Itâs obvious that theyâre both drained, wearing their weariness in the bent of a cane or split knuckles. Venom has no desire to ignite another fight, and he can sense Kaz doesnât either. In his exhaustion he canât quite convey this, words a far gone thing that left him the moment he stepped out of his body.
Instead, he unhooks his Walkman from his belt and flips the cassette tape inside, hits REWIND and waits for the soft âclickâ to speak. âListen,â he instructs, depressing the PLAY button in the same breath.
As Big Bossâ voice, his voice, fills the space between them, Venom pushes the Walkman into Kazâs palm with shaking hands. He needs Kaz to know what Big Boss left for him, the job heâs been given that he no longer wants. It feels like a betrayal to John, sharing this trusted message with someone who hates him but he has to - thereâs no other way to make Kaz understand.
âDo you remember?â Big Bossâs voice murmurs, and V forces Kazâs fingers around the Walkman, forces him to take the burden if just for a moment. âWhat you were meant to do?â As he sinks back into the couch to listen, Venom turns his eyes to Kaz and waits for reaction, whatever it may be.
He doesnât expect Kaz to make it through the entire tape but judging by the way his own hands are shaking, he might not either.
The seriousness behind Venomâs intent doesnât allow Kazuhira to deny. He reaches for the tape, though his hand pausing in mid air when he hears his voice in the room. His heart drops into his stomach, his blood goes cold and he could feel every cell inside his body seize all movement to hear the man who ruined them all.
Big Bossâ voice continues without hesitation. He speaks this awful lie, and undeniable truth of he and Venom. Attempting to make things right with the man he erased by informing him he did a good job, and that the future--no, their future is brighter now because of it. His words only remind Kazuhira that he was never part of the plan, not even from the beginning. John met him in that forest and didnât see a potential friend, he saw a pawn... and speaking of friend, that word appears in the tape and Kazuhiraâs body jerks, tears stinging his pale eyes. The tape stops after the words Big Boss but it continues to play in his head and inflict Kazuhira.
A sudden burst of rage erupts from him and his body reacts immediately. He smacks the Walkman out of their hands, not caring if it gets destroyed in the process. Suddenly, a painful roar rips from Kazuhiraâs throat and he lifts a hand to clutch at his face. Violent tears stream appear from behind dark aviators and dampen his cheeks.Â
âGODDAMMIT!-- FUCK!!â
Kazuhira loses himself in the moment, body collapsing immediately in defeat. He falls against Venomâs shoulder, gasping for air in between his choking sobs. He knew John betrayed him, abandoned everything they had built together, but it only occurs now to him that he was never anything more than just a pawn on his chess board and Venom was too. He and Venom were closer now than ever, and he knew that there is no way manipulate him to destroy Big Boss, he wanted to bite the hand that fed him as much as Kazuhira did.Â
The few people who has heard Kazuhira cry have been dead for a long time, leaving no room for a rumor to stir that he could feel as deeply as the rest of them. Venom is the first one in a century to hear the disgusting noises of a shattered man, struggling to hang on to what little life he had in order to find a sliver of happiness in his hellish reality.
His hand grasps at Venomâs thigh, squeezing it tightly in his fingertips as he adjusts his head to hide his red face into his chest. Now that he has allowed the gate to open, he doesnât believe he will ever be able to stop.
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