The Black Cat and The White Tiger | 🄱🅄🄽🄶🄾 🅂🅃🅁🄰🅈 🄳🄾🄶🅂

The sky wept for the lack of light, strangled by dark clouds hovering over New York City. It was a rare moment where the streets weren't filled with people, most taking refuge from the wailing sky. A young man and a raccoon take the opportunity to amble on home, basking in the solace the rain has brought.

A scream, child-like and terrified, tears through the solitude. The man snaps his head up, a single violet eye peeking through dark bangs, confused and slightly annoyed. The raccoon chitters loudly and leaps off of the man's shoulder.

"Karl?! What-" The man reaches forward in an attempt to grab the raccoon before it could run off, missing by a hair. He curses under his breath and begins to run after the animal.

The rain falls harder, nearly blinding the man. He nearly slides off of his feet as he turns a corner, almost catching Karl.

Something, no, someone, slams into him. He falls back with a huff, landing hard on the flooded street.

Both eyes are revealed as he looks down, frowning. His expression freezes at the sight of sunset-colored eyes, terrified and lost.

Tiny hands, pale and bruised, covered in scars, reach up to grab his shirt. "Tasukete!"

Nothing is the same since.

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I've had this thought for a while, because I think Edgar deserves some love (I love both the author and this character SO much) and I also think Edgar and Atsushi would get along so well. I haven't read or watched much of BSD, but I am reading as I go, so if things are inconsistent... I'm blaming it on the canon divergence. :P

Anyways, I hope you all enjoy! Updates will be posted on Thursdays.