Flashback

"AYANAMI!" Teito's voice sounded so far away. He had just cut off his arm, in order to save Teito so he won't be eaten also by the void. He closed his eyes for a moment and then he saw Yukikaze's smiling face. His black hair blown by the wind, his black eyes seemed gentle and warm and loving. "Ayanami…" he said as he give him his hand. "Heh… You're with me in the very end, huh? Yukikaze…" he thought as he reached for his hand and closed his eyes, feeling his pitiful last moments.

As moments passed, a flashback strikes him. "Prince! Prince Krowell! Wait for me!" said Yukikaze as he ran towards Ayanami. "Prince! I finally found you!" he said, gasping for air. "Who are you? Who is this 'Prince Krowell' are you talking about?" he replied coldly. "But… Isn't it you? Prince! I hear you got exiled from Raggs!"

"You must've mistaken me with someone else. I AM exiled from Raggs but my name isn't Krowell. I'm Ayanami." He said, turning his back on him. "Then…. Then, Ayanami-sama! Please let me come with you!"

"…Do as you wish.."

Then, he remembered the time when the military found them. "Ayanami-sama! Ayanami-sama! Please! Wake up! Don't sleep! Ayanami-sama!" Yukikaze screamed at him, as Ayanami wheezed in pain, unable to breathe properly. "What is the matter?" asked a man with white hair and red eyes, standing tall, towering them. "Please help! Ayanami-sama is sick and he can't recover with our circumstances! Please, whoever you are, please help him!" he said as tears fall unto Ayanami's face.

"Very well then… I will help you, only if you help me also."

"Thank you! What can I do to help?"

"Both of you, become a Barsburg soldier.."

"Barsburg… But..!"

"Heh… It's just becoming… A soldier… No big deal… We can do… That…" he said before collapsing. "Ayanami-sama!" The next time he woke up, he was in a luxurious bed with Yukikaze sleeping soundly beside him, his hand holding onto his. Yukikaze's quiet features when sleeping seemed unnoticeably cute and calm. He felt his temperature go down. "He has been looking after you for 3 days straight with no sleep or food." Said a man who was sitting beside the bed they were in. Ayanami became cautious and glared at him.

"No need to be cautious of me. Although that kind of reaction is good. My name is Miroku. Nice meeting you, Ayanami." He said, walking towards a door. "meet me in the dining room tomorrow morning. Ask Yukikaze to guide you there." And he closed the door.

He opened his eyes and darkness was just behind him. Once more, he closed his eyes to remember those days. "AYANAMI-SAMA! Look out!" he said as he stood beside him, taking the sword with his body. Seeing the one person he truly cared for, at that time, die in front of his eyes stirred him up inside. 'I wonder what Teito felt at that time when I took his only friends' life…' he thought.

As he opens his eyes once more, he saw Yukikaze in front of him, stretching out his hand for Ayanami to take. "This must be some kind of last moment illusion…" he muttered. "No, Ayanami-sama… This is reality… I've come to take you back with me… Please, take my hand" he said. Looking surprised for a moment, without hesitation, he took Yukikaze's transparent hand. Although it was like grasping air, it felt very warm, like Yukikaze's body temperature before he died. Ayanami smiled from the bottom of his heart and took it. Then, he vanished, to where Yukikaze is. To where he can say he is at 'home'.

"Because I love you, Ayanami-sama…"