A/N: In case you guys don't figure out, this is from Rei's point of view
Chapter 2: Balancing out the clouds
You barged into my life unexpectedly, full of noise and protest. You used to annoy me, drive me up the wall to the point where I wanted to throw away my Noh mask and just burn your mouth off to stop you talking. Eventually I got used to it, to the point where I actually liked your cheerful chatter.
Your righteousness and naiveté always astounded me. How, in a world this full of sin; corruption, greed, and murder, do you maintain that pure innocence? How can you see the ugly underside of the city every time you come with me, and not lose some of the hope and optimism that is so much a part of you? I don't understand it.
The lengths you'll go to stop me from killing really is extraordinary. It worries me quite a lot, not that you realize it. You'd risk your life to save an unworthy, useless, evil person. It would be rather ironic if it weren't so frustrating.
You are the light in the world of darkness that I had created. You broke through every single wall I'd erected around my heart, as easily as breathing. Every time I look at you, smiling, laughing, and enjoying yourself, I feel an odd emotion. It's a bone deep emotion that urges me to pull you close with one arm, and draw a sword against the rest of the world with the other. Every time you risk yourself during our escapades, I feel the pang of unease and the metallic taste of fear. There's always the voice in the back of my head asking:
"What if this time, she doesn't come back?" You think I fret this way about everyone, that I'm secretly a worry-wart and that it's needless to stress because you'll be fine. But the thought of you, lying cold and unmoving on the ground scares me in a way that words can't describe. I can't tell you how many sleepless nights I've spent tossing and turning in my sleep, fighting against nightmares where you don't wake up smiling.
You are the sun in my never ending midnight. When my skies are grey, you give me warmth. You balance out the clouds, and let me see the sky and rainbows.
I don't know when, but at some point my entire existence suddenly became about protecting you. Nothing else mattered; not friends, family, Code: Breakers, or even evil.
And I can't bring myself to care.