9.35 PM, 5th Jan
The Icari are meant to inspire others, or so I thought ... until I met Nik. Perhaps an Icarus is destined to die, but that does not mean one cannot live a full life. Nik and I had forged a bond so strong, I felt more grief for him each time a band faded. I might have been destined to die, but Nik was destined to suffer.
Yet, I never glimpsed a crack in his façade. I asked once if he understood the consequences of being kind to me, to which he responded, ″Raf, the brightest stars burn the fastest – I′ll love you for as long as I can.″
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21: The Angel and The Angeleno
Short StoryB × B・In this tale of love and death, Nikhil helps Rafaél live a life of no regrets in just 21 days. Rafaél is an Icarus, the most recent from an ancient bloodline of ephemeral angels born of the ocean. On December 21st, 2021, he rose from the sea o...
