It was dark in the woods. Blackness clung to the trees, that weren't touched by a lone fire's glow. And before the fire sat a boy, his shadow being teased by the orange colored flames licking the air, up towards the heavens. An owl screeched through the forest, it's flight soundless through its flapping wings. It landed, perching itself at a nearby branch, and with it's huge yellow eyes, the bird watched the figure before the open flames. All this went on unnoticed by the boy, being consumed with thoughts and images which replayed themselves over and over, in his mind. Until one phrase refused to budge.
You'll lose her, if things keep going this way.
You'll lose her...
Lose
her...
The simple phrase continued pounding in his mind. Unwillingly his hands flew to his head, clutching it as if in pain. The clues, hints that she'd dropped the whole time. All of which he'd thrown aside, not believing. And now, now he was paying. Paying for being insensitive, careless. Paying for believing she'd always be there. But now what? She was gone. And he was nothing with out her. Nothing.
"Akane..." quietly escaped from his lips.