Specks of Red in Black Corners

by reminiscent-afterthought

[drabble collection, side-story to Two Deaths and a Living Friend] Shou, after losing both Norun and Peck, tucks himself into a dark corner and continues to sink - except for the efforts Tsurugi makes to reach him that give a little light.

6. daylight

Specks of Red in Black Corners

6: daylight

The curtains were always drawn now. It had been a while since he'd seen the full light of the sun and he didn't want to see it. He kept those curtains drawn himself. To shut out that sun. That happy sun that still thought there was something to smile about.

There wasn't. And he had no desire to torture himself with that smiling face so he didn't. He shut it out. Just like he kept the door shut to other smiling faces. His parents' smiles. Other well-wishers. Tsurugi.

Why oh why had he ever become friends with a guy like that? If he'd known…

But that begged the question. If he'd known, would he have become friends with Norun? With Peck? If he'd known he would lose them?