Kuh....

“Kuh....”

With a pained groan, the tiger steadily sank onto one knee, grabbing his right arm which was severely bleeding from the huge gash that left its mark on his limb as a seething pain was aching throughout his whole body.

Despite being covered in claw marks and bruises all over his body, parts of his clothes tattered and ripped, Shir could not let himself give up so easily; especially so due to what was on the line.

Soft footsteps approached the heavily injured man, stopping just right in front of him. He moved his gaze upwards to look at the source, only to find the color of the sea and the color of the forest were looking down upon him with disappointment and fury obvious in their steely gaze.

“Pathetic,” the voice, that of which was of a young girl’s, but deeper in a way wherein it sounded like it could easily cut into one’s body, spoke, “... is this all that you got? Pathetic. Disappointing. Worthless. Really, how could someone like you actually be my older brother.” 

Older brother.

It had been years since Shir had last heard those words come out of the girl’s mouth. 

His little sister, Lala. 

She had left on her own at just the age of 9 without saying a word to anyone, and now reuniting with her after nearly eight years... only to end up in what could be only called a [death match], with stakes on both sides to gain and to lose. 

If Shir won, then Lala would have to leave this extremely rabid and dangerous lifestyle behind and attend the same school that he himself had attended and just graduated from fairly recently. If Lala won, then Shir would have to forever get out of her sights and never reappear ever again, effectively cutting all and remaining ties to her family, to her clan. 

The older man didn’t want to have to resort to fighting his own younger sibling but there was no other choice that the white tiger would accept, thus they came to trade blows until one of them surrenders... or one of them dies. 

They had been exchanging punches and attacks from what felt like hours until the battle had reached this point. 

“... Are you mocking me?” Lala practically spat as she shot a death glare at her older brother, her odd-eyes appearing to glow as her face was shadowed over her face due to lighting behind her. 

“What do you mean?” Shir replied, sounding a bit puzzled. Although, perhaps, he already knew what she meant, but he just decided to not bring it up.

Quickly tired of his wishy-washy attempt to sneakily brush off that topic, the young girl quickly aimed for a quick spin-kick directly aimed at the man’s face. Just barely dodging it by a hair’s breadth, Shir very quickly jumped back on to his feet a few feet away from Lala, who rapidly closed the distance he tried to create by putting all of her strength into her feet and legs, leaping towards him to deliver a jump hook spin kick.

The orange-haired man managed to block it just in time, but due to the fact that the kick was aimed to the right side of his face, Shir had to use his bleeding and severely injured right arm to block the attack, causing him to wince twice; both from the kick itself and the recoil that one kick gave him, as he went almost flying to the side were it not for the fact that he planted his feet onto the ground firmly and thankfully he only ended up skidding across the ground, although the undersides of his feet were aching with a dull yet hot sensation as if they were on hot charcoal.

“Fight me seriously!! GODDAMNIT!!!” Lala yelled, her voice seemingly straining near the end with frustration and a foreign emotion as she gritted her teeth, preparing for another attack. A vexed look appeared on Shir’s face as he deeply inhaled and exhaled, trying to calm his mind. 

No more hesitating.

Steadily, the tiger opened his eyes, his blue orbs now as clear like the unclouded azure sky, as they locked on what was in front of him.

Doubts in one’s conviction leads to the dulling of the fists.

Moving into an attack stance, he clenched his fists even tighter than before, his muscles tightening up from anticipation, and his pupils narrowing with complete focus.

If you have something you wish to attain...

Only seconds passed by before the two tigers lunged at each other.

Then you must be prepared to fight like a beast.

15 days left!

“I’ll be gentle when I squeeze you, so come on over here.”

“The tea party has just begun~! So why don’t you stay for a little while longer? Ease on your worries and have fun every once in a while, or dull life shall seem~!” 

@permanentlyexhaustedowl

Fuyu: [Teach me how to love], you say...? Is such a thing even possible?

Can... something as irrational of a concept as [love] even be taught...? Somehow I doubt that.

.... However. Without action, nothing can be proven. ... Thus, I'll be in your care, Amelie-san. Ah, and I suppose in this situation, the correct words I should say is: [Thank you].

adlkjsad ok so like-

the reason why Quin and Sei, or rather Theo, became so different from their childhood selves is after Theo’s identical twin older brother died; the original Seisear. (and by dead i mean, ACTUALLY DEAD. I’m not gonna pull a Ciel Phantomhive scenario on ya’ll, Seisear is GENUINELY DEAD.)

Quin 100% blames himself because he (believes he) was indirectly involved in Sei’s death which caused the drastic change in his personality. Theo meanwhile couldn’t properly cope with his brother’s death and the fact that it should have been HIM who was gonna die then and there back then until Sei pushed him out of the way at the last second.

Best part? They both saw Sei die right in front of their eyes. 

:) 

1AM RANT TRIVIAS:

The only reason why Lala is even attending Night Raven College is because she LOST to her brother in a serious fight. Wherein their bet was if Lala lost then she's going to attend the school and quit her underground fighting and gang days, but if Shir lost then he'll have to accept that his little sister is completely cutting off ties from him and their clan for good this time.

Quin and Sei ARE cousins, that much is canon and official. What I didn't get to mention was that "Seisear" isn't actually his original/true name. His name was "Theolus" (derived from Theolipus). Also, their personalities from when they were young and in the current day are like night and day. Quin actually used to be a lot more confident, assertive and self-assured of what he was doing, while "Sei" used to be extremely timid, wants to be unoticable, and a bit of a coward.

Cirnu's actually a reincarnation; to be specific, the reincarnation of [an ancient evil God]. Though it's her cycle of reincarnation had been happening for many years now. As for her reason as to why she wanted to reincarnate, nobody knows except for Lilia and he doesn't seem like he'll talk any time soon. Though regarding her reincarnation, well, the truth is a bit more complicated than that ahaha.....

Ophiou's current appearance isn't actually his "true form"-- his actual appearance is that of a topless man with the lower half being a snake's, along with having actual snake hair. His eye and hair color even change between the two.

Bel, along with Fuyu, are confirmed to be of noble heritage. If I have to use irl royalty hierarchy then, Bel is a [Count] while Fuyu is a [Grand Duchess]. Shir and Lala could have qualified for this but they're technically not royalty due to their clan not establishing or being recongized an official kingdom.

“.... Hah. No choice but to do it then.”

“......”

“Turn to stone and die.”

have an Ophiou gif literally no one ever asked for

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