Inside Light: Interlude 2
Bad Author Note: Sorry I am so late on this everyone! Life has been tough—End of the grading period at school, working on a screenplay and worrying about my TMJ and root canal. But, I'm back with a rather short, but hopefully well done chapter.
I didn't get many reviews…That make me sad. TT But, I hope I will after this.
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(((3rd Person POV this time, for a change.)))
Ryu admitted to have been kissing Faust on the head, and a few times on the neck during the talk. But, as news of the abuse got worse, he had to stop, for his shock was far too great to do anything but process the terrifying information he had been given.
He gladly gave Faust breaks in the middle of his horrid story. Truth be told, he needed the breaks just as much. It was a lot to hear about the one you love. To hear how much his Faust suffered…It made him more angry and upset than he had ever been.
What scared him now was the doctors silence and stillness. He embraced the doctor, who was still in his lap, tighter, but now knowing of the wounds he had obtained a long time ago, part of his irrational thought kept him from holding too tightly. He didn't want to open old wounds or cause old pain again now.
Ryu took his chance, and kissed Faust on the neck softly, and after doing this, Faust finally turned his head too look Ryu in the eyes. Surprisingly, he was not crying, nor were there any unshed tears in his eyes. However, there seemed to be a shadow, a dark, overwhelming sad shadow, the haunting beings and memories of the Germans past.
He brushed the blonde hair out of Fausts face, and leaned foreword, kissing his cheek and not his lips, as he feared he would ruin the trust Faust had bestowed with him.
He felt Faust squeeze his hand tightly. He whispered.
" Thank you for being here with me."
Ryu smiled at him, weakly, as he was tired from what he had learned. And he know that…What was to come was probably more terrible.
He felt bad that pity and sympathy was what strengthened there relationship. But, that was what had happened, weather he liked it or not, so he should learn to live with it. Fausts life was traumatic, and how own was not. He could help. He could reach out.
He was, and he would in the future as well.
Ryu carefully, very slowly, turned the doctors left wrist over, and pulled the sleeve of the medical uniform down, exposing his pale wrist. He felt tears grow in his eyes as he ran his finger down one of the scars. He felt Faust shiver as he did so, and the Doctor closed his eyes, laying back against Ryu, looking pitiful.
Ryu pulled his sleeve back over his wrist, and wrapped his arms around Fausts waist tightly, his face buried in his hair, taking in his scent.
Faust spoke lightly. " The lack of oxygen to my lungs and to the rest of my body…Turned my lips to turn purple." He smiled, and Ryu felt his heart ache.
Ryu turned Fausts head to look at the lips once more. He thought they were beautiful in their own unique way. He thought they were amazing. To know their color came from death, close to death…
It made his sick that every time Faust looked in the mirror, he saw the lips colored by suicide.
Ryu leaned foreword once again, this time bold enough to kiss Fausts lips gently, mindingly, then pull away.
" You are so beautiful, Faust. There is nothing wrong with you."
Faust shook his head, and looked away from Ryu, eyes focusing on something unknown. " No, I'm not. I'm ugly. I'm tainted. I shouldn't be alive."
Ryu was suprised at Fausts depressing yet heartfelt words, and he had to keep himself from smacking the doctor for being so harsh on himself.
He kept himself in check, and decided to invite Faust off of his lap. They sat facing each other, still, and Ryu spoke, trying not to be shy.
" I don't know why you say you are ugly…You are the most beautiful being I have ever seen." The gang member felt himself blush, and he could sense Fausts familiar shock. Ryu tried not to get too caught up in Fausts moderately lit eyes. " I don't know why you think so low of yourself. You have done nothing wrong. You are too important to me. You are…" He lowered his head. " You are everything to me."
Faust looked like he was sick. Ryu imagined that this was a lot for the doctor to take in in such short time.
" Lets see if you keep those feelings after I tell you what happens next." The doctor seemed to take on a different air, as he pulled his knees to his chest, and wrapped his arms around them.
Ryu spoke angrily. " Nothing can change my feelings for you, Faust…Believe that!"
He couldn't hear exactly what Faust said next, but it sounded like " God, I hope so…"
A/N : Short I know…But I am sick right now—I'm supposed to be in bed. Interludes are supposed to be short! I am giving you warning for the next chapter—This is when things got really bad for Faust. It could get graphic, so keep the kiddies away!
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