Chapter I: Smile
Stare.
That's all you can do.
You're emotionless,
Entirely emotionless.
We stand parallel to each other, my shaking hands connected to your neck. You look at me with sorrow, and the look is scarred into my soul.
So pretty.
Yet so frail.
Delicate.
You smile reassuringly, even though I can see the fear in your eyes. Don't smile. Please. That smile makes a little bit more of my sanity fade.
They want me to tighten my fingers. So I do. I see you wince slightly, but still you smile. Stop smiling. I tighten my fingers. You still don't stop smiling. Stop! I can't bear to see that smile. That smile that used to brighten my days as we sat in confinement of our house during the Cleansing. That smile that used to make me giggle with delight when we were talking animatedly, like nothing was wrong. That smile that you gave me when we found out that we were to be the sacrificed, and you had to comfort me.
So stop.
My grip is firm now, and your breathing is coming in shudders now. Now. It didn't seem like now. It seemed like forever, a forever that just wouldn't end.
I can't do it.
But I have to.
Don't I?"Azami... please... forgive me..."
"I will."
She says that with the same smile on her face. Her tone of voice is happy, just like before.
Liar.
You're the same doll as before.
Emotionless.
I need to do this. They need me to do it. So I do.
I clamp my hands around her delicate neck as hard as I can, closing my eyes and trying not to look at her face as I feel her air supply cut off. My heart rate quickens, as I strain to keep her face out of my mind.
I'm just... hugging her.
"Re-member... - I... love you... Akane..."
Her breath hitches once more before she dies in my hands. I stifle a sob.
Sever the ties.
You're not real.
I'll try to remember that as I watch as you're thrown into hell.
To be continued...
Well, guys. Sorry that sucked so much. It's not done yet. I'm having more chapters after this one, which detail the next little while of Akane's life without her twin, and with the doll. Well, what'd you think? I love the younger twins, they're adorable.