#hikitsu

In a world where she had more value for herself, in a world where she even thought of making more selfish decisions, Takiko Okuda could have lived.

In a world where he were less brashly brave and stubbornly loyal, Tomite could have lived.

In a world where he were less self-sacrificing and would have been willing to persist without Tomite, Hikitsu would have lived.

But they never stood a fucking chance. Because these characters - everything they are, strengths and weaknesses and emotions and loves - make them who they are. And there was no other way that this story could have gone. They were doomed from the beginning.

Today’s long haired anime guy of the day, per request, is:

Like yeah, Takiko brushed it off because she knew they were only saying those things to get her to leave, but still, even if she didn't expect one or demand one, an apology was still deserved.

They broke her heart. They used her worst fears against her knowing it would break her heart. They told her they didn't believe in her, that she wasn't needed, that they didn't need her, and then Uruki came in telling her they would never be able to be together and I just??? Her face in these scenes is just heartbreaking and it infuriates me that she didn't get a real apology from any of them.

Time after Takiko recruited Hikitsu, she noticed he was very reserved. Could it have been due to his youth being a celestial warrior? Takiko heard from others about his right eye and what it does. She didn't care what other people thought.

"He is human. He feels. It is people who made him like this." She thought.

There was a chance of fate. The group rested while on their journey. Hikitsu hid and was changing his eye covering. Takiko didn't want to be rude and invade his privacy. This was her only chance to show him how she felt.

Takiko followed him secretly. She saw him sitting down, unwrapping his cloth from his face.

"Priestess!" He was too shocked to speak.

Takiko walked closer, and he turned his head.

" Don't look into my eye-" Hikitsu stopped.

Takiko smiled gently.

"I see nothing, only a person who has felt pain through his whole life." She whispered and held his face.

"It's nowonder you don't trust others. You were hurt so badly. I don't see you that way. You are beautiful."

She gently kissed his right eye.

Takiko felt tears run down his face. No one had ever been this nice to him besides his sister. All his life, his hometown set him aside for his eye, and here, this girl didn't care of it.

"Priestress... you..." He could hardly speak of his emotions inside him.

"I'm going to restore this land and stay in this universe for you, Hikitsu. I want to help heal your pain from the years. " She said softly while still holding his face.