A/N: More. :D
"There was a time when I stopped talking. Just like you. My reasons were a little bit different, but I think the feelings of being ashamed of myself and hating myself are the same." – Yuki Sohma
A Rat in a Shadow
7. The feelings
He still forayed into the wider world, no matter how bland it grew.
Maybe he was still searching for some colour.
And then, one day, he found it. A little girl who started following him for no reason at all. Who he managed to lead back to her mother. Who smiled at her even though they hadn't exchanged a single word. Who made his heart feel a little warm and fuzzy inside.
He wanted to keep that. To give it some tangibility. To remember it forever.
He puts his hat on her head and dashes off before she can smile again.
Because there's an illusion that wouldn't so easily break.