Ribbons and Chains

[We're Bonded For Life]

   The sandy beaches glistened under the setting of the summer sun as Yua Fujimoto walked along the beach. Breathing in the summer air, she turned to the sky to embrace it's beauty.  Looking up at the sky,  she noticed a bright shooting star.  Mesmerized by its brightness,  she didn't notice the star was heading in her direction. She didn't even flinch when the impact of the fall flew her backwards,  into the sand. All she could do was stare upward in astonishment at the tall man holding another young man, unconscious as it seems, by his collar. The tall man who had while hair, and glowing red eyes, looking at her, and smiling.

She didn't understand how this event would change her life...

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"Yuaaa! Its time to go on break!" A voice from the upstairs apartment yelled from the top of the stairs.

"Alright Shirley. I'll be out on the beach for a bit." Yua called from the bottom of the stairs.

   Yua exited the cafe and headed down the main road to the norther shore a ways from the cafe. She was always calmed when she was with the sea. Its a silly coping mechanism, but Yua was taught the most beautiful things in life were natural.

   Some days Yua would engulf herself in the ocean, a personal utopia to her. She seemed to swim so free and relaxed at those moments.

   Yua stopped by the side of the road when she started to see the ocean. She breathed the fresh air in and was enamored with the sea's glistening appearance.

   Unfortunately, there seemed to be quite a number of people there, enjoying the daybreak against the reflective sea. But Yua had to be here. She pushed through some people to sit at her favorite spot and look up at the sky.

Yua sure was a dreamer.

But she never dreamed of the events that that were to befall her today.

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   When the man opened his mouth, his voice, clear and straight, said to the young girl Yua,

      "Ah, you look interesting. Might I give you an important thing for you to take care of? It wont be bothersome at all, I assure you!" His smile grew wider, as if to convey a sense of truthfulness. Yua sat there, confused.

   The tall man impatiently continued. 

      "No matter, im sure you'll take good care of it." The man quickly walked up to Yua, as he gently reached for her hand and held it in his hand.

    "Yes im sure you will be a fine caregiver to .. it."

as he held up the unconscious boy's hand and by some strange power, a flash happened. Yua was blinded for a moment. Blinking roughly, she had regained her sight. Her wrist felt bounded and heavy.

Strangly, she had bracelet latch onto her wrist.

   Gently lowering the young man down to the floor,  he smiled at Yua and said " This way you'll be together forever." He happily said. Then he arose, and like the wind that picks up the sand on the beach,

he was gone.

   Yua looked around, trying to wonder if people had just seen what happened to her.

She turned to find the beach totally empty, save for her and the young boy.

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Yua slammed the door behind her and locked it.

She hadn't been so confused in her life.

The unconscious  boy's limp body came to mind as Yua slumped against the door.

What the hell happened? Yua was playing the events over in her head.

   A man had came from the sky and left her there with a dead boy.

   Yua had checked his pulse at the time and evidently, he had none. At the time, she was so shocked that she screamed. Weirdly enough, the beach was still at that moment.

   The people were gone, too. It seemed like that moment, when the white haired man appeared, all life had become still, vanishing even.

   Yua became scared, out of nature usually, and ran.

She went back to the cafe, saying not a word until the end of her shift.

   Climbing up from the doorway, Yua decided to get to bed asap to sleep and forget all that happened today. Stripping down to her undergarments,  she climbed into bed. Nuzzling against the pillows, she started to drift off into sleep.

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'Hey' a voice called.

   Yua ignored it as she kept drifting off into slumber.

'Don't ignore me. We're bonded for life.'

   Thinking that it was only her mind playing tricks on her, she covered her ears.

'I know who you are. I know what you look like. You were there today, at the beach. Don't ignore me.'

   Yua's eyes shot open at the call.

'Ah~~~ I got your attention now? Good.' The voice chuckled in the distance.

Jumping out of her bed, she looked around vigorously for whoever it was in her house.

'Are you looking for me? Im not there'

The voice was much clearer now.

'But I'm coming to see you. Please, let me explain-' He started.

Yua's hearing started to muffle at that sentence. Her mind started to flood with terrible thoughts.

     'Was he a stalker?'

     'Is he messing with me?'

Yua began to panic. Trying to find her phone, she froze as she heard a light knock on the door.