Mirage of Blaze characters belong to Kuwabara Mizuna.
Spoilers for the 7th episode, that is the relationship between Naoe and Kagetora.
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Cigarette
by Karura
A cigarette is like a drug. A drug that will never let you go, no matter how much you want to. It's vital, almost like breathing. And no matter if you die, no matter if you take another body, this urge remains. It's a part of you. It will never let you escape.
Naoe often compared his cigarettes with his lord Kagetora. The comparison could seem insulting, almost unsuitable, but he had years to think about it. Centuries even. And he didn't know which drug was worse.
A cigarette didn't refuse you. It let you smoke it when and where you wanted.
A cigarette didn't hate you. It didn't toy with your feelings of guilt until you went insane.
A cigarette didn't laugh at you. You always were the winner, the stronger.
A cigarette always forgave you. It didn't hate you for all eternity.
A cigarette... didn't smile at you occasionally during those rare moments when he opened up to you and was more at ease with you.
A cigarette... wasn't as warm as him when you brushed him by accident.
A cigarette didn't look at you with those childlike eyes when you had confessed your dark feelings. An almost betrayed gaze, as if you really meant something to him.
And finally, a cigarette wasn't as important as him, the sole reason for your existence.
Naoe sighed and crushed out his cigarette in the ashtray.
A cigarette was discarded after use, it became cold and forgotten. If Naoe could someday have him, he would never end in an ashtray. Naoe would keep him close to him for ever.
And ever.
The end.