?
Ma
They all disappeared at 18.
Ahmya
You are...you're 35 though...
Ma
Your...your Dad...he...never mind. I'm here, because of him.
Ma
That's all I'm telling you.
Father
Well? How did your pleading go? I told you, no point.
Ma
She agreed. I had to tell her about a few things.
Father
Does she know about the vampires?
Father
Does she know I am one? I took pity on you? That's how you are here?
Ma
Of course not. Or our marriage was forced so I could stay alive.
Ma
Just...please. Don't take her! She's our baby.
Ma
Please! Think about what you're doing!
Father
I am well aware. More than you, anyway.
Father
Ah. Look. The clock strikes midnight.
Ma
NO! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DO THIS?
Ahmya
Ma! You woke me up!!!
Ma
I just...I love you. I do.
Ahmya
Me too. Night, then.
Ma
And...no matter what, I'll always be there.
Ma
Goodbye, sweetheart. I'll always be with you.
Ma
You'll be safe if they take pity. If one of them seems to relent, make them fall for you.
Ma
It worked for me. I'm safe now.
Ma
And maybe...in a few years, we could meet again.
Ahmya
Ma? Fathers footsteps.
Ahmya
I thought he was out.
Ma
Remember! Remember, okay?
Ma
If one of them seems just a tiny bit wary.
Ahmya
Hello, it's Akio here.
Ahmya
Ahmya will be fine with us. Ha! Don't worry yourself, Hina.
Ahmya
You've been through this.
Ahmya
Or what? I'll leave you. And then...you won't be safe.
Ahmya
You know that isn't the way we work. We can do both of you.
Ahmya
I'll come back tomorrow.
Ahmya
Goodbye, say. Say goodbye.
Ma
I hope my advice was enough...
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