Precious Days
Chapter Nine:
"Where's Krad?"
The smile on Daisuke's face almost immediately faded away, Satoshi's frown deepened slightly, "…you better come in…" Dark nodded and stepped inside, setting down his things by the door carelessly, "Izumi-san's preparing a feast for you…Daisuke, maybe you should go help her…"
The redhead gave a nod and ran into the kitchen, "Make sure it's edible." He called after him, trying to lighten the mood somewhat, Daisuke turned around and stuck his tongue out at him and disappeared into the kitchen. Though it amused him momentarily, he couldn't help but get a sinking feeling at the fact that Krad wasn't around and Satoshi was about to inform him of something. "It's nice to be home…" he mused offhandedly.
"It's nice to have you back…" the other boy admitted quietly.
Amethyst eyes turned to look at the shorter boy, "So where is he?" Home didn't really feel complete without him…
He promised he'd be here waiting for me when I returned…
Satoshi took a deep breath, wondering how to break it to the soldier as softly as possible, "Did you hear about the general of Sengoku?"
The violet haired boy nodded, "The filthy rat that was looking for a bride right? I heard he found someone and keeps her locked up in their headquarters, I feel terrible for her…"
His breath got caught in his breath, "Dark…the person the general took was no girl…it was Krad."
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"Hikari-san…aren't you hungry? You've barely touched your food…"
He shook his head and looked out the window of his room, "The garden…he won't even let me go out into the garden…"
The maid followed the blonde's longing gaze out the window, "…I'm sorry Hikari-san, there's nothing I can do about that, the general is very strict about having his rules followed."
"Tell me…if he were to die in battle, what would become of me?"
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There was a pause, Dark gave an uneasy laugh, "He what? Krad? …no…damn it no!" He sat down on the couch and held his head, eyes wide in disbelief.
Satoshi looked down at his friend sympathetically, "He didn't give him a choice Dark…we didn't want to tell you on the letter…" The next that he spoke immediately brought tears to his eyes, "He knew you were alive despite everything…and before he left…he-Krad told me to tell you…okaeri…"
The elder boy's breathing had deepened as he tried to keep his emotions under control, "I'm sorry Dark…" Daisuke spoke from the corridor, "There was nothing Krad could do, nothing we could do, the general brought his whole troop here…"
"But why Krad? Out of all people why him?" Dark asked quietly, voice quivering, eyes trained on his legs.
Blue eyes softened, "Dark…"
"There's a whole world full of people! Out of all those people, why Krad?" He raised his voice, fists clenched, fingers digging into the fabric of the couch.
"I'm so sorry Dark…"
Satoshi left the room and led the redhead into another, holding him, letting him cry.
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There was a pause, "I-I don't know, the general never informed me on it. He's never spoken about falling in battle to us, not to the staff…"
Golden eyes blinked and looked at the maid for a moment before dipping his head, "Oh…well I suppose he's the general for a reason…"
"I'm sorry Hikari-san…"
The blonde shook his head, "You're not to blame."
"You're very kind sir…"
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Blue eyes clenched shut as he listened to the soldier's outbursts from the other room, holding the redhead tighter while controlling his own tears from falling. He could sniffles coming from the kitchen where the maid was trying to hold back on her own tears.
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"Damn it!" His fists landed on his knees, "Goddamn this!" He looked down at his fists, tears blurring his vision. "Damn it…it wasn't supposed to happen like this…never like this…" his eyes closed tightly, forcing the tears to fall onto his lap. "This wasn't supposed to happen…"
Dark let out a yell of frustration, "I was supposed to protect him! If only I didn't join…fuck! Why the hell did I join? If I didn't none of this would've happened!" His shoulders were shaking from his sobbing now, "Fuck…"
He forced himself up and wiped the tears out of his eyes before heading into the other room where he saw Daisuke crying and Satoshi looking at him, pain evident in his own eyes. Tears slid down his face on their own accord at the sight of the other two, he whirled around and back out, heading up the stairs.
It wasn't supposed to end up like this…
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Krad turned around to face the window once more, the sun was beginning to set, he could feel the girl fidgeting, not knowing what to do, "What…what is your name? You've been here for weeks now and I still haven't learned your name."
The maid straightened up at the question, "I-It's Rui…Ruiko…sir."
The blonde gave a soft smile as he turned to look the other, "Ruiko…? It's a very nice name, it suits you."
The girl seemed to lighten up a bit, "Thank you sir!"
"You remind me of Izumi-san, she was the caretaker of my house…you're very kind, just like her. She's looked after me for years now."
"She must've been very happy to work under someone as kind as you then…sir."
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Amethyst eyes looked around the rooms upstairs, everything still in order just as when he left. In his mind he could see the blonde walking around, turning around and smiling at him, occasionally telling him how stupid he was. He managed to give a choked laugh at the thought of being called stupid, how he longed to hear it again.
He headed into the room where he spent his last night before heading off to the army, the bed was made as it always was and the desk was clean, everything in place, the musical box placed neatly on the back, against the wall, dust slowly piling on it.
Dark walked over to the desk and looked down at the music box, opening, immediately, the soft tune began to play, the key whirling around slowly. His eyebrows furled, wondering what had filled the once empty wooden box. He poured out the contents and stared, "These are…"
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"Hikari-san…"
He gave a soft sigh, "Please…Hikari is what they called my father, my name is Krad."
"Yes sir!" She straightened herself once more, "I-is there anything I can get you?"
Krad looked at the maid, the room dimming as the sun set, he looked thoughtful for a moment, "Actually…if it's not too much trouble…I don't suppose you can bring me a rose from the garden next time…?"
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These are all the letters I've written…
He stared at the messy writing and wrinkled paper laid out on the desk, he bit on his lip and headed down the stairs, grabbing his pack and heading back up. He set it down on the floor knowing how the blonde would've disapproved of him setting his things covered in soot on the bed.
The soldier dug through his things before he pulled out a crinkled envelope and pulled out the letters he had received, he was about to dump them onto the desk when he noticed a particular letter that stood out from the others. Violet eyes blinked, the letter looked newer and less damaged than the others, he set the letters in his hands down and picked it up, unfolding it, he felt his heart speed up as he looked at it, it was written by Krad.
Dark immediately began to read,
Dear Dark,
There is no doubt in my mind that somehow you'll find this when you return, knowing you, you were probably rummaging through the things in the box and spotted this. And unless some miracle has occurred then I'm not around, hopefully Satoshi has delivered my message to you and explained to you what's happened since I'm not about to write it down considering that I don't have all the time in the world here. I know I didn't welcome you home as I promised I would and for that I'm sorry.
Honestly, I have no idea what's going to happen to me after this, I don't know where I'm going, and I can't bring anything with me when I leave. Quite frankly, I'm scared…Dark, I don't know when I'll see you again, that is, if I ever see you again… I really hope you're doing well, well as in no bullets through your head or mobs of angry people chasing you.
I wish I was here to see you come home, I miss you. Don't do anything stupid, or I will somehow, someway find you and kill you. I expect to hear great things of you, at least not bad things. I love you, please don't forget that. Ever.
Forever yours,
H. Krad
Despite the tears clouding his vision, he began to laugh, his knees buckled and he sat down on the bed, staring at the letter, "Krad…how do you always know these things?" Then something clicked inside him and he wiped away his tears just as there was a knock on the door. "Yes?"
It was Daisuke, "Dark? Are you feeling up to eating dinner with us?"
The soldier gave the redhead a smile, "I wouldn't miss it for the world, Dai-chan. I'll be right down."
The redhead returned the smile and nodded, disappearing down the hall. Dark stood up and straightened his clothes; he folded the letter and put everything back into the box, including the letters that he had saved before running down the stairs as he had so many times before.
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The blonde sat on his bed quietly, the moon had risen and was perched high in the sky, he could hear the general speaking to someone outside the door, he blinked and looked away from the yellow globe in the sky and over to the door.
"They're where?"
"One of their troops is stationed at where you retrieved your…fiancé from…"
"They're not attacking our men are they?"
"Our men were cleared from the area a few days ago, sir."
"Good, have them prepare to meet the Azumano troop in battle when they continue on."
"Yes, sir!"
Krad's eyes widened as he heard the news, he bit on his lower lip and looked away from the door though he didn't stop listening.
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"Satoshi…are you sure Dark's alright?"
Blue eyes looked over somewhat uncertainly, "He's taking this better than I expected…"
"You don't think…you don't think he's going to go and do something stupid do you?"
Satoshi frowned, "Let's just hope not…"
The redhead gave a small sigh, "But…it's nice to see him again…something always seems to go wrong, before I was wishing Dark was here but now…it seems that no matter what, it's never going to be perfect again…"
"Daisuke…"
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Amethyst eyes looked out the window at the sky longingly, are you looking at the moon too, Krad?
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Where are you Dark? Please be alright…golden eyes looked wearily out the window and at the moon once more before sleep overtook his mind.
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"If there were troops waiting to ambush them…" The younger twin frowned, "what happened to them?"
"Yea obaa-san, did they make it out safely?"
Riku gave a thoughtful look, "…"
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Nya
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