IC Contact; DESTINY STRINGS | CLOSED

[bondsofsuffering]

Yo! Aah, this is unfortunate... Well, this and that came up, so it seems I can't answer the phone right now! I'm definitely not trying to ignore you, so please leave a message for me instead, ＯＫ?

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[bondsofsuffering]

Doing things at his own convenience, as usual.

[Typical Kiyotaka, really. Doing whatever it took to further his own goals.]

...Although... He definitely didn't just forget about her in all that time, either.

[melodyoflogic]

Of course he didn't. [He picks up the tea bag, checking the color of the tea before letting it settle once more.]

He might have left of his own accord, but he loves her.

[bondsofsuffering]

[Of course Ayumu would know.]

He seriously couldn't stop looking at her picture all that time.

[It was... kind of depressing, really.]

...But despite that, I don't think he ever meant to return to her, either. [Not if he'd truly planned to return everything to zero.]

[melodyoflogic]

That idiot. [The words are practically sighed. But Ayumu knew he was right. His brother's plan was more than clear, now.

That stupid, stupid idiot.]

[bondsofsuffering]

He's a pretty cruel God when you get right down to it. To both himself, and others.

[melodyoflogic]

Agreed. He can be a real pain sometimes. [And yet......

Somehow, knowing the truth of everything and after spending time with Hizumi.... he had a feeling he understood his brother a little better now.]

[bondsofsuffering]

...It's hard to blame him, isn't it?

[melodyoflogic]

Knowing everything I know now? Yes. [He'd never hated his brother, to begin with. All he'd always wanted was the kind of life, the kind of happiness his brother seemed to have.

But he wasn't so sure about how happy that really was, anymore.]

[bondsofsuffering]

...I really hate that guy, you know. But even I can't blame him, either.

[Having been away for a year, it's only become clearer just how much he'd been played by Kiyotaka. But having experienced that intense loneliness himself... having sought death just as he did...

He understands. As much as he doesn't want to, he gets it.]

[melodyoflogic]

I'm not surprised. He's done a lot. [A lot to have earned that hatred. He's not going to defend his brother..... his actions weren't those that could be defended. But he couldn't hate him, either.

Deeming his tea ready, he scoops out the teabag with a spoon, setting it on a plate before taking the mug in hand.]

[bondsofsuffering]

That's one way of putting it.

[Hizumi stares at his own mug for a while longer before he finally takes out the teabag, although even then he doesn't immediately drink.]

[melodyoflogic]

[Ayumu lets the silence linger a while, before deciding to venture a statement.] I think I understand why a bit more now, though.

[bondsofsuffering]

On which part?

[He finally brings the mug to his lips to take a sip.]

[melodyoflogic]

My brother has always been my ideal. [Hizumi would know, of course. He knew more about Ayumu than Ayumu ever had to say.] Someone who could obtain anything he wanted.... stronger, smarter... higher than anyone else. Who wouldn't envy that?

....I always thought he had everything. All the happiness he could have wanted. But now....

[bondsofsuffering]

You've realized he didn't.

[How could he? All the things in the world couldn't make up for the horrific loneliness. Hizumi himself could identify with that perhaps a little too closely.]

[melodyoflogic]

[He nods, taking a drink of his tea. Hizumi would understand too, of course.] No matter how powerful he might get, he'll never have anyone else at his level. He's alone, In a way sister and I can't reach him.

[bondsofsuffering]

And unlike us, there's no longer someone for him to turn to.

[Because of his own hand, no less.]

[melodyoflogic]

Yeah. [He wondered.... if his brother and Yaiba had met properly, would they have gotten along, too.....?

It was a bizarre thought. And ultimately one that was useless.]

[bondsofsuffering]

What a twisted fate.

[It's nothing new to think about. Hizumi has cursed his own fate many times before, and he's sure the Blade Children must do the same. The fate that forces them to kill... the fate that forces them to be killed...

It's sickening. But it cannot be changed.

With those thoughts in mind, he takes another long drink.]