OK, I decided to only work on this one for the time being. So, here's chapter 4. Oh, yeah, and if you want me to do next chapter within the next decade…you'll see my demand at the end of the chapter.
Chapter 4
The Feeling
Kitami walked slowly down the hall to the waiting room door. Her hand was shaking as she turned the knob. What would Cicada think of her? She closed her eyes as she opened the door. Cicada jumped up. "What the hell is wrong with her?" "I think you should see this, sir." She said, disguising her voice and putting her mask on.
She led him down the hallway to Delphine's room. She opened the door. The still crying Delphine was lying there with her head on her knees. Immediately Cicada tried to rush over, but Kitami held him back. "Leave her for now." "I can't. Do you realize that I love her?" Kitami grew silent. In her head she said "Yes" and a tear ran down her cheek. "Go ahead." She said.
He ran to her and threw himself on top of her. "Delphine? Can you hear me?" He cried. He shook her shoulder. "What is this feeling? I was once cold, but now, I am so warm." It was nothing more than a whisper. "It's me." "Who is me?" "It's Cicada." "I do not know a Cicada. I do not know. I just thrive, and now I am fading to black." "Don't talk like that!" He kissed her cheek. "That was a rush. A rush of warmth. Stay with me, O naive feeling. I shall be warm. I shall thrive." Cicada sat and thought. What the hell is wrong with her? Why did she say she didn't know a Cicada? Kitami spoke up. "She doesn't even know her name. We think she had a heart attack and that it destroyed her brain cells and erased a lot. She has central knowledge; without the memories she is smarter, more poetic, if you heard that in her words. But her memories are erased. Except for…" She shut her mouth. "What?" Kitami let it all out.
"I'm sorry, Cicada! Can't you tell it's me?" He looked at her harder. "Formica?" "That is who I pretended to be. My real name is Kitami. I am his twin sister!" "Formica is a man?" "Yes." "Why would I be mad?" "I let Lucciola come and kill you. I didn't mean harm…I was…distracted…" She blushed ever so slightly. Just minutes before Lucciola had come; she had been having a "talk" with someone. She was talking to another guard, one who saw right through her act. His name was Fallon. He saw right through her because, oh, well, that would spoil it…I'll tell you later…
"It doesn't bother me. If it meant no harm, I'm not upset. So…Delphine, she had a heart attack?" "Yes." Cicada blinked back tears. He never cried and he sure as hell wasn't going to start. "Delphine-chan, please don't die." "Actually, it's very unlikely that she will." "Good. So, what else didn't she forget?" "The Guild at the Rebellion and Exile. The terrible times she had. She wouldn't remember our names." She said quietly. "This must be hell for her." "I bet it is." They looked down at her. She began to speak again. "What has happened to me? I was so cold. Then so warm. Now I am so cold." Cicada looked down at her. "Where is my feeling? Is it gone, never to come back, leaving my empty shell with no soul to wander around for eternity?" Cicada swallowed hard. It hurt him to see her like this. Her words were beautiful and fit her, though. "I'm here now, Delphine." "What is Delphine?" Tears burned his eyes, but he wouldn't let any fall. "May I?" "Go ahead." He laid down and put his arms around her. "O, my feeling, you have chosen to take form as a person. A man. Holding me." Cicada held her tighter. "I will leave. Are the girls asleep?" Kitami asked. "Yes." "Very well." She left. "My sweet feeling." Was the last thing Delphine said before falling asleep.