" ...I envy you, nee-san. " Sakura's voice was weak, weaker than ever as she refused to look up, her long purple hair obscuring her face — the tears that fell to the ground and wet the floor being evidence of the fact she was crying. " You can be anything, and you can have anything you wish for. But I — I'm just destined to be a monster for the rest of my life. "
unprompted. || always accepting
─「凛」─ the voice that came from the female in front of her was barely above a whisper, but the TOHSAKA HEIRESS could hear every syllable of it loud and clear. it was like the words themselves echoed within the fragile wall of glass, bouncing against the BREAKABLE wall trapping the speaker inside. if the way those delicate shoulders shook uncontrollably and the droplets tainting the ground between them didn’t tell of her state already.
and the MAGUS stood there, frozen, feeling as though each word being uttered was a knife through her lungs and heart. it was getting difficult to breathe, the more she spoke. envy her ? for what ? the inquiry itself were STUCK in her throat, while the organ in her left chest tighten agonizingly. be anything she wished for ? no. no.
a tohsaka cannot be anything but a MAGUS.
that was what she was, that was what she is, what she was born to be, what she was taught and raised to be. nothing more nothing less. there was no choice, no wish, nothing.
“ you’re wrong. ” was the only thing that left her lips before her arms came around the other, pulling her into a TIGHT EMBRACE and guided her by the back of her head to rest her face to her shoulder. this was what she had always wanted to do, this was what she was prevented from doing because they were no longer SIBLINGS. the thought itself caused the heiress to grit her teeth, holding the other even TIGHTER as if it reinforced her sentence that was to follow.
“ you’re never a monster. ” blood is thicker than water, and they were still sisters no matter what. no matter if her father had given HER away to ANOTHER FAMILY. sakura is not a matou, she’s a tohsaka.
“ you’re my sister, sakura. you’re my younger sister, nothing is going to change that. ”