Curse named human

Curse named human - Part 25 / 40

Song to this chapter: 07 - -soil- (Kaoru & Toshiya's theme)

† Curse named human †

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Part 25

Does it hurt where your heart has once been?

The whole story of Taro's past life made Toshiya speechless. Maybe it was this intimate, extreme memory of him which showed Toshiya how naive he had been for all these years. Assuming that he was the only one suffering and feeling deep pain.... No, every existing being experienced it one way or the other but everyone carried it differently. There was nothing more to say, even thanking him for sharing his story seemed like a burden at this moment. So after Taro was done, Toshiya simply pulled him into an embrace, thanking Taro with a nod and showing him respect for sharing it with him. Taro gasped when he saw Toshiya's wet eyes and he touched him by his cheek carefully.

"Don't cry over us. It's in the past and we learned from it."

"I know... I just," he paused, "hope that one day I will be able to carry my experiences they way you do."

"It's not a question of ability Toshiya, it's a matter of perspective. You decide that it won't hurt you anymore."

With that said, Toshiya, who was the youngest soul of them, just nodded. It sounded so simple but it was yet a concept hard for him to grasp.

"So Taro, after all these years, the concept of feeling and having emotions.... is it something Angels gain control over? Because obviously it is a thing of the brain..."

"And the heart." Taro smiled.

At that moment Taro's little green mobile phone started buzzing on the bed and broke the silence. They both knew who this call was coming from.

"He's a really nice person, your protege." Toshiya said.

"He's unbelievable, a miracle! He's so inspired by his surroundings and nature..."

Toshiya started to smile and didn't dream of stopping Taro bragging about him. After a short while, Taro realized Toshiya's ear to ear beam and stopped abruptly.

"Oh don't look at me like that!"

"Like what?" It highly amused Toshiya.

"Like... like that!"

"Like you are-"

"Don't say it! Don't even dare thinking of it!" There was something dark in Taro's gaze. Like he feared something.... maybe the depths of his own so called feelings.

"It is not my right to judge and I will never dare to." Toshiya made it clear. "I'm sorry Taro but I can't help it. The two of you are so lovely together... I've never seen something like that before."

Taro calmed down and searched for an explanation. "I can imagine how it seems like to an outsider but it's just my nature. I love good human beings and enjoy being with them. That is just me acting like I always do. Happily I can say that I found my mate a long time ago."

A moment of silence followed which was full of unspoken thoughts from both of them. Toshiya, realizing that it was too early for Taro to talk about it and Taro defending his feelings for Aoi. It wasn't Toshiya's right to judge and God knows he would never dare to but the more reasons Taro held against his current situation, the more it started to sound unreal and rather wanted than actually being.