Kenji here! Lovely little horses. It's my first time writing, so no flames, plz. .3.

Warning: NO YURI HERE. Just really close brochachos. And if you see the name Shirou or Kuro instead of Ara or Eve, I apologize because I was picking a fandom. ouo

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, or Elsword. All I own in my imagination and writing. owo

Dawn was breaking and the sun was setting with clear orange and pink. A nice shade of purple was slightly greeting the sunset colors. The sounds of small winds pressing on to the water of the river side under the ancient bridge separating me and Eve. Oh, no. We didn't cross the border line. We looked like mirror images. Maybe there really were a glass door separating our bodies when we are really one. Why can't I understand that? My joints burned as I was stuck in a crouching state. Our arms hugged our small and misunderstood bodies and sorrowful hands tingled at each breeze that passed. Like always I looked at the ground as if I were some beggar looking at his dead mother's portrait in a small funeral stand. How many minuets passed? I couldn't count because of this dead silence. When I gathered a neat pile of nothing but fake pebbles I happened to glace above my brow. And there was Eve's eyes-big as a peach's core. And red like them, too. It's a really long tale on how eye colors are no longer rare or unique. The people in the city had found one of the biggest mysteries- eye color. A unloyal bird let out a secret and the virus spread like wildfire. In Eve's eye reflected a dirty soul- aqua pastel colored eyes, jet-black hair and red raven clothes. My shoes had 12 printed softly on the tips of my feet, the age I was at this very heartbeat- oh, what a dirty soul it was. Having to apparently been staring at Eve's pupils I took a hesitating finger and reached for the very break of the chalk line that separated this monstrosity. I started with a hum. Having fun with this, the hum turned to the song Great Lord has sung to me when I was only a little twat.

"Oh soul, do go

To the world where you will show~

There you'll find the golden shrine of the oh so beautiful town

This town was made and has its pride

Never been so perfect

Or never had it's low tide-"

Eve stretched an arm. My heart skipped a beat. This familiar hand. Only a few beats of fast thumps in my chest and I realized I had been wet of tears that I had forced myself upon. My eyes had felt a tang of pain. I haven't been blinking, either. My eyes shut tight, white wrinkles showing on my dirty soot-covered face. Have it been months? Out of the small blurry slit of my eyes, I saw Eve curl her lips into a small smile.

"Don't be so pitiful

For skies have never been brighter

Your God is here to save you from your fears

So, don't

Don't cry

Because he will wipe your tears."

She sang the rest of the song… I closed my eyes happily. Only a few droplets of salty stuff stuck in the lashes of my eyes. A breeze came in slowly and swayed me to a nod. My hair looked like really thin and black seaweed that Eve's father cooked once that didn't turn out well in the end. In a single swift motion I curved my finger along my ear pulling back some of the escaped hair fallen unto my dirty face. As if we were telepathic, both our bodies turned toward the Tower that sent out electrical fields to make this hell of a utopia. The last stroke of six seized to vibrate and while the six gongs played, my words hopefully traveled close enough to enter Eve's ears.

"Say… my name."

Names. They were never names- they were strictly forbidden to even be said a peep of. We called-nay- we whispered our "numbers" because talking to any other civilian other then thyself is forbidden. Fortunately Eve's lips blossomed into a long curve, much like the edge of a clean plate, and her eyes brightened up.

"Oh as dark as our hearts and clean as the glass on the clock of the Tower, the off springs of the offsprings of devils, sing. Love is also forbidden, but look at you, horrid thing,"

I couldn't help but show my sharp "shark" teeth as my face tightened as it couldn't help being bright.

"… Ara… the devil's king."

I hope you enjoyed my short story, I really put all my thoughts into it, and also heart. I appreciate reviews and all your opinions. Luv chu all. ^3^