Title: 022 - Blood
Author: schyra
Rating: ?
Pairings/Characters: Haru, Lucia
Warnings: Spoilers for Final Chapter
Summary: And Finally, It was Broken.
Author's Note:
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022 - Blood
And Finally, It was Broken.
It was bright, shining, all around him as light exploded into view -just. Exploded. - rendering reality almost useless and it was the kind of sight that made a muted sound, silent but roaring in your head. He could remember thinking it was beautiful, in a way, before the thought was ripped right out of his mind, like it was never there at all.
There, in front of him.
His voice.
"I was also, waiting for the future.."
The shiver of breath, the blood you could almost see on his words, coating them in microscopic flecks of red. Who put it there.
It was me.
And you.
We who were fighting for something so vague as 'a future'.
Of course you were, why didn't I realize it. Because of your smile. Because of the way your grin was held crooked, the black armor you wore, the cloak that billowed about in the wind and wrapped around you like a shadowy covering of black omens and death.
Because of the way I was blind. Had to be.
"GIVE ME YOUR HAND, LUCIA!"
He saw the sad, lingering smile..
In a way, this was the outcome he wanted.
'No.. no no no no no!'
The one he found himself totally incapable of dealing with after all.
Because it was your smile. Because it was the way your grin was held crooked, like it was chipped and fading. Because it was the black armor you wore, like a skin of protection against the world's cruelty and the harsh wind of fate, though it was useless useless useless wasn't it, and the cloak like a curtain, a blanket a sheet with which to cover you with (like one hides those of death) that wrapped (like a magician's veil, held over the one bound to the chair and helpless just before his unwilling captive disappears), the dead, dead eyes.
How sadness and despair hung around you like they had you firmly chained in each's crucifying hallowed grip.
He could feel it slipping loose.. the red string's knot that bound their fates together.
"Haru.."
His name. It rang so clear in his ears. Despite the storm of cracking.
"After this you may do as you like."
because you are no longer bound by anything.
With a released breath, an exhalation, that sounded like he had been holding it his entire life, Lucia's eyes faded from view, finally shattering into non-existence. Finally.
Finally.
Be Rid.
Of this blood feud.
I release you.
….
and then he was no more.
"LUCIAAAAAA!"
END.
