I immediately jolt awake, terrified that my true form has taken over my "human" body.
"Just a dream huh? Hmph I knew it," I say to the dark void in front of me.
I lazily stand up from the mess of futons and sleeping bodies on the floor before slowly stepping outside and climbing up a ladder onto the roof.
"It sure has been a while huh Onee-chan?" I ask, sitting down and looking up at the minimal stars Whose lights have been washed out by the light pollution of Tokyo, leaving only a faint twinkle behind.
"Y'know I've always wondered why you gave up your life to save mine…" I take off my shirt and slide my finger down the large vertical scar on my chest, letting the cool midnight air kiss my bare skin, "you were always the superior twin. You were smarter, more athletic, more sociable, more interesting. Then there was me… not to say that I'm ungrateful, but I just miss you, my other half essentially."
Seiji's POV.
He's been up there for about ten minutes now. I couldn't really sleep at all, damn insomnia. I just lay there for most of the night, so I saw him jolt awake, hyperventilating and talking to his late sister.
I slowly lift myself off of the floor, and I walk out the door before climbing up the ladder that leads up to the roof.
"Couldn't sleep again?" Yoshi asks, turning his head towards me as I unsteadily make my way down to his spot.
"Yup, damn insomnia again," I respond, rubbing one of my eyes, "did you see her again?"
He simply nods without any spoken word, opening his clenched fist, revealing a silver bracelet.
"Remember when we first got these bracelets, but then realized that we didn't have a picture?
"Oh yeah! And then literally one week later we went to Magical Mirai and went into a photo booth, and ultimately deciding that those pictures were the ones."
"Uh-huh. That was one of the best nights I had."
The bracelets have a silver chain with a silver, rectangular pendant in the middle that is clear in the centre save for a thin, golden infinity loop. Encased in the box is a picture of Yoshi, Yume, and I with our arms wrapped around each other's shoulder. We're covered in Miku merchandise and we have glow-in-the-dark Vocaloid-related doodles on our skin.
I look at my own and smile a bit, the picture is ever so slightly faded but other than that it is completely fine. We don't really wear them as bracelets anymore, but Kojima keeps his as a keychain and I bring mine around everywhere in .
"Hey, Yoshi you look like you're having a moment to yourself, so I'm going to leave you be," I say, but just as I stand up I can feel something yank on my arm.
"Hm? What is it?" I look back down only to see his pleading eyes meet mine. Tears are streaming down his face, and his breathing is shaky.
"Please...don't go…" he sniffs, wiping away his tears with his bare hand, "I...don't want to be alone…" Kojima turns his head away from me as I can see him clenching his teeth.
I sit back down and I pull him into a tight embrace, placing my head atop of his "Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere."
"I...just want my other half back… I miss her so fucking much you have no idea!" He nuzzles further into the crevice of my neck, hiding his red, puffy eyes away from view.
"I know Yosh, I know. I miss her too. There's no need to hold back anything," I speak softly while gently rubbing his back.
"I'm sorry!" He sobs, clutching onto my shirt, "what's gotten over me…"
"No need to apologize."
"You and her were the most important people in my life… still are I guess; and even though she hasn't been here for five years I still can't imagine life without you two…" he takes in a deep breath, "that's why I'm so hesitant to date you. Because I'm scared that if we break up, that'll be the end of it."
"Is that what you're worried about?" I ask
"Yeah…" he responds.
"Hey, it's okay, it's okay. I feel the exact same way about you."
Yoshi lifts up his head and looks at me, "really?"
"Yup," I nod, "I love you way too much to ever let you go. Yes we will have fights, that's just a given at this point, but I'll never let go."
I look up at the dimly light stars in the night sky and smile a bit, "and I'll never say "goodbye" to you."
"I love you, Sage Boy," he says, laughing a bit. I roll my eyes
"I love you too, Small Island."
A/N: If you're a new reader and are confused on the sudden change in quality, that's because I'm rewriting chapters I feel need to be rewritten.