Home Almost Alone
HELP! I asked for ideas on how to continue this, but no one reads the Author's Note's nowadays huh? So you have no idea what IMPORTANT BEYOND BELIEF! Things I might write there. Read it! READ IT! READ IT! For crying out loud, just read and review will ya? I hate ruining by writing stuff here. LOOK AT WHAT YOU MADE ME DO! I don't even need the help anymore! Right, I'll just be off crying in a corner now.
Shun frowns at the grey slanting rain outside of the window. Just like he has been for a while. Everyone's wondering where their so-called clear headed, trustworthy leader went. The truth is that he's still there, somewhere deep inside, but isn't fighting to be freed. Not yet, at least. Shun has more important things to concentrate on. Things that they would probably throw him to the lions for. He isn't quite sure if the animals are gone too. No animal is stupid enough to out in rain like that! Still, if everything works well and he comes out of that with his plan having worked perfectly, then maybe… It'll do him no good fantasising like that. Runo. Would that count as not all of them? She's only one person, so it shouldn't matter much.
"Shun, is everything okay?" Marucho frowns.
"What makes you think this is okay!" he snaps in reply. "Nothing about this is okay."
"Calm down Shun," Ace mutters.
Shun pushes past them all and out into the hallway. He slams the door behind him. His breathing is ragged and erratic. He needs to get his temper under control. Just get the job done and everything can go back to how it was before. Back to those blissfully peaceful days relaxation and fun. When was the last time that Kazami Shun had fun? It's certainly been a while. It was probably the last time he laughed without having to fake being happy. The Brawlers are good, but every smile and chuckle he shares with them is so obviously fake. Why can't they see it? Maybe they just haven't noticed it yet. Or maybe they're too caught up in the illusion, like Shun. They'll be freed from it soon enough, because he's already been broken and soon it will all come pouring out.
The Truth never was one to stay silent.
Author's Note: Hmph! …. I'm quitting soon…
I own the plot and the Shadowed figure from chapter one… Or do I? Everything else goes to their rightful, respected owners.