Hizashi was staring at the stage with a unreadable expression. Kurenai was going to have a word with Ena later but then she realized she had another performance to worry about. "Oh no...Aishi!"
The lights suddenly went out and Shota's eyes adjusted as the crowd whistled and chanted the name Spider Lily over and over.
Suddenly a spotlight softly shined on the center of the stage. The fine layer of water and vases of Spider Lilies that were placed along the edge of the stage only added to the mysterious charm of Aishi Chiwa.
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"The red spider lily is portrayed as the "flower of heavens" in Buddhist scripture. However, it is also known as the "flower of the dead" and "flower of sorrowful memories". They say poetry is moving to the mind and heart...care to hear my poem of a sorrowful lost love."
She hummed a rhythm and Hizashi felt her eye on him as she continued to sit with her back facing the crowd and her head turned to look over her shoulder.
Here's to the broken hearted To cold nights that are harder to endure Without the warm arms of comfort The loneliness chills her down to the bone
Living life in a boring routine When her dreams offer only tears of grief Over precious memories that are no more Dancing is her only source of peace
Here's to the broken hearted To those who stare at old photographs all alone With pain in their eyes and trembling hands The woman with tears of grief and the man with a numbing ache in his heart The damage is done, but their hands refuse to tear their smiling faces from the photos Or delete the fond memories forever from their hearts
The desire for the truth... Leads to a betrayal of trust
Tired eyes and an irritable mind... Never leads to anything good
A mouth spitting out words like poison And the finality of a slamming door Like a venom tipped arrow straight to the heart Grief seems to be her only companion for her broken heart
They say everyone falls in love so hard When love is new and the hearts are still young A shame that no one ever prepared them For how quickly it can all fall apart
Fighting with bloody fists and a cornucopia of broken bones Leaves the man stressing over the life of his lost brother Is like a vampire draining you of all your blood Love slowly suffers
From the truth the mind tries so hard to hide Hurts deeper than the cut made by any knife Yellow eyes that mirrored the beautiful Sun Are now dimmed in their radiant shine Green eyes like jade are now like a dull unimpressive stone
Her heart longs to remember As his mind longs to forget Their souls are walking on a wire Threatening to plummet them over the edge
So here's to the broken hearted To the lover's poem of sorrow, anguish, and woe For absence makes the heart grow fonder If the man would only dare to take his second chance at love
A shame that the bird doesn't hear the fox's anguished crying Choosing to ignore her tears of grief for a shot of cheap bottom shelf Sake Will my words chip away the golden cage he placed around his heart Or will his mind continue going to war with his broken heart?
Kurenai's eyes were like the fire of the Sun as she glared at a impassive Aishi.
Ena smirked playfully and fist bumped Aishi the moment she left the stage. Akemi was seriously questioning the sanity of these women over angering their boss like that. Kurenai's tails were now six!
Shota was staring at Hizashi with a deep intensity in his black eyes. Hizashi looked emotionally numb as he stared into his empty shot glass.
He longed for another drink but the Bartender was in cohorts with Shota and threatened to knock him out if he dared take another shot glass from the waitresses trays.
He didn't think that Kurenai planned this out. Not if her reaction to Yuki-Onna's song said anything. He was irritated enough as it is seeing her again but for these women to dare to guilt trip him into talking to Kurenai while they had a job to do as heroes was just childish. He wasn't even sure if his mind could have his tongue remain civil with her if Kurenai decided to talk to him. He had his trust betrayed by her once already he wasn't keen on a repeat. And that "golden cage" he formed over his heart, might be chipped over seeing her again, but it's a far cry from being cracked and broken.
*God...I'm not sure if I'll survive this stupid mission?*
