Picture Perfect Mutilation
Sometimes in his sleep, he would dream of tears in Kazuhiko's eyes. It's picture perfect. A world that they never got to live in. Then Kazuhiko would say the same things he did, all of them plus one.
You know. My plan went awfully wrong.
That's when his arms would fall from Kanou's shoulders.
Sometimes in his sleep, he would feel Kasumi inching closer to him. And he doesn't get it, the boldness and timidity in his movements.
that's why he's so beautiful
He did hear it after all.
Kasumi grows faster in the sunlight than he ever did in the darkness. His white hair grows longer, and grows softer and softer until it's as silky as a bird's feather. The red of his eyes are deepened as the days pass by, until all Kanou can think of when looking into them is blood.
It's a summer night, a night so hot that they both sleep naked in the bed. He thinks it's a little past midnight when he opens his eyes. The first thing to greet him is Kasumi's face and his slender, naked body. Both his hands rest on Kanou's chest and their strength feels wrong.
Sweet, sweet eyes that he could never see stare into his. It's picture perfect. A world that they never got to live in. Then Kazuhiko's voice whispers quietly in his ear
You know. My plan went awfully wrong that time
It all makes sense now. Why recently Kasumi's face has seemed to have a change that he can't quite put his finger on. Why these hands are so strong against his chest. Why they feel so wrong. Why they feel so right.
Almost like a reflex, he flips them over and presses that body down on the mattress.
The angel mouth on that face smiles and the first coherent words come out from Kasumi's lips.
"It's me, Kanou"
He didn't reply
"I think he's long gone by now, Kanou"
He didn't reply. Almost as a reflex, his hands came to that slender neck and squeezed. As the body beneath his starts to go limp, he hears Kazuhiko's voice speaking in the sweetest way,
"I think I did it right this time. I'd wanted you to choke the life out of me with your own hands."
And then there are tears in his eyes. It's picture perfect. A world they never got to live in.
