#featuring kyle

A little while..? Who was this cat? It didn't matter.She's not my soulbond. Yet. Yet had always been the most important part of that sentence. All of the hours, days, weeks he'd spent agonizing over how he could possibly ask her, what he could give her to properly honor what she meant to him. Their souls were already intertwined, nothing had ever made him doubt that fact. The understanding that they shared that transcended mortality, reality. It had already been two years, hadn't it? Since Kyle had fled. Since he'd run from the tribes, towards a light that Firo couldn't see beyond the borders. Since he'd made Firo promise two things-- only two things. Tell my mother I'm sorry. And protect Iris and Coud. Talking to Eva had been one of the most difficult things he'd ever done. Looking out for Iris--he'd failed.And word had reached him now that Coud was nowhere to be found-- disappeared. Had he failed there, too? Shibui.Hunching his shoulders, the tortoiseshell swung his head away, biting down hard. Your soulbond killing Iris. Such an accusatory tone. He didn't appreciate it at all. It made him angry.But the pain was worse, and his heart sank to the pit of his chest. "It's none of your business," he finally responded, voice on the edge of harsh. There was a rasp in his throat, though, one that wouldn't be heard again as he turned and left.