2. Yuki
It was as if he blinked and suddenly the lights were gone. He couldn't remember what happened, just... one moment Sakura-chan was about to kiss the "princess" awake, Touya was growling his disbelief, and then the next moment he was completely surrounded by darkness.
And yet it wasn't an unfamiliar darkness. He couldn't pin down the why or the how, but he felt almost at home in it and he took a moment to enjoy that feeling before he lost it. It was a fleeting one anymore; his grandparents were spending more time together than with him and he missed them fiercely.
And the darkness made him think of Touya's eyes. How could that be bad?
He pushed his glasses up and smiled. "To-ya? It's awfully dark in here. Did something happen to the power?"
He looked to where his friend had been sitting but the darkness would not yield even to his new glasses. He could hear Touya sigh and wished he could see if his friend was a upset as he sounded. Touya's words confirmed the suspicion: "Yuki. I can't find you. Where are you?"
He gave a small laugh, both at silliness of the question and to comfort his friend. "Right here, To-ya." He replied and reached out his hand. He pulled it back when it passed where Touya's shoulder should have been but wasn't. Maybe the darkness wasn't as much a friend as he'd believed? "Good thing we're not afraid of the dark, huh?" he said as much to comfort himself as to make the joke.
"This isn't normal darkness, Yuki."
Hearing that made him feel better. His perverse mind had already begun to imagine the horrors his grandparents, let alone To-ya, would put him through if he suddenly took to sleeping with a nightlite.
"Ahhh." Not a normal darkness. That meant magic, most likely. And if it was magic, then, "Sakura-chan?"
"Aa." Came the rely and he guessed that the overly protective big brother was concentrating on trying to find the budding young actress in the darkness.
"Well." Sometimes he wondered if To-ya would ever understand that Sakura-chan could take care of herself. He sat back in his chair "I guess we'll have to wait until she fixes it, then."
"I can't find her either, Yuki." Touya's voice sounded calm, but that meant nothing. "I can't find you and I can't find Sakura. No one. There's no one here but me."
Unable to touch or see them, the words never-the-less hung heavy around him and he yearned to simply lean into Touya and take away the fear. He didn't know how to help. He didn't have the ability to always know where someone was or what someone was doing or even if they were hurt. So he didn't know how to help his To-ya deal with the sudden loss of that ability. Touya's curse rang hollow in the darkness.
"Don't worry, Touya." The solid voice flowed from him and he didn't know why it made him suddenly feel so much more... anxious. As if he should be waiting for something. Or someone... "Sakura-chan just needs to find the light."
It was as if he blinked and suddenly the lights were gone. He couldn't remember what happened, just... one moment Sakura-chan was about to kiss the "princess" awake, Touya was growling his disbelief, and then the next moment he was completely surrounded by darkness.
And yet it wasn't an unfamiliar darkness. He couldn't pin down the why or the how, but he felt almost at home in it and he took a moment to enjoy that feeling before he lost it. It was a fleeting one anymore; his grandparents were spending more time together than with him and he missed them fiercely.
And the darkness made him think of Touya's eyes. How could that be bad?
He pushed his glasses up and smiled. "To-ya? It's awfully dark in here. Did something happen to the power?"
He looked to where his friend had been sitting but the darkness would not yield even to his new glasses. He could hear Touya sigh and wished he could see if his friend was a upset as he sounded. Touya's words confirmed the suspicion: "Yuki. I can't find you. Where are you?"
He gave a small laugh, both at silliness of the question and to comfort his friend. "Right here, To-ya." He replied and reached out his hand. He pulled it back when it passed where Touya's shoulder should have been but wasn't. Maybe the darkness wasn't as much a friend as he'd believed? "Good thing we're not afraid of the dark, huh?" he said as much to comfort himself as to make the joke.
"This isn't normal darkness, Yuki."
Hearing that made him feel better. His perverse mind had already begun to imagine the horrors his grandparents, let alone To-ya, would put him through if he suddenly took to sleeping with a nightlite.
"Ahhh." Not a normal darkness. That meant magic, most likely. And if it was magic, then, "Sakura-chan?"
"Aa." Came the rely and he guessed that the overly protective big brother was concentrating on trying to find the budding young actress in the darkness.
"Well." Sometimes he wondered if To-ya would ever understand that Sakura-chan could take care of herself. He sat back in his chair "I guess we'll have to wait until she fixes it, then."
"I can't find her either, Yuki." Touya's voice sounded calm, but that meant nothing. "I can't find you and I can't find Sakura. No one. There's no one here but me."
Unable to touch or see them, the words never-the-less hung heavy around him and he yearned to simply lean into Touya and take away the fear. He didn't know how to help. He didn't have the ability to always know where someone was or what someone was doing or even if they were hurt. So he didn't know how to help his To-ya deal with the sudden loss of that ability. Touya's curse rang hollow in the darkness.
"Don't worry, Touya." The solid voice flowed from him and he didn't know why it made him suddenly feel so much more... anxious. As if he should be waiting for something. Or someone... "Sakura-chan just needs to find the light."