Natsume's Smile
His lips were numb when he remembered how to smile again.
He didn't know whether it was humans he should blame or the Youkai that were constantly chasing after him but as time passed by and the corners of his lips were still pointing towards the sky, he knew that he had finally remembered...
Yet, he wondered... How should that warmth be called when it was engulfing him with such ease and subtlety?
It was overwhelming and rather dreadful, but having no other option he let it swallow him whole, he let it take over his sanity and little by little, the young boy realized that he had finally found something to fill in the void in his heart.
But it had been so long... It had been so long having that void within him, that when he finally closed the hole, the warmth was too intense for him to handle; it was burning him alive, searing his organs, igniting his brain... It was so hurtful, it was unbearable, and there was no escape out of it.
This warmth that had swallowed him whole was burning him alive, and that smile he had finally remembered how to form, was now accompanied by teary eyes for the pain of love was suddenly insufferable and toxic; a death wish with the scent of flowers that was always lingering in the air around him.
But he smiled... Now that this forsaken memory had joined his side, he couldn't let it go that easily. Even if this burning love turned into a thorn and pierced through his heart, even at those last moments he'd be alive, Natsume would still smile...
It was the least he could do
in order to thank all those legal offenders
who were burning him alive
with their love...
