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Hotaru
Summary: Sequel to Dreich, where you will see some insight of different moments of significance to the plot.
Notes: Thank you so much for the wonderful feedback we received with Dreich. We appreciated it so much and decided to give you a little extra kindness with this fic that was meant to be a ficlet. HA. Anyway, it was great working with my partner in crime, @arvendell , and once again, worked so hard on this fic to make it as amazing as it is. I hope you enjoy our work!
Words: 10k…again.
Rating: Some mellow smut and not so mellow angst, as always. (Best combination)
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Touka stared at the ceiling, her contemplative gaze lost in stupor as she battled her own desire to be selfish and selfless. Her intuition told her that something wasn’t quite right, that something was amiss – and somehow it felt like they had been given a brief moment of happiness because something was boiling on its way to them.
“Ugh, this is stupid,” she murmured, turning and burrowing her face on the pillow. She had been tossing over and over in her bed for quite a while now, her own thoughts sending her in disarray as it wandered on what was to come. There were many things at stake here, as well as lives, and yet she couldn’t help but shake the feeling that there was more to lose than to gain.
‘I really should just get some sleep,’ she thought.
She had been trying for a while now, lounging in the comfort of her bed since an hour ago. Everything was quiet, save for the sound of her own breathing; and people must have retired to their own quarters as well.
‘Fucking mind, let me get some sleep, will you?’
No matter how many times she told herself to let her relentless feelings go, her intuition told her otherwise, which only made her annoying restlessness worse. It felt like the shadow of death loomed before her, enriching her with a heavy feeling of unease that shrouded her thoughts, its cold breath was near her ear as it whispered unnerving doubts and qualms.
She sighed, surrendering to the fact that she wouldn’t be able to rest at all, especially with all the worry that ate her. “I need to get out.”
With quiet but determined steps, Touka wandered aimlessly around the base, inhaling the cool earthen air that surrounded its thick midst. It wasn’t quite as bad living here, she thought, even though she missed being on the surface – being normal. Or at least, as normal as she could’ve been. But there was a larger pang in her heart that exceeded that wish – a small, hollow hole in her heart that she needed to invalidate.
She found herself walking towards his room, apprehensive about the fact that he would be leaving soon. There was a great insecurity that welled inside her when she thought about what they could be facing from here onward. She really wanted to send him away with a smile, but all she could do was mask her own fears and behind this mask, she couldn’t help but drown herself in nightmarish imaginings of what could happen as a strong nausea swelled in her stomach. There were many unfathomable mages that had crossed her mind during these vulnerable moments.
“Touka?”
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