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"Please!"
The boy's shrilling voice cracked as he spoke, his hands clasped in front of him tightly, begging… begging the man before him. This… this wasn't fair. He had messed up. It seemed his fate according the stars above were not on his side. And he had to do everything in his power to assure that his best friend wouldn't end up with the same fate.
"Please let him go… I beg of you."
"Hmm…. Is he really that important to you?" The man turned his back towards him, raising a hand above. "You do realize you have no heart to feel with. Are you so sure that he is important enough?" The hand tightened into a fist, and he looked back to the boy over his shoulder.
Isa watched and nodded once, slowly. "…Yes, he is important. More than anything." He hated being reduced to begging, pleading, at the mercy of the elder.
"Really…Intriguing." There was a pause, and Isa swallowed hard, watching the other as a sly grin tugged at his lips. He didn't like the look of this. "Show me, then, how important."
Isa's eyes darted about for an answer, mouth agape as he was left clueless of how to prove himself. What could convince him? His lip quivered. And finally, he crouched down, lowering himself onto his hands and knees before the man. "…Please." He tightly closed his eyes.. "Just take me, leave him alone, do anything to me-... I- I'll do anything! " Tears began to prick at the corners of his eyes, leaving a bitter sting as they escaped and trailed down his cheeks. Even though he was told by the man before him that he had no heart to feel, he could hardly believe that. He knew what he felt for Lea was real. He would always care for his best friend. Even if he tried not to.
"So…" The other folded his arms, raising a brow to the boy. "It seems you really do care. Well, I suppose in that case… the answer is no."
Isa stayed bowed before him, but his elbows felt weak, he could feel his body shaking, the tears now so heavy that they fell from his cheeks onto the tiled floor beneath him. "…B-but… You can't. You can't-!" He looked up to him with those glossy, tear-filled eyes, shaking his head back and forth.
"It seems as though I can, and I will. I've nothing more to say." The man rubbed his chin, shrugging once. "Now… you have work to do… Saïx."
And with a cloud of black, the man disappeared, leaving the boy behind to his own regrets.
"Lea…" He collapsed onto the floor, curling up tightly. "...I'm sorry."