Her heart felt like it was about to rip to pieces in the wind, cold hair danced on her skin as she ran the path back. She screamed as she was lifted up in a net made out of rope "what is this?" the rope pressed into fang wounds and burned, she yelped and struggled. "Shut it you wretched banshee girl!" she heard the low stone voice of her dad again.
"Dad..please don't do this! I'm you're daughter, Yui! can't you tell?"
"he's been brainwashed, Yui" from out of the dark mist Azusa's figure approached "some one from the sakamaki family had him forget all about you so you could become a proper sacrificial bride, and soon, they'll make you forget too..." he kicked at the dirt aggressive.
"Azusa this is a lot to take in at the moment...can you tell me the rest after I'm out of this tree trap?" he nodded and pulled out a pocket knife, cutting her out and catching her as she fell.
"As for you, I have no interest in fighting with a vampire hunter, you might have interesting tools to hurt me, which makes me feel very excited...but I have other things to take care of." Azusa ran away from her dad at full speed, Yui wondered if she would ever be able to look at him in the eyes again, those eyes weren't loving like her real father's were.
Catching his breath and laying her down on some soft grass in front of a big tree, he avoided her stare and
sat next to her.
"Yui...I let you leave for a reason...during that time"
"..."
"to show you this, what fate lies..for you if you stay with them.."
she rested her head on his shoulder and heard him take a big breath.
"Azusa...if I get punished for following my feelings, would it be worth it?"
"no one is going to treasure you more than me, I know that much."
Flash backs to what happened to her eye, the softness of Kanato's hair and his furious tone with Eden and finally Eden and Runa's bloody frail body. Her conscious spoke out as if it came from deep inside her heart and echoed through the darkness
"You...you're wrong..I know he treasures me more, he could have let me stay dead in this forest, or manipulated some other girl."
She sat up,
"There is so much Kanato could have done..but he held back..he's protected me this whole time, and...all I have left now is relying on him, he makes me feel special..to this world.."
She staggered but straightened up as she used the tree to support her.
"Thank you Azusa, I have to go now."
She started to walk when Azusa got up and walked toward her, he followed her for a good while. Starting to get nervous she broke down a giant tree branch and pointed it toward him
"Yui..what is that?"
"Azusa... sometimes a girl has to stick up for herself, even if it means putting herself in danger, I know how to get back safely and I already thanked you for everything, so make like this tree and leaf!"
He took out a lighter, flicked it two times, and set the branch on fire, screaming she dropped it into a near by puddle.
"It's not nice to make puns at people who saved you twice Yui, it makes me sad your doing all you can to push me away, but you're fragile so I can't leave you...understand?"
His eyes fell to the ground, looking clear like he had tears welling in them.
A look of hurt swept her face but she turned around and kept walking.
"I love you, Yui".
She walked faster, clenching her fist, her stomach hurt.
she tripped over something hard, but warm...what was this familiar feeling?
She sat up to see Kanato in front of her.
Did he trip her..?
"Go away Mukami drone number 4, I had trouble on the way here...and seeing you makes me so irritated"
"I could say the same thing...I don't understand you at all Kanato... every other time I run into Yui she looks less like herself and more like a doll you would keep."
"Change happens drone! now I'm taking her back, it would be very convenient if you committed suicide now so that you could be out of our way for good, but if you must persist..I can kill you here".
"My name is Azusa...and as much as she resists me, I know you're no good for her.."
Yui wobbled to a tree near her "both of you, must you fight?, we can leave right now Kanato!"
"do you care for trash like that?!"
"He helped me when you were with!...huh?"
she tried to remember what happened before she met Azusa..
was there a girl?
what was it keeping her from him?
her memory burned like a photograph caught in a flame
"well, I remember him nursing me to health!"
Azusa took a deep breath and walked towards her "so you erased her memories..., but you couldn't erase me" a smile so triumphant grazed his face.
Kanato shot a glare "I erased the important things you mean".
Azusa shook his head and pet Yui's hair to her confusion.
"What is with this eye patch..?, it's unbelievably tacky on her,even though she could make anything look special...but this isn't right"
he took out a knife and cut it off, stabbing a dagger into the ground where it fell.
His eyes widened as he gazed at her eye, Yui's eyes filled with tears and she turned away hiding the ugly secret.
Kanato huffed and kicked a stone near him, catching Azusa to turn his gaze to the boy.
"I guess you might have had a chance to take the girl from me...but it's way too late to hide her anymore, And now I'm hungry so we'll be leaving, remember the warning I gave you...knife freak."
Azusa started to turn away, with one full movement he tried taking Yui's wrist as a late attempt to escape, he fell to the ground.
Scarlet scattered the flowers around him as he started to groan and hold his chest.
Kanato stuffed the scarlet drenched dagger he held back into his pocket, Yui was about to run to Azusa but Kanato stood in front of him, holding his arms out.
"It's time you made up your mind who is worth living for...I could easily pop that eye ball out of your socket if you really want to hide behind that convulsing creature I slayed". He moved his eyes coldly to Azusa's shivering body.
Yui clenched her pained eyes, she was tired of all this pain, she felt her eyes pulse
it looks the only peaceful way out was
yes. It was there all along.
She smiled for the first time in days and stood next to Kanato
"What should we have for dinner?"
He gave her a look of the usual distrust and mystery.
"Anything sweet".
His lips a lie and my heart barley beating
I can't help being in love but can I call it love any more?
my chest still pounds with excitement, but I also feel lonely.
may it be obsession? clarity?
...
insanity?
