AN EVERLASTING UNION
By DeIt AvEs
CHAPTER IIOn the other side of a seemingly infinite space, there he rests in the deepest solitude, taking hold of the very consequences of his decision. A legend. A hero. A King. He has lived into the heights of all what the physical world can offer. Engulfed with enormous wealth. Sought by pretty young women from different kingdoms. And above all, he has maintained one prosperous ideal country. He couldn't ask for more. But all that's inside of him are crashing into fragments, buried beneath death.
Yes, there's nothing more to ask for…
A lie, he knew it…
He would have asked for that chandelier that should be hanging in his solemn palace, to provide light on his throne… that same magnificent chandelier monitoring the bloodstream of his heart…
Hitomi…
The chandelier's name.
Can you remember how we both opened the door to a world we knew nothing about? It was when our emotions are far greater that any rational thinking. But still, we managed to depend on what the world would consider logically appropriate. You… me… yes, the two of us… tell me, was there ever a 'we'?
Sigh.
You must be doing fine now… and I am happy for you…
Another lie.
Once more, he taught of her mesmerizing capability – of how she carefully washed away all his hatred and anger with her tenderness. She was the one who brought back softness to his abandoned self. She taught him to live again when he has forgotten what life is. Oh how remembers the time when she successfully slid into the depths of his soul to embrace his once painful heart. But his heart has become so fond of that embrace that he had let her reside inside longer – much longer than she should. It is truly hard for him to keep away from that incomparable nostalgia, predominating all his logical thoughts.
This burning desire has grown so inevitable that it has enveloped me into madness.
Indeed, he has returned to further suffering.
Van, I feel your sadness…
–Alas, an answer from the Mystic Moon.
Hitomi!
...proceed to CHAPTER III (Finale)