Title: War
Day #9: Yuuto refuses to let war change him, but it might be too late to save Shun.
When the building were exploding and his comrades dropping at every turn, all Yuuto knew was Shun's back to his as they dueled. Heartland is a distant past. War was at this very moment.
And Yuuto refuses to let war change him, twist him into something he is not. Then he would be no better than the Academia soldiers who laughs as they take lives. But Yuuto still has his humanity.
Shun had it worst. He was older, constantly placed on the frontlines where the world crashes down upon him as he struggles to stand up. Yuuto sees darkness in his eyes when he came back to their tent where it only disappears when Ruri laughs.
Yuuto remembers days when the world was shining with possibilities, when Shun's smiles were not the corrupted versions they are now. The one that only appears when he kills with a flick of his fingers.
Yuuto wonders if it's too late.
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"Make them smile."
Yuuto doesn't want to die, but if he is he wants Yuuya to save them. Save Shun.
Yuuto looks at Yuuya, but all he can see is Shun's face lighting up with the ghost of a long forgotten smile.