@righteouseyes / continued
He was the strongest.... Maybe that's why he was the last person standing. He put up as good of a fight as he could. Last time.... Last time he won. In a fight, one careless mistake could ripple into death. Takumi searched his mind frantically. Trying to discover where his mistake had been. What had gone wrong? Why had it come to this?
The plea came from his mouth almost involuntarily. Every single thing in his body screamed to survive. He was scared. Maybe he could go back again if he survived. Maybe he could fix things. Was he even capable of fixing things if he did go back again?
The shoe pressing on his chest made him grit his teeth. It hurt. But he couldn't even process that pain before the blade was at his throat. For a moment, he could almost imagine it digging into his flesh enough to cause him to bleed out. He felt it against his skin. Burning pain shot through him as it dug into his flesh. He gasped. It probably wasn't deep enough to kill him yet. But...
Eito mocked him, dug his heel harder into his chest. It was hard enough to breathe before... But now the weight made him frantically gasp for air. If he could just find the strength to fight...! But his body had been through too much. He was spent. He tried not to focus on the weight bruising his chest or the blade digging into his neck. Eito's taunting words were almost as painful as the wounds.
He lets out another strained breath as the scythe is moved from his neck. It felt hot. His body registering the injury as 'heat' to hide the pain. "I.... I don't want to die." If he died, it was really all over. He wanted to fix things. He needed to... "Please... Aotsuki... I don't want to die.... Please don't.... I'm.... I'm sorry. I..." His pleading was frantic but quiet. Maybe it was his pride. Maybe it was resignation. Something in him told him to keep himself together. To not fall into a sobbing and pleading mess. Would it do any good?
"Don't... don't kill me...!"












