Hiro grimaced.
The blue growth pulsed.
Whilst it had clearly receded, the growth persistently remained on his chest. Over his heart, potentially inside his heart.
Code 016 didn't know.
He didn't know what this condition was. Whether or not he would live. Whether it was contagious.
The adults wouldn't tell him.
All he knew was what caused it.
The sole reason he felt alive. The sole reason he could pilot, could be worth something.
Code 02.
The girl with horns.
His one and only partner.
Green eyes with slitted pupils took in his appearance. Her nose took in his smell. Her ears took in his sounds.
All her senses.
Clearly inhumane.
No human would notice the slight bead of sweat, the ever so slightly hitched breathing and the faintest odour of blood.
That girl, that Ichigo clearly hadn't. Her Darling wouldn't be allowed out of his room if that she had.
But rarely did anything escape Code 02. Only one thing had, and that was the sole thing she desired.
Her Darling.
He was out there, she was sure of it.
A fang bit down on her thumb.
Red blood.
Just like his. Just like Darling's.
Code 02 grinned, she was close. She knew it.
Code 016 would likely last long enough to complete her transformation. He had been a good Darling, better than the majority.
But that was all he was.
One of the majority.
He would never be her Darling.
After all, she'd know when she meets her Darling. These senses she so despised would alert her.
Plus, he would remember.
After all, they'd promised.
