Sweetness of The Stars

The Star Painted in Red

"Ahh!"

"What's wrong Goldy? Another nightmare?"

"Yeah." It was another dream about Ayano, and the adventures we had together, only for her to disappear forever.

We hid out in the sewer systems under the city, which I am pretty sure is the best place to go to since the police is probably on our tails and have already contacted my parents.

The sewer tunnel we made into a home was surprisingly dry and only reeked of sewage a little bit, but it was bearable. I had just woken up from a horrible dream, and subsequently thrashed the bed we made from stacking old blankets by me tossing and turning. It's not a very good life we live now, but at least it's never dark since Star is almost always glowing in white light.

"So what's for breakfast?" I slid off my bed and scooted right next to Star, who dug his hands into an ice box.

"We still have some sandwiches I stole from the store the other day, and we have some potato chips." Star pulled out the sandwiches and the chips and held them out on his hands.

"I'll have a sandwich," I yawned while I snatched it from his cold hands.

We've been living a strange life since that fateful night, and god I wish things could go back to normal. It's been so bad finding food that Star had to resort to stealing from stores, although it was a good idea by him to do so since he can't be caught.

I chomped down onto the sandwich but was met with a wet and slimy surprise. A disgusting one. The sandwich was loaded with slices of tomatoes which were horrid! It was like biting into a wet sponge, so bland and flavorless.

"What's with the funny face?" Star eyed me down as he stuffed his face with potato chips, his eyes dazzling after every bite so subliminally. His eyes might even shine brighter than his whole body.

I pulled out a huge damp slice of tomatoes and waved it over his face to look at, just until he recalled something and began to apologize right away.

"Heh, I'm sorry. I must've gave you my sandwich instead. I was wondering why there wasn't any tomatoes in mine."

"It's not a big deal, just take the tomatoes." I pulled out the slick and slimy tomato slices from my sandwich and dropped them into Star's hand, and he gobbled them all up like they were candy.

"Still..." said Star, still chewing on the tomatoes that filled his mouth up to the brim. "I'm still surprised you killed somebody, didn't think you'd have the balls to do so."

Now that I look back on it, I really did kill someone. I had full control over my body at that moment, but I never stopped the sword from killing Aki. It wasn't my intention, it was those voices residing within me. They wanted her dead not me. Maybe Star knows more on these voices.

"I didn't want to kill her, it was these voices. While I was fighting her, these voices kept talking to me, and helped me fight. They even took control over my body and summoned a sword from thin air."

Star sat still with his legs crossed on the cold cement floor, dumbfounded. His was gaping open while he attempted to imagine what had unfolded on that day. It's hard to imagine it I'm guessing. Heck, even I'm having trouble seeing if it's real or if I'm just schizophrenic. Guessing from Star's reacting, I'm actually not.

"Wait... How? How can you, a human, do something like that? Weapon summoning are exclusive to the Star Guardians." Stars was beginning to be speechless.

"Yeah, that's what I was thinking, but I can't do it on command. It seems I can only do it when those inexplicable voices are in control. Perhaps I can teleport too?"