Chapter 9 - When It All Comes Out
The air was dense...it was a stifling feeling. Kira hadn't known Athrun to make this scenery before...
It seemed like a bog or something. A thick fog covered everything, further reducing visibility. Kira found it harder to breathe in this place. Was this really the dreamscape?
'Athrun?' he walked around slowly, cautiously, and nervously. 'Athrun!'
At the moment he didn't care that he was thinking and Athrun couldn't hear him. He forgot that he couldn't speak.
Suddenly, he was on his back on the ground and something was laying on top of him. He gasped for air as he slowly opened his eyes again.
'Athrun?' he wondered, unsure of why the other boy had tackled him to the ground.
"Kira..." Athrun murmured. "Why didn't you tell me, Kira?" His face was hidden.
Lavender eyes shot wide at the realization of what his friend had said. He shook his head no, unable to explain himself.
"Why'd you hide it from me?" Athrun yelled, raising his head so that Kira could now see his eyes.
They were hurt, and angry. It was like Athrun had taken a heavy betrayal...
'Athrun...You have to understand...I didn't want you to-' Kira tried using his hands to communicate, but Athrun slapped his hands apart and stood up.
"I've told you a lot of things. About me, about the world...And you couldn't even tell me that you were in a circus, or that you had a sister!" Athrun yelled, not looking at him.
"A...Ath-"
"No!" Athrun let himself fall so that he was supporting himself with his feet and sitting mainly on his knees, a crouch almost. His hands were on his head, like he didn't want to hear what was being said. "You..."
Kira crawled over, since he never stood up, and placed his left hand gently on Athrun's shoulder. The blue haired boy knocked it off when he flipped around to face Kira. He took hold of the younger boy's left shoulder and forced him to stand up.
"Why didn't you even try to tell me about...this?" he ripped the cloth sleeve off, and a unbearably bright light engulfed the entire area, pushing the two apart a few feet and knocking Kira down.
When it cleared, so did everything else. Instead of fuzzy outlines and unnaturally clear eyes, everything was visible. Kira could see Athrun perfectly, and vice versa. But they didn't rejoice. Kira quickly went to cover his left arm with his right, trying to hide the scars of years of beatings.
Athrun was taking deep breathes, as if he'd run a lot and was very tired. He looked from Kira to the sleeve in his hand and suddenly...he regretted. The Kira in front of him was laying on the ground, desperately trying to hide how much pain he'd gone through, and Athrun had done something horrible to him...He looked so frail and scared...
"Kira...I..."
"Athrun..." the voice was clear as a bell, but Kira wasn't speaking. "You have to understand...I've lived almost all of my life with this...so I'm used to it...But I didn't want you to...To see me and run away!"
Kira raised his head, most likely not knowing that Athrun could hear his thoughts, with tears streaming down his face.
"I didn't know my sister had survived that fire 10 years ago! I didn't know..." Athrun could tell, even without the words, that Kira was pleading for him to understand. "And you're the only one that's ever been kind to me since then...I didn't want to lose that!"
Athrun shook his head a bit as the sleeve fell from his fingers to the ground below. It was now covered in green grass, and it was raining...He fell to his knees in front of the younger boy and wrapped his arms around him. Athrun could feel the tears running down his face.
"Kira...I'm so-" he paused, seeing that his hand was see-through. He looked himself over, and felt a strange sort of panic run through him. "Kira!"
Kira was watching him as Athrun vanished, going on to the world of sleep and dreams. Athrun himself probably didn't know how tired he had been...But Kira had felt it.
"A...A..." he breathed out as Athrun backed up and had fear in his eyes. He was usually in a sleep like state when this happened, and he was scared. "Athrun don't be afraid!"
This one sentence caught Athrun's attention and he looked to Kira.
"Kira?" he asked softly.
"I can...I can feel something Athrun...!" Kira wanted to say this while he was still able to, before his voice left him again. "I feel human again! You know where I am...Athrun..." Kira shook his head a bit and held his throat, and they both knew that something wanted him to keep quiet.
"Come back for me, Athrun!" Kira managed before all that came out was air and Athrun vanished. "A...Ah!" Kira began crying.
Why wasn't he able to speak? He always lost his voice right when he needed it the most! He carefully touched his left arm and closed his eyes, trying to stop crying.
He felt arms hold him and soft breath hit his ear. He didn't flinch though, it felt like a mother's hold, comforting him.
'I'm always here for you...' it breathed.
At this, Kira did jump, but when he turned around...there was no one there.
'What was that?' he wondered silently.
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When Athrun woke up, he knew he had to go save Kira...Now all he had to do...was figure out how...
O.C. #2 : Bwah! Foreshadowing! Who is the one in the dreamscape with Kira, and why did their voice scare Kira? Well HAH! You won't know till the Sequel! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Out : Onee-chan...you're scaring me...