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A Very Sad Headcannon
Warning: spoilers, major angst
*please complete the Twilight Book 1 as well as Yura and Gaku's book 2 before reading this post, mainly Gaku's*
Somewhere, there's an alternate world where everything is reversed. Koga's lazy and camps out at Kuya's place while he's out at work, Toichiro serves his master, Shizuki, but most importantly, Yura and Gaku aren't very close.
(story time shh)
One day, Gaku came home looking pale. Yura didn't really care, he never really cared about his brother. With each passing day, Gaku got sicker and sicker.
Yura was walking through town when he could've sworn he heard Gaku's drum. But it didn't sound right. He went in the direction of the sound and soon stopped dead in his tracks. He saw Gaku, clutching his drum, the ground was littered with dead bodies. People's bodies. That was the day Yura found out about the curse. But, since he didn't care much for his brother, he didn't bother, until one fateful day.
Gaku's body couldn't handle the curse anymore and he ended up "disappearing" or dying. Yura came home that day to see a hand drum on the floor. When he picked it up, he could feel no warmth in it. It was just a regular instrument. That was the day he realized that he failed at being an older brother. He hugged the drum close to him before breathing in the smell of something burning. Drum in hand, he ran outside to see fires breaking out in Kyoto. He ran towards it to see the battle between Ayakashi, Onmyoji and Wraiths. He saw some of his comrades lying dead on the ground. Not knowing what to do, he ran. He was trembling out of fear and accidentally dropped Gaku's drum. He hadn't realized he'd dropped it until he turned around to see a burning hand drum behind him. Panicking, he held the drum as it turned to ash. He burned his hands severely and the scars make sure he doesn't forget.
Years later, Yura found his away into the cursed plane in hopes of finding Gaku. He ended up being tortured by his guilt. He fought it until he couldn't anymore. He gave in. Drowning in grief, he started becoming one with the cursed plane. His hair turned black and he found his place in this new realm. He wandered it for years and years before someone new entered.
No matter how many alternate worlds there are, they all share the same cursed plane.
(K this is where you needed to have read Gaku's Book 2)
When Yura saw the familiar face of his brother, he went running towards him before he was stopped by himself. It was another Yura, one that looked like the Yura that belonged to the world where this Gaku came from. Blind from jealousy and desperation, he pushed past the other Yura and went to see the other Gaku himself. But this Gaku wasn't alone, he was with an unidentifiable woman which we know as Futaba. He tried convincing the other Gaku to stay with him because of how much he missed his actual brother. But, he didn't stay. The woman had convinced him that Yura wasn't the "real Yura", which wasn't wrong. Yura gave up and let the other Yura return back to his world with his Gaku and the unidentifiable woman. And so, he continued to wander the cursed plane.
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Maybe I should call this an au instead of a headcannon. But I do believe that this exists so- I'm sorry if I hurt you, Gaku's route is hurting me T_T 👍
You gently take his once strong and muscular hand into both of your own. His hand is cold and weak. You press two of your fingers to his bone and the tendon over his radial artery and feel the beats of his slowing heart rate.
This was bound to happen one day, there's nothing you can do to save him now. You've spent the past year trying to find a cure to his carnage, but each attempt turned out just as unsuccessful as the last.
Koga's limp body rests in your arms. You lean down to give him one final kiss, your focus still on his radial pulse. You remove your lips from his cold ones. The next expected pulse from his wrist never came. You pull him closer into your embrace.
You're not ready to say goodbye.