Ragna stood at the edge of the apartment stairwell waiting for her to come home. He and Nu married some years prior after a long discussion between the two of them truly showed just how much they did have in common. For him it was funny given he had given his all to Noel for some time prior.
'I'm such a fucking idiot for sleeping with her.' Ragna screamed from within his own head. Because it was true he cheated on Nu with Noel plenty of times and at one point Makoto took him to the club only to find out what happened. Instead of getting mad the two of them had slept together vigorously in the bed of her truck over the next several days. And he enjoyed every second of it.
But now on his mind wasn't so much fear. It was regret for the many wrongs he had committed hitting him in the face at once. And before him she stood. Silently observing her husband whos head lay between his hands as he pressed upon the stairwell. Her concerns only increased when he looked away from her after noticing her for a slight few seconds. They looked at each other saying nothing.
She embraced him. Not understanding what wrongs he had done she embraced the man she loved most in the world. Nothing more she could have wanted at that exact moment then to feel his face among her soft chest or his hands on her body. And then the tears came.
While Ragna and Nu may not have been the most conventional relationship they certainly were a healthy one who worked things out. Or that was what she had wanted to do. The truth is she hated seeing anybody like this and while she didn't have many people to turn to she had found solace in the face he was one of them.
"Ragna honey what's wrong?" Nu innocently asked unaware of the consequences of the question she asked her loving husband.
God kill me Ragna thought before he could muster up any courage to try and admit to her what happened. His voice was hoarse and heavy but with the emotion of which he spoke she knew that not only was it a serious matter. But that he was not lying.
"Nu, I failed you in ways more that any words could describe. These past few months I've been disloyal and cheated on you with Noel and Makoto several times. I let my emotions get the best of me and I'm sorry for that but there is no way I can be forgiven for what I've done." Ragna told her looking straight into her eyes. The response wasn't what he was expecting however.
Instead of getting angry with him she embraced him in a deep kiss. The kind that showed her passion for him as time has gone on. But then he felt something wet stain his clothes.
Nu had stabbed him deep in his stomach with the crimson flowing freely over the cold October ground as well as the two of them.
"Honesty is a bigger demon than betrayal. However I have come to figure out that love betrays. Just as you have Ragna. Goodbye my love." Nu said before removing the blade with blood pouring out at a pace as if Ragna would have exploded from the blow. Now he lay there in shock and awe from what had just happened bleeding out he knew he had no time to justify any of it.
"So it be." Those were the last words of Ragna the Bloodedge as the light faded from his eyes.
At least he went out at peace with himself letting the last demons he had hiding out with what he had admitted. Truly the embrace of death was what he had needed to get his affairs in order. Or at least he thought so.