AN: This started out all normal-like, then it became... this. So, please don't ask me what this means—I don't know either.


Subaru dreams about blood.

Seishirou's blood.

Hokuto's blood.

His own blood.

spilling out and staining the ground red red red

When Seishirou lost his eye, it had been the first time Subaru felt such pain—agony. Back then, he had not thought—could not have possibly imagined—that he would feel such pain again.

He does.

"I feel nothing for you, Subaru-kun."

His heart breaks first.

"There are spells that only I can cast, so kill me instead of Subaru."

His soul dies soon after.

His sister is killed by the man he loves—loved—loves—the most.

He does not know which one hurts more—Hokuto's death or Seishirou's betrayal.

and he had never realized how red blood truly was

Subaru can feel himself burning, burning, burning. And, everything else is burning too (such a bright red, as if he was bleeding), burning so fiercely that it blinds. And, if Subaru just gets a little closer, if he just—

—and then it's suddenly cold (so so cold) because it's Seishirou-san burning instead.

Seishirou-san is burning—

blood, why is there blood?

And, Seishirou-san is so warm (so so warm).

A warmth that's almost like—

Love.