lls; Setting the Sun

01 ; ボクは桃の花それとも曼珠沙華

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am I a peach blossom
or a red spider lily¹?

— ❈ —

⠀Tomoya sat by a bench on the bridge, enjoying the breeze that the night brings. The events has taken an extreme turn, even him seemed to hesitated of Masamune and his decisions.

⠀Setting the Sun project is executed smoothly, and soon they will touch Europe and America, after confirming that Asia is fallen to his hands. He is like, Asian Adolf Hitler, but sure not the same.

⠀like Hitler, he's soon surrounded from the Allies and of course he never left his sinking ship.

⠀But will Masamune the same?

⠀Too bad he cannot sees the future.

⠀"Tomoya—"

⠀The dual-blue eyed man sees the one he thought, as he sits beside him. He never seen signs of regret and grieve, even after he delivered shots to the first daughter of Kurosawa² just three days ago.

⠀"Masamune-san, have you show regret, after you killed someone whose family watching them killed by you?"

⠀Tomoya sure likes to risk everything in line. Sure he regrets to ask that question, he could've lost his head after that. Masamune, however,  just stays silent as Tomoya sees he's just observing his cane.

⠀"How odd you've asked that question, Tomoya. Are you talking about what I did to that girl?"

⠀That girl, Kurosawa Dia.

⠀"Yes. Your— ex-right hand— seemed to be in an unpleasant mood after that."

⠀"You should know that I have the slight same experiences in my mother's family when I was younger—"

⠀He stopped. Tomoya didn't asks him to go further, he knows the risk. Tomoya stands up, and helping his master to come up too. At least, he has to do something to keep him not thinking about things.

⠀"I didn't have work to do, Masamune-san, what are your orders?"

⠀"Go take a shower or something. And also, take a visit to Maki?" he asks, as he leaves the bridge onto the decks below

⠀Tomoya then soon follows, making his way to the shower rooms. He prefers to have cold water running through the shower, but this time he tuned in for hot water instead. As he showers, he observes his arms, calloused from the experiment, such as needle marks and medicine trails leaving his lightly burned skin a bit of blemish.

⠀' These bruises are an eyesore... Maybe I should tend to it later. '

⠀After he's done, he goes to the medical ward to treat his bruises, the stand-by doctor there didn't asks him where did he got them, so he just treats the wound with an alcohol-dipped cotton ball.

⠀Unexpectedly, Tomoya lets out a low groan. He immediately tells the doctor that he's fine. His habits are taking in again... After that, he swings off to somewhere place. He's afraid, afraid of something.

⠀About the girl with the magenta eyes he knew too much.

— ❈ —

⠀"—ko-chan! Yoshiko—" an echo bouncing off to the insides of her hearing

⠀The one who is called Yoshiko, suddenly wakes up and sits. Her chest heaving up and down in a rapid speed, as she focuses on what and how and where—