One plus one isn't always two

by Clara1992

He didn't remember, so he had come to know what happened that day from the mouth of others. For them the conclusion was obvious as saying that one plus one was equal to two, she was bad, just as bad as the rest of her family, period. But he refused to believe that. He knew her better, she would never be able to do that to him, even if she had left him without saying goodbye.

2. Chapter 2

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Dragging himself out from the bed had been more difficult than he had expected. His emotional pain had somehow morphed into physical pain that had him heaving for breath at some point. But he was used to that, it wasn't the first time it happened, but surely the first time in almost five years. He blamed in on the fact that he had seen her for the first time in almost ten years.

Thought he would not say a word about it out loud, he had been glad to see her alive and well, healthy and bright as she had always been, at least in his memories. In the fleeting moment he had allowed his eyes to stay fixed to her figure he had also allowed himself to contemplate how much she had grown and changed, it was an obvious change, he himself didn't look the same like he had when he was seventeen, and he was half youkai. Now for a human it was inevitable to change over the years, he had been silently pleased to see that his imagination had not been far from the truth, she was beautiful just as he had expected her to be, she was taller now, if he dared to assumed she would perfectly fit her head under his chin if he were to hug her now… the perfect fit… her delicate and slender body was full in the right places, her black wavy hair that reached down her mid back, and her brown eyes that sparkled the moment she laughed. She was as perfect as he had wanted her to be and she was out of his reach… his heart squeezed hard in his chest imitating the feeling he had had the previous day when he had come to the same conclusion and had bolted out of the room without a word of explanation to his startled companion.

With a sigh he went to wash his face and ended up taking a cold shower in hopes to relive his tense muscles. And there in the security of the curtain of water that fall over his face, he let a few stray tears slide out of his golden eyes… just for the sake of freeing himself from some of the pressure that was crushing his heart.