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Voices of Guilt
Rikuo gazes at the mirror examining the tattoos on his arms and across his back, signs of his dangerous past associations. He knows the intricate designs were etched with black ink. However since Tsukiko's disappearance, the markings reflect red into the mirror. Blood red.
The mirror tattoos acquired voices with their color change. The conversation is always the same.
"Whose blood are we inked with?" they taunt.
"Mine."
"Hers," they whisper maliciously.
"No."
Rikuo needs to believe his denial. But with each passing day, he finds it harder to dispute the reminders of his past, the harbingers of her future.