My Revelation {Mikayuu}

Unconscientious. [21]

I've never been elbowed in the nose by my literature professor, but I'm assuming there's an opportunity for everything at this point. She had regretted it the moment she struck me, a desperation mingling along with it perfectly. Yu was at my side as Iris had raced down the side of the cliff, all but screaming to the falling figure.
"Are you okay? Did she hurt you?" He was already bombarding me with concerns. I lifted two fingers to my nose, pulling it away as blood the color of mercury dropped down my chin.
"I'm fine." My words contradicted my bleeding nose, but I did feel fine. Just a stinging feeling. He pursed his lips, but I gave him no time to argue. I was already racing after Iris. He muttered something about how the way I was speaking could get me killed. The moment we hit the sand, a loud splash alerted us of the person finally reaching Earth.

Iris was swimming before I could have even processed the situation. Of course, I went after her. Yu hesitated, and decided against going. He seemed to have feared a situation I didn't see.

Think, Mikaela, think. She's desperate to get to this man who you had never seen in your life. She keeps muttering angrily about something not working. She was touching her ring.

Oh.

The ring.

Lucas.

Oh, no.

That wasn't good. A splash distantly behind me was the only indication that Yuu had acted on impulse and went after me. Then my head vanished beneath the water.

I hate salt water. I hate the way it hurts my eyes, I hate the feel, and I hate the salty taste that poisons my throat like acid. I hate how everything that can go wrong always happens at this little entrance to the ocean.
And most of all- I hated how it gave me a sense of calm. An awareness of my surroundings. Right now, it was obvious. Iris was swimming deeper and deeper into the dark water, going after the man whose sandy blond hair was flowing in all directions. Short and messy, I knew. His tan skin had splotches of vitiligo adorning him. A green shine caught my eye from his ear. His emerald earring flickered faintly. A small glow that was struggling. It traveled to Iris's direction as she neared, a hope in the both of them. I knew my professor's breath was starting to fade, oxygen straining to keep her conscious. She would obviously be aware of such things. Even through that, she grabbed her Fiance's wrist and began to swim upwards with not the most satisfactory results. I saw bubbles cascade from her mouth, my own, and a few from the limp man she was hauling upwards. I took his other hand, the bugging fact that my oxygen was running out as well now a white noise. Evading death seemed to be a talent of mine, so it was not a huge concern to me. Of course, it was Yu's largest concern, so he was staring at me from the surface of the water, holding out a hand. His eyes were wide with concern and fear as they darted quickly to my struggling teacher who seemed to want to cry, the bulky man near death beneath us, and remaining on me for a long while. Iris looked at me, too. I didn't know if she wanted to scream at me or thank me. Really hard to tell when your vision's blurry.

With Yu's assistance we had managed to pull Lucas to the sand. Something about his expertise in that department told me he's done the same before. Iris should have been coughing any swallowed water up like I currently was, but she instantly began giving her fiancé CPR. If that isn't love I don't know what is. Of course that thought only occurred afterwards. At that moment I was too dumbstruck by the fact that Iris was engaged to someone like myself.

Someone who knew what I was.

"He isn't going to live." Yu's ghostly quiet voice was the only thing that brought me from my trance. He was sad. And... pitiful?
"How do you know?"
He shook his head. "I can feel it. It's kind of stupid, but the source of his power is far more dim than yours."
Now that he mentioned it, the earring was in fact glowing distantly. As if it was holding on. Lucas coughed water out of his mouth. But he didn't get up. His brown eyes cracked open, almost all of the light vanished from them. She gasped, grinning broadly. He gave a weak smile in response. Then he winced. Yu put a hand on my shoulder. My temples pulsed, four heartbeats echoing in my mind. Mine, speeding up with every passing second, Yu's steady beat that was a symphony in itself, Iris's speeding heart that slowed quickly. Lucas's fading heartbeat. I felt a dim force from him. An aura. A sense of familiarity. He spoke only once as he kissed the back of her hand, laughing roughly.

"I couldn't leave without saying goodbye to my most favorite person."
"But you're fine. You're talking to me right now."
A wry smile.
"You're too stubborn. That's why I love you so..." His heartbeat stopped after a sudden jolt. A shocking pain ran through his body that I felt with a familiarity. The realization hit Iris like a storm, her heartbeat racing. The heart wrenching cry she released mere seconds later made my mind strain at the harsh sound. She put her head in her hands. She didn't acknowledge us. She looked to the silhouetted land far in the sky silently. Her limp hands lifted. Lifted until they were firmly grasped around her neck. I was too frozen in shock to comprehend anything. My reflexes were failing me. The hand on my shoulder vanished just as I heard rushing footsteps. Marco loudly arguing with Tetsuya. Min telling them to shut up. My friends. They stopped dead at the beach. At the sight I knew would scar so many of us. Of me, standing frozen in the sand with my hair stuck to my face, eyes wide, the limp body in front of Iris, whom was strangling herself. Yu racing over to her.

That day, I finally understood Romeo's suicide upon seeing his dead lover.

"Iris. Stop." Yu's voice was loud. It startled me, but not enough to summon me from my shock. She did not acknowledge him. "He's dead. I know. You're desperate. But killing yourself isn't a bright decision. I thought he loved you because of your mindset of choosing the right decision? What about your child? You need to think. Don't act on impulse." The voice of a prince.

Then my mind went blank.

Child?

Yu's hands encased Iris's. He stared at him with a serious expression I had never seen. Her tear strained face gazed up at him.
"I can't live without him." She choked out.
"Yes you can. And you will." He sternly said.
"He's my soulmate."

"Then he would want you to live."

Her hands went limp, ever so slightly.

"Think. He always wanted what's best for you."

She allowed him to take away her hands from her throat, now red.

"Mika, what's happening?" Alan asked in fear.
"Why is Lucas unconscious?" Chi inquired.

"I don't know." Were the three words my throat had strained out. I began sobbing. Why? Many reasons. None are certain. Possibly the entire situation. Of watching the first person to take their time to explain everything of the world to me try to end their life in desperation.

Watching the one person who could tell me everything about the world I once lived in die.

Min, Marco and Tetsuya looked very concerned, viewing the three of us collapsed on the beach. Yu was consoling Iris in a low voice. She was sobbing into his shoulder.

I was in a hysteria.

The fates are cruel.

So cruel.

I just wanted to learn about what I was. What the pain I always felt meant, why Yu could share my power.

Was that so God damn much to ask?