You left... - Akuatsu

Prologue

(They're twelve and the same age)

"Aku? What are you doing?"

Akutagawa, or Aku, looked back at Atsushi, his heart breaking, knowing what he was doing is wrong.

"Nothing, don't worry about it. Just grabbing some spare food for Gin, she's getting sick again."

"Ok, just don't get caught. I hope she feels better. See you tomorrow."

Aku looked away, he couldn't bear to see those beautiful yellow and purple eyes shining with such trust. He didn't deserve that trust. Not with what he was about to do.

"Yeah, goodnight."

As Atsushi turns around, a single tear runs down Aku's cheek. He didn't want to leave him, but Gin would die if she stayed here for much longer. It was his job as the oldest to look after her. He could still remember his mother's dying words.

---Flashback---

A young, sickly woman lies on the rickety bed. She was a beauty, she had stolen many hearts when she was well. But her once glossy black hair now lay limp, the spark in her eyes was gone.

She was dying.

"Mum! Please don't die! We need you!"

A small boy, around 5 or 6, crouches next to the bed. Tears are streaming down his face. The young woman slowly reaches out her hand to grasp his in hers. A small smile is on her face, full of longing.

"Ryuunosuke, don't cry. I'm going to die, but you have to keep living. Protect your sister. Protect her with your life-"

She was cut off with a fit of her own coughing.

"Mum!"

"I love you son."

And with those last words, Fuku Niihara took her last breaths."

---End Flashback---

Akutagawa looked back at the orphanage one last time, Gin on his back. And looking back, he made one promise.

"Atsushi, I will save you. I will find a job, get a house and I will find you. No matter how far apart. I will find you, and I will save you."

With those last words, Akutagawa left. Left the orphanage, left the Headmaster, but, most importantly, he left Atsushi.

I was going to wait until Friday but...

I am really impatient.