A/N: The ladies of Seraph don't get enough love, and I thought I'd do a little experimenting with second-person narrative.
Disclaimer: Seraph of the End is the property of Takaya Kagami.
She was the heart of your entire group, in those days of innocence long past.
You used to joke around with her, saying that you were the father and she, the mother of your little family. She occasionally likened Yu to the bratty, impatient first son, ignoring the fact that he was a few months older than her.
She was the one who listened to and fussed over the smaller kids with a wisdom that belied her young age, the one Yu fumed to when he thought you were being too smart for your own good. She made for up for your rare moments of emotional awkwardness, like when Ako came crying to you about how other kids in Sanguinem had been bullying her. You had been thinking about your second meeting with Ferid, and were fumbling more than you usually would have, when she whisked Ako away and gave you a wink.
"Hush, Mika's thinking," she said. "Now, tell me about these children who've been picking on you."
You attribute her attitude to her relatively normal upbringing. Akane hadn't endured abuse; she had a happy, wealthy childhood until her parents had passed away when she was six. You had –perhaps insensitively- envied her for it for a while, but then she showed you how to read and write (your biological parents had never bothered), and all was forgotten. Together, you and she had endeavoured to pass your knowledge on to the others. It was a moderate success- both of you had laughingly concluded that Yu would never learn.
When you are alone, you regret the fact that you will never get to apologise for your thoughtlessness. At least you had an easy time saying goodbye to your parents.
She was your co-planner, your equal, and above all, a gentle, reliable sister. You miss her grounding influence now more than ever, when you are adrift in a society that mostly doesn't know what to make of you.