18. Chapter 18 (1/2)

csilla: well, since i've been writing so much -still hasn't decided which one to run with- i will update armor, which is almost over :)

what happened next felt like a blur, kiseki-o explained to us the rest of yuu's story: "well after asuramaru explained that your buddy here would still be on the reaper's list… i ordered mahiru," motioning to the third person clad in black, "to give you a sort of rebirth… meaning yuuichiro amane is dead and yuuichiro hyakuya is who you are now, don't forget that. as for the soul, asuramaru turned in and later allowed to be reborn into the human realm, you might remember him… taichi, he was an orphan around the same time as you… anyways, now that i've explained myself: i would like you to answer one of my questions,"

"shoot,"

"we've been keeping an eye on you since you were twelve and something has been bothering me, but until reaper-boy showed up… i couldn't be sure until then, so how-how did you see him in his natural form?"

even i had to admit, the thought about how yuu knew i wasn't like him had crossed my mind, but i was afraid to ask. how had he seen me? he's very much alive...

"i saw him, dressed like he is now… stabbing what appeared to be translucent people through the chest," yuu replied with very much the same answer he gave me at the apartment.

kiseki-o seemed to understand better than i did at what yuu's response meant, he nodded his head: "i see… let me ask you: would you like to lose the ability accidentally given to you, to see reapers and angels?"

wait, lose the ability- that means he won't be able to see me! asshole! my anger was boiling to the surface, but before i could release it, yuu asked: "and if i say no?"

a smirk

oke on kiseki-o's face, "let me rephrase that: you're going to lose that silly little ability that has made it possible for you a living human to find out about our existence,"

"wait, isn't there another way?" i really didn't want to lose yuu, especially not like this! i could maybe handle if yuu had been forced to become a reaper. or hell even an angel, but to continue living and never seeing each other again. that's worse!

"look reaper-boy, there isn't. yuuichiro hyakuya is supposed to live until he's an old man, unaware that reapers and angels actually exist… now because of a certain someone, we cannot erase his knowledge of us..." kiseki-o concluded with a slight wave of his wrist, two blades connected by a chain appeared in his hands: "now this won't hurt… when you wake up, you won't be able to seen any of us" he raised his blades and in one swift motion -before even i could react- he slashed effortlessly across yuu's chest.

i watched as the light left his eyes and his body shifted before he dropped, i kicked off the spot where i stood and caught him before he hit the ground. i cradled his head against my chest as i glared up at kiseki-o, i knew he had no choice. it made perfect sense that a living human shouldn't know about the existence of reapers and angels, but still – this was yuu, he's known about me for a while. why didn't they act sooner? why wait until i finally have the courage to tell him how i feel?