4. Enxne Flestharn [Broken Promise]
He let out a soft gasp, cradling his brother's wounded body.
//Seiryuu. I'd never dreamed I'd hold him again in my arms, feel his warm heavy weight. My aniki. How I'd missed him. Such a deep hole had been eaten in me since the news of his death.//
The older twin, pale and bloodstained, weakly lifted a hand to brush his brother's face.
"Suboshi... Shunkaku. It's been empty..."
//Empty? He doesn't have any idea how empty *I've* been.//
"Why didn't you come back to us? To me?"
"Shun, I've found happiness. I have a family. I have a life. I have a true home. This is the most wonderful thing - "
//Wasn't I happiness? Wasn't I family? Wasn't I life? Wasn't home wherever we were together? Aniki, *how* can you say this? You destroy me!//
"--And I want you to share it with me. Please. I have a medicine my father gave me. It'll kill both our memories. It'll make us anew. We can belong to each other in peace, with no more of this Seiryuu, Suzaku."
//Yui-sama, I loved in his absence. Was that only for want of someone to fill the hole? I'm angry with you, aniki. I'm heartbroken by you. But I need you. And neither of us will remember this betrayal if I agree.//
He took the jar from his twin's hand, and drank from it, filling his mouth with the softly bitter liquid. His arms lifted Amiboshi's body close to his, and their lips met. Instantly, he let the medicine flow through the kiss, holding it till Amiboshi was forced to swallow. As soon as it happened, he finished the jar himself, throwing back his head to drain it.
"Together, aniki."
Owari ~ End
He let out a soft gasp, cradling his brother's wounded body.
//Seiryuu. I'd never dreamed I'd hold him again in my arms, feel his warm heavy weight. My aniki. How I'd missed him. Such a deep hole had been eaten in me since the news of his death.//
The older twin, pale and bloodstained, weakly lifted a hand to brush his brother's face.
"Suboshi... Shunkaku. It's been empty..."
//Empty? He doesn't have any idea how empty *I've* been.//
"Why didn't you come back to us? To me?"
"Shun, I've found happiness. I have a family. I have a life. I have a true home. This is the most wonderful thing - "
//Wasn't I happiness? Wasn't I family? Wasn't I life? Wasn't home wherever we were together? Aniki, *how* can you say this? You destroy me!//
"--And I want you to share it with me. Please. I have a medicine my father gave me. It'll kill both our memories. It'll make us anew. We can belong to each other in peace, with no more of this Seiryuu, Suzaku."
//Yui-sama, I loved in his absence. Was that only for want of someone to fill the hole? I'm angry with you, aniki. I'm heartbroken by you. But I need you. And neither of us will remember this betrayal if I agree.//
He took the jar from his twin's hand, and drank from it, filling his mouth with the softly bitter liquid. His arms lifted Amiboshi's body close to his, and their lips met. Instantly, he let the medicine flow through the kiss, holding it till Amiboshi was forced to swallow. As soon as it happened, he finished the jar himself, throwing back his head to drain it.
"Together, aniki."
Owari ~ End
