Den of Monsters

Y2 Vol8: Reconciliation

(Lemonade chapter, some cringy stuff and few kissing here and there so beware {-_-})

(Ayano Tateyama's POV)

How bad can someone fall?...

How terribly and passionately can you be in love with a person?...

I always wondered about that back in the day and i never understood how i'd ever be in love like those in the stories.

But here i am...

My heart is beating so crazily, it's drumming sounds and my face is warming up like i am facing the sun directly even though it is night.

Beside me stands the person...the one person, the single most beloved person to me.

I love and care for many people...be it family or friends.

I adore my little siblings and forgive them often.

I enjoy my time with my friends and have fun with them

But that still doesn't come close to the type of feelings i have for him.

Kiyotaka...Kiyo...i can't believe i am so alive with you...

Whatever dark thoughts in my mind fade when i am standing close to you and what scars i bear on my body and heart...heal.

But...you left me...you let go of me, i know you did it for a reason but...was i such a burden to you?.

Was i so heavy on your mind you couldn't bear to let me loosen myself and try to ease you?...

But damn everything that happened...i couldn't care less, i love you, i love you so much and i can only pray you still feel the same as me.

I look up slightly at Kiyo and step back a little as he sighs.

His sigh makes me flinch in fear a little as he speaks up.

"You shouldn't look at me like that" he said to which my eyes widened before i gulped and responded.

"And how am i looking at you?..."

"Like you love me"

I stayed silent at his words before gripping onto my scarf and looking down.

"I am...i am in love with you" i muttered quietly to which Kiyo sighed.

"Why?, i left you. I let you fight wars alone and demanded selfishly of you to never back down, how and why can you still be like this?" he asked as he continued not making eye contact.

I took a deep breath in before letting it out as i pulled my scarf down revealing my neck.

"And i fought these wars proudly, i cruelly erased anyone and anything that may prove harmful to you...i did it because...i love you"

Kiyo stayed silent before he turned his body towards me and stared at me.

"Is this simply just your desire for protection kicking in?, or is it because you want to keep face in front of others?" he said as i looked down on the ground and my eyes widened.

"It's not?!, how can you-?!!"

I immediately stopped halfway through my sentence as i looked at Kiyo who was clenching hard onto the left side of his chest.

"Eh?...Kiyo what're you?..."

"What exactly did you do to me Ayano Tateyama?..." he muttered as he put his hand down and stepped one foot closer.

"I...I still have feelings for you, all roads led to you, even those I took to forget you. Just what the hell did you do to me?...my mind was the only thing running in me, the billions of thoughts and ideas it processed was all that mattered but now...this thing...it's beating...for you" he said to which my eyes widened as i stepped closer towards him.