Title: Kamui and Subaru's ABCs

Rating: T

Warnings: KamuiSubaru, AUish

Disclaimer: I don't own Kamui, Subaru or any other characters created by CLAMP.

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V: Vibrant

Subaru closes his eyes and takes a deep breath before he presses open the wooden door and steps into the attic. He ignores the creaking of the stairs when his weight finally makes its way into the attic, only lit with a candle beside the door. Slow and steadily, Subaru makes his way towards the figure kneeling tiredly in the centre of the room, he inwardly cringed when he realised he had no idea what he was stepping on top of, but it definitely was not just the floorboard, the thought of looking down to check what he was stepping on made his nose wrinkle. Subaru pauses next to the figure for a while. When the figure makes no movement or shows and sign of recognition, Subaru sighs softly, his feet walk further into the attic, his arms lift up and Subaru pulls open the pieces of dusty cloth used as a makeshift curtain.

"What was the point of putting windows in the attic if you're going to cover them up in the end?" Subaru asks as he squints away from the sudden bright light and looks behind him at the figure in the middle of the room.

"Ne, Kamui?" Subaru calls out to the other as he walks over and squats beside the other. Carefully, he places a hand on the other's shoulder and squeezes a little. A small smile lights up on his face when the figure – Kamui's head moves a little in acknowledgement.

Finally taking a good look around the room, Subaru's smile drops. As he had suspected, the floor was littered with newspapers, canvases and tubes of used paint. There were a few scattered paintbrushes here and there, but by looking at Kamui's hands, Subaru guessed that those brushes weren't used much at all. Very much like the single palette that sat in the corner of the room looking just as lifeless as the person who resided in the attic.

"Kamui, let's go, I've been working on the garden, I want to show you. The shrubs, the flowers-"

Kamui pushes Subaru's hand off his shoulder and shakes his head.

"But you promised me, that you will finally leave this room if I gave you three months…", Subaru's voice cracks, his hand shook as he gripped onto the sleeve of his twin brother, "please".

Placing a hand on Subaru's knee, Kamui leans closer and lifts his head up so that he could look at his brother in the eye.

Subaru's breathing begins to become shaky, he gasps when his eyes meets his brothers eyes. The colour of the other's eye was vibrant. Glaringly so. It had been so long since he had seen that shade of colour.

"Look around you", Kamui states softly, his voice hoarse and croaky, "what do you see?"

"The attic", Subaru states without looking away from the other's alluring eyes, "covered in your tools and supplies, walls splashed with colour of all shades of vibrant."

Kamui laughs bitterly, "I can't see it", his other free hand grips at Subaru's shoulder tightly, his eyebrows frown sadly, "my world is still monochrome, there is no colour."

"Kamui…", Subaru chokes on his tears, "no…"

"I won't be able to see your flowers with you, your world that's full of sharp swirls of colour."

"But-"

Pushing Subaru away, Kamui's hand walks across the floor and grasps a tube of paint, he squeezes a generous amount onto his palm before he dips his fingers into it. Smiling forlornly at Subaru, he beckons for the other to come closer again.

Subaru swallows nervously.

Kamui wipes away the tears with the back of his hand and then lovingly traces his paint dipped fingers down the other's cheeks, "I promise, give me three more months, Subaru."