Don't touch me
(my skin is snow
and it will melt).
It took Leo one whole year to know Kei,
two years to break and reassemble his image of her when she
changed,
and another three to get to know him again.
Six years, afraid of breaking his friend, afraid of melting the other with his bare hands. It was unfortunate that the two of them happened to be on opposite sides when it came to their elements. Kei was ice; Leo was fire. He had been so afraid that he'd accidentally kill the other that he tried to stay away.
But when you only had each other, that was almost impossible.
However, on their first day of the seventh year--
❛ You know, maybe opposites do attract.❜ Kei
was staring up at the falling snowflakes. ❛ And that's
why you're my best friend.❜ He grinned.
He'd never forget the other's face as he hugged him for the first time.
Don't touch me
(my veins are full of venom
and it will poison you).
The blond stares out the window; his once blue eyes now hazy grey, as he reminisces on the past. He isn't sure how long ago his mother had died. It seemed like an eternity.
He's guessing it's around February or March, since Spring was coming again. It's been years since he stopped keeping track of the days. Since he made the last calendar. What a joke; being trapped in this timeless dimension.
Maybe he should go out again. It's been at least a few years since he stepped out of there. Maybe a decade. And he was sort of itching to use his powers again. To feel nature beneath his feet; to be able to harness its powers with his will. It was a nice feeling. Perhaps he'd be less depressed if he did so.
(and then, he regrets it.)
Not only did that witch curse him with a deathless curse; everything he touched turned... corrupted. Dried up. Shriveled. No. No! Was this what was left of his power? Does he not have Nature's command at his fingertips?
It wasn't long before everything, everything was a withered, black... thing. It drove him insane; day after day, week after week, month after month, years...
He would not regain that special powers of his
anytime soon. Maybe even never.
❛ Why'd you think I call myself Insanity?❜
Don't touch me
the armour I wear
is made of
glass.
He knows she's trying to reach out for him.
He knows she's trying to help him.
He knows. He knows.
But that doesn't stop Takuma from pushing her awya. He knows of Mai's good intentions; but frankly, he doesn't want to hurt her as well. He believed that he deserved to suffer alone. He hates being a burden to others. He can't take it.
He feels it's unfair that he was the one who received the wings. It should've been Akane. Akane, his younger sister, the one who deserved the best, that was, unfortunately given to him.
(of course, Akane doesn't feel that way.
she just wants her brother to be happy.)
❛ Why--❜ Mai's voice resounded in the empty hallway as she chased after the ravenet. ❛ Do you put yourself down? And why do you push people away? Why--❜
❛ Because I'm like glass.❜ His steps halted immediately; Takuma turned around to face the other. ❛ And not even that safety glass where it shatters when broken. I'm that jagged, rough, yet delicate one-- the one that hurts whoever who breaks it!❜