Akito stood by his window, staring motionless at the garden below.
His gaze drifted slowly to the rolling hills and forests that reached
beyond his home. Past those hills lay Sohma house. Yuki's house. But not
only Yuki's house, he thought to himself. Shigure and Kyou are no threat to
me...but that girl. He cringed and turned away.
He walked to his desk and down slowly, putting his hand up to his forehead and gently rubbing his temples. You allowed her to stay.he thought to himself. He is.no longer yours.
"No!" Akito cried, flailing his arm out madly, crushing the vase that stood next to him. It fell to the ground and shattered.
Akito grimaced, breathing heavily.
"You cannot control this, Akito," a voice said softly from behind him.
"Leave me, Kazuma," Akito whispered.
"She passed the test," Kazuma said, sitting down. "She will not leave them. I believe.. she could love them."
"She knows nothing of the Sohma's!" cried Akito, slamming his fist on the table.
They sat in silence for a moment before Kazuma placed a hand on Akito's shoulder.
"And do you?"
Akito's head snapped up and he glared at Kazuma. "You cross the line."
"He fears you, Akito!" cried Kazuma desperately, "And you expect him to respect you?"
Akito snatched Kazuma's arm and pushed it away from him. He stood up and spat at Kazuma's feet.
"I will never accept her!" he hissed.
"I do not ask you to accept her!" cried Kazuma. "I ask you to let them live!"
"Let them love her you mean!" Akito cried.
Kazuma fell silent, staring at the floor.
"Why, Akito?" he said slowly. "Why do you do this? Why are you like this? I know.I know you are in pain. I know it is unfair. And yet." he trailed off.
Akito stood without a sound, an unreadable expression on his face.
"You know what she could do for Yuki and Kyou," Kazuma continued. "Kyou.he needs her. She could open his heart, Akito! And.and Yuki! I've never seen him so alive!"
"You chose it, Kazuma."
Kazuma looked up, surprised at Akito's frankness.
"You chose for me to be like this."
Kazuma's jaw dropped and he looked away from Akito's face.
"What is it to be said then," said Akito softly. "That you first make me like this and then scorn your creation?"
Kazuma didn't move. Akito let out a slow laugh.
"I will not change," he said through a smirk. "I know what a threat she is to me. And I know she will not win. You can do nothing, Kazuma. I will have him back."
Akito smiled and put his hand under Kazuma's chin, slowly lifting his head up.
"Go."
Akito drew his hand back and clenched it into a fist before turning and leaving Kazuma alone.
He walked to his desk and down slowly, putting his hand up to his forehead and gently rubbing his temples. You allowed her to stay.he thought to himself. He is.no longer yours.
"No!" Akito cried, flailing his arm out madly, crushing the vase that stood next to him. It fell to the ground and shattered.
Akito grimaced, breathing heavily.
"You cannot control this, Akito," a voice said softly from behind him.
"Leave me, Kazuma," Akito whispered.
"She passed the test," Kazuma said, sitting down. "She will not leave them. I believe.. she could love them."
"She knows nothing of the Sohma's!" cried Akito, slamming his fist on the table.
They sat in silence for a moment before Kazuma placed a hand on Akito's shoulder.
"And do you?"
Akito's head snapped up and he glared at Kazuma. "You cross the line."
"He fears you, Akito!" cried Kazuma desperately, "And you expect him to respect you?"
Akito snatched Kazuma's arm and pushed it away from him. He stood up and spat at Kazuma's feet.
"I will never accept her!" he hissed.
"I do not ask you to accept her!" cried Kazuma. "I ask you to let them live!"
"Let them love her you mean!" Akito cried.
Kazuma fell silent, staring at the floor.
"Why, Akito?" he said slowly. "Why do you do this? Why are you like this? I know.I know you are in pain. I know it is unfair. And yet." he trailed off.
Akito stood without a sound, an unreadable expression on his face.
"You know what she could do for Yuki and Kyou," Kazuma continued. "Kyou.he needs her. She could open his heart, Akito! And.and Yuki! I've never seen him so alive!"
"You chose it, Kazuma."
Kazuma looked up, surprised at Akito's frankness.
"You chose for me to be like this."
Kazuma's jaw dropped and he looked away from Akito's face.
"What is it to be said then," said Akito softly. "That you first make me like this and then scorn your creation?"
Kazuma didn't move. Akito let out a slow laugh.
"I will not change," he said through a smirk. "I know what a threat she is to me. And I know she will not win. You can do nothing, Kazuma. I will have him back."
Akito smiled and put his hand under Kazuma's chin, slowly lifting his head up.
"Go."
Akito drew his hand back and clenched it into a fist before turning and leaving Kazuma alone.
