The One Star

~xoxo~xoxo~~xoxo~xoxo~~xoxo~xoxo~~xoxo~xoxo~~xoxo~xoxo~~xoxo~xoxo~~xoxo~xoxo~~xoxo~xoxo~

He always wanted to be independent. Beat in-game.

~xoxo~xoxo~~xoxo~xoxo~~xoxo~xoxo~~xoxo~xoxo~~xoxo~xoxo~~xoxo~xoxo~~xoxo~xoxo~~xoxo~xoxo~

Put young and reckless in one word: Beat. It was a simple fact that everyone knew, well, everyone except his own parents. He could not live up to the expectations and responsibilities of being the eldest. To them, he was more of a delinquent and less of a child. They were adamant on reforming him as if there was a problem with him in the first place. And that's exactly what Beat thought. He understood that he was the problem.

If it were that simple then the solution's gotta be easy too. He just needed out of this. He needed to be his own person.

He could do things solo.

The fights always happened at night. After school, they'd find out through one way or another that he skipped out again. Beat's usual voice was loud but he shouted like a boombox. And when he couldn't take the noise anymore, he would ditch them. So whenever he'd run away, it was always night as well.

There's only so much an impromptu runaway could do. As for Beat, he would star gaze. But Shibuya's a pretty bright place so there aren't many stars to gaze at all. It's just him and the dark sky.

That is until Rhyme would chase him down. She reasoned that he was still her brother and it was a stupid argument. She'd always bring him back. In actuality, Beat had been dependent on Rhyme all this time. It just wasn't right. It wasn't fair to Rhyme because he believed he would just bring her down. He couldn't stand it anymore. He wanted to leave her alone. He wanted to be alone.

He could do things solo.

But one day, they fought in the morning. It was just like always only it was on that particular day that he and his parents got into a fight in the morning. And following routine, he'd walk out. His little sister would run after him. It was the same cat and mouse chase only this time, there was a car.

There was a crash. And there were dead bodies.

Waking up to your sister was a good thing. Realizing she forgot all about you was the opposite. But Beat gritted his teeth and pretended. He went with the flow. It hurt him to see her like this, to know nothing of him, to feel actually independent. But it wasn't independence. It was just loneliness. He was right all along, he needed her. He was the dependent one. And yet, he was also the reckless one.

He couldn't save her the first time. She saved him on the second time.

Rhyme was always his reason. And Beat hated the fact that he was her reason… for dying. Twice.

Beat was lost without Rhyme. She was his partner and more importantly, his sister. But there was still a way. There was a way to bring her back. Every day, every morning, every mission was a start. He wasn't strong enough to protect her but he would try saving her. Even if it was just him and that one star in the mornings.

He could do things solo.

But he'd still miss his duo.

~xoxo~xoxo~~xoxo~xoxo~~xoxo~xoxo~~xoxo~xoxo~~xoxo~xoxo~~xoxo~xoxo~~xoxo~xoxo~~xoxo~xoxo~

Shinra-ex-SOLDIER

I thought I'm strong enough but now I know...

I'm not the only one who is good at pretending

I am the one who's tired of dependence

I am the one who can't bear anymore

I'm not the one who can live all alone

I don't sell myself to get such a reputation

And if my only light is the lonely star above

I might be asking you for some consolation

But sure, I know this is the only start

Song choice by scoutmasterkb28 and Battleaxx900 (from deviantart).

I'm sorry, it's been a while for this series, huh? Let me practice this style some more and hopefully, I'll remember how to do it again.

Also, while I still do song requests, I'll be adding it to the already existing list. If you're still following this, I'm sorry it took so long and it's not a good comeback but thank you for still reading this. I'll try to do better!