"Haru...HARU!" Rin woke with a start and sat up in the darkness, cold realization hit her with the wooden floorboards beneath her. She rubbed her eyes and leant back against the wall, letting the cold seep back into her very being, right into her bones.
"Just a dream." She whispered to herself, the vulnerability of her own voice made her clamp her mouth shut so tight she tasted blood, just a dream. She felt tears behind her eyes but forced them down. 'Haru's safe' she told herself, trying to chase away the aftermath of the nightmare, but not able to say it out loud as a final reassurance. She felt herself shiver and closed her eyes again.
"Haru..." she whispered, her voice grew louder "Haru!" until finally her breathing was broken with rasping sobs and the shadow of his name. A while later she heard someone outside the door, but found herself too weak to call out, 'I'll be strong.' She growled to herself 'For him, I'm here for him and I will stay here. I won't give up...' pain shot through her temples as a voice more like a demon's screech pierced her ears. Akito.
Death reaches out, I touch his hand, but I've one I love more than he
His tender lips beneath my own, too worthy to be loved by me
For I am darkness, he is light, and now I feel the darkness more
I cry your name and hate myself for lying broken on the floor