Tsume walked through the streets. They were dotted with people of all different staus, but mostly bums. To them Tsume was just another human and they paid no attention to him.
How can she treat her condition so casually? God, she makes me so upset. But at the same time she is the most important person to me, besides Toboe. That kid and her are all I have. And all I ever want. I just want to portect her. Tsume thought as he walked along, his hands shoved in his pockets.
" God damnit, why the hell am I thinking this?"
He punched the nearest wall to him in anger. A few passer-bys looked at, but continued on.
Kegawa found her way unsteadily through the streets with her nose. She could smell Tsume in the thick smog-choked air. She had wrapped an old, ripped blanket around herself, Tsume's blanket. His scent finally became close enough for her just to reach a hand out and touch him, but she refrained.
" Tsume?" she whispered.
They were standing near the entrance of an alleyway. A dim, orange light lit the alleyway casting shadows on Kegawa's pretty face. Her soft eyes were filled with tears.
" What?" his tone of voice made Kegawa back up a little.
She clutched the blanket tighter around her thin frame.
"I'm ready to tell you the truth."
" What truth?"
Kegawa let out a long, sad sigh.
" About me and my past."
" I don't care about that."
"You do. I can read it in your voice."
She reached a hand out and touched his face. Feeling his lips, his nose, and everything else that told her his facial expression. Tears fell from her eyes and onto the pavement.
" Tsume, you need to know. And I don't want you to be sad anymore."
" Fine. We'll talk in the alley."
"Okay." came a meek response.
They went into the alley. The daylight around them faded into the street and all that surrounded them was the dim, orange light. Tsume's eyes seemed to sink into the orange light, but the rest of him was bathed in it. Kegawa's hair fell over her face as she looked to the ground.
" The truth about me is."