Summary: Another for 31(underscore)days. I seem to be addicted to that community, but hell, it's a good breeding ground for ideas. Girl is Toru.
In the Company of a Paradigm
(theme- february 22; the ox's kindness)
Hatred is a fickle friend. It is true that it can help you project a personality of confidence while shielding a more fragile heart behind. But as it can tear someone else down, it can just as easily tear at yourself.
You know this. You've experienced that scalding burn first hand many times. Because each time you show your anger to someone it comes back at you centerfold and with a momentum that knocks the wind out of you, along with your hope and happiness.
So that's why you're amazed when this girl smiles at you and exclaims that you are a very kind person. That's what amazes you: that though you could cut into her with words that choke yourself, you don't. That though you are so stubborn as to rebel against others, you can't bring yourself to break her down.
But that's a part of your relationship with hatred, you think now. That, without keeping it close to your heart, you wouldn't be able to recognize it's cousin: kindness.
Without it, you wouldn't be able to ever feel so amazed at the fact that someone can still find you in the darkness of yourself.
The End
Notes: I know it's not Haru/Rin, but I've decided this collection doesn't have to strictly be the couple. It will include other characters sometimes, but will always include Haru, Rin, or both.