Flowers For An Old Friend; DabiHawks (DISCONTINUED)

Chapter 2; Tinted Gardenia

*Hawks POV*

"Touya! Where are you?" I called out down the alley. No response. I just saw him, where did he go? I finally found him, I can't loose him again.

"Touya, come back!" There was no echo. Weird.

"Touy-" I tripped over something and rolled onto the ground. As soon as I hit the ground, I turned to look at whatever I tripped on. It was a person. A teenaged boy. I knew who it was, but why was he here? Why was he only fifteen?

"Touya." I scrambled over to the boy. His hair was stained crimson with blood, but he was awake. Staring straight up into the sky with his turquoise eyes. I waved my hand infront of his face quickly, but there was no response.

"Shit, okay, I'll get you out of here." His eyes turned to me, staring straight into mine.

"You said you wouldn't let anyone hurt me again. Why would you lie to me?" I froze, remembering my promise from twelve years ago.

"I did."

"But where am I now?"

"I don't know."

"I don't either." Without a warning, he erupted into flames, bright blue. I jumped away from him, hearing his screams echo through my skull. I clamped my hands over my ears tightly and screwed my eyes shut.

"No! Stop, Touya please. I'm trying, I promise I'm trying. I'm going to find you." The screams didn't stop. I wanted them to stop. I wanted him to stop screaming in pain and be with me again.

"I'm going to find you, you're close. I can feel it! I'm so close, just don't give up on me, please." I begged, the screams didn't stop, but I could hear his voice through it.

"Not if I find you first."

It stopped. The fire, the screams, everything. They all stopped. But his words didn't. In my head, I could hear them.

"Not if I find you first." What did it mean?

I looked back at Touya, but he was gone. Nothing was left. I was alone. I didn't move until I heard footsteps beside me. I turned to see a shadow. I couldn't tell what it was, just that it had turquoise eyes. Just like Touya's.

I didn't see it's mouth until it opened. Sharp teeth lined the mouth with flowers sat inside. They looked so delicate. The eyes widened and the smile grew threateningly. I still didn't move from my spot as the shadow got closer.

It looked like a person, definitely. But I couldn't tell it apart from everything else. Was it Touya's shadow? It's smile didn't look possible. It was too wide and the teeth were too sharp.

It couldn't be Touya. It just couldn't. He never smiled that way.

No, this shadow was just a shadow, right?

It started to laugh, a deep, threatening laugh. The flowers spilled onto the ground with each laugh. The petals were white, but with a small hint of blue. The shadow barred it's teeth, crushing the rest of them in it's mouth. Red liquid that looked like blood ran from the punctures in the petals.

It looked at me with wide eyes, ready to attack. And so I ran. Faster, faster faster. It was behind me, right behind me. It was getting fast, catching up.

I was pulled down to the ground, but I didn't feel the thing. I felt weight on my chest, but not the shadow. It stood above me with a foot on my chest in victory. Blood and flower petals started to fall from it's mouth once more, this time falling around me.

This is where I die, isn't it? By the hand of some shadow beast that makes flowers bleed. I closed my eyes in defeat.

My alarm rung into my ears suddenly, causing me to jerk awake. I was alone, no shadow beast monster thing chasing me. I was safe in my room.

Not for long though. I had to get ready for my job as a hero. As soon as I left my room, I wasn't safe. Hell, I wasn't safe in here either.

I kept having the same stupid dream about Touya and the Shadow. Each time, I would watch him burn to nothing, then get chased by the shadow monster. I was always awake before it did anything to me, but every night it got me faster. If it kept up with this pattern, I would probably get caught and killed or whatever it was chasing me for.

I shook my head to rid the thoughts from my mind as I stood up. I had started to feel a little weird the past few days. Not good, not bad, just weird. I didn't like it. This time, however, I felt like there was something in my throat. so I started to cough to clear my throat, but that didn't work. With a sigh, I started to take a shower and get dressed.

I combed through my hair and put on eyeliner to make the lines naturally around my eyes darker. Again, I had another coughing fit. This time, I felt something stab at my lungs.

"Shit." I hissed, starting to hack something loose from my throat. I thought nothing of it until I felt something soft on my tongue. I spat it out onto the counter imediently and froze once I saw what it was.

A single gardenia petal sat on the counter. It was while, but tinted blue just like the flowers from my dreams. I knew they were gardenia petals as soon as I saw it. It was Touya's favorite flower.

However, I wasn't confused at the sudden appearance of the petal, I was horrified. I knew what that meant. I was dying.

I had never lost my feelings for Touya after seven years, but he had supposedly died all those years ago. Why was I just now coughing up flowers?

I never believed he was actually dead. He couldn't have been. They said he killed himself, but why? I knew why, of course, but I still refused to believe that he would leave me like that. It never felt like he was gone, so he wasn't. Right?

Quickly, I brushed the petal off the counter and into the trash. I was a hero, I couldn't be worried about some stupid flowers growing from my lungs. I had to be there for people. Besides, if I stayed inside worrying about a death that was going to come anyway, how would I be able to look for Touya?

Without looking back to the trash where the petal now lay, I headed out the door. I needed to go get my mind off of it. Off of him.

Of off Touya, my old friend.

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