Got a lil behind, whoops.
Day 7
Theme: Mirror/Reflection
The Glass Cage
Part One
Kanda has perfected the art of fixing his hair blindly. He'd learned through years of practice how to make himself look perfectly presentable without needing to see himself. He found it unnecessary to devote any amount of time to it anyway, so he continued on about his daily routine avoiding mirrors as necessary.
It was a subconscious action.
He just did it.
No one really noticed how he never looked out a window where his reflection would bounce back at him. No one noticed how the window in his room had stained glass and was cracked—hazing out any accidental reflections.
If they did notice, they surely didn't bring it up to him. He wasn't a very pleasant person anyway, so antagonizing him wasn't on anyone's list of things to do. Only Lavi was brave enough to challenge the mighty fists of Kanda and even he put his hands up in defense when the man's fiery temper exploded beyond control.
So when Kanda refused to look a mirror in the eye, it was left a mystery. They couldn't see what he saw. They saw a pretty, bitchy man with more power than someone of his temperament really should have. He saw an ugly monster that was just biding its time until death finally relieved it of its shitty existence. The cold, calculating eyes they saw, where the dead, broken ones he saw.
Perhaps that was why he hated Allen Walker to much. Because that kid was everything he despised. His eyes always averted Allen's, not wanting to meet eyes with the cursed boy.
He hated mirrors, after all.