92: I Was Always Here

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Ariel: where are you going ?

Nana ; to see Yui.

Ariel : oh ok. Oh can I go ? I wanna see him.

Nana : ok... He asked me to meet him at a graveyard. So weird. Coincidentally, the place where Izuya is buried. I mean... Where his gravestone is anyway.

Ariel ; do you even still remember? How izuya's presence felt like.

Nana: ... Izuya's presence... His presence always felt dark like the shadows with a little warmth in it. Like...a comfortable dark spot someone hides in.

Ariel : to you. He just always felt like a dark cold spot to me. I just liked him last time because he was handsome.

Nana : sighs. Izuya is no more... Right ?

Ariel shrugged " let's go . I want to see this Yui you talk about. "

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Yui waited , standing in front of the gravestone.

Nana had reached and was confused " why is he standing there ? That's izuya's gravestone."

Ariel ; is it ?

Nana walked to Yui " why did you call me here ? "

Yui : Ariel hasn't told you ?

Nana looked at Ariel " you know her ?"

Yui ; Ariel said you remember Izuya now. Everything.

Nana nods " I do... But what has that go to do with you ?"

" Nanalise..." He takes her hand to put onto his chest, and a film of barrier breaks " can you feel me ? "

She didn't understand" huh ?"

Yui looks into her eyes. Then she understood.

This feeling... It's so familiar... This darkness ... It envelopes around me, but I don't feel afraid. It's warm and telling me it'll protect me. Even if I put my hands out and can't see my hands , this darkness won't hurt me. A comfortable place... I can always stay in...

Her tears fell " are you...izuya? "

He pulls an umbrella out from the shadows and opens it up to cover her " I am.

Nana was stunned... " My Izuya ?"

... He was always here... As Shadow Demon... As Yui...

Izuya was always here... I just never saw him...

Izuya / Yui ; I was always here.

Nana : then why didn't you tell me ?!!

" I wanted to tell you as Yui . Mephisto didn't let me. " He looked back to her eyes in sincere.

She cried and went into his embrace. She knows now. It is him she missed. Him who was always there. Him, he fell in love again and again. She squeezed him tight " I'm sorry... "

He cupped her head " it's not your fault. "

Ariel ;  really? The sugar coating. Still protective as ever.

" What does she mean ?" She looked up to him.

Ariel ; If you took the stained core , and you couldn't cleanse it internally, you could become rogue. Then...

Nana : then you'll have to kill me. That's why you're here. Right ? Ariel.

Ariel ; I don't want to kill you. It's a sick joke played by the upstairs.

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