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The metallic stench filling up Qiran's lungs was far too familiar to be confused for else: blood.

Not theirs, but oh - how they wished It was.

How they wished they weren't on the cold, rough ground, deep into Nadaka's silent, dark forest, clinging to their loved one's now red-stained body, rocking him back and fourth, tears falling on Shou's face, just like drops of rain.

An huge wound that originated from the right side of his neck to his abdomen was threatening to paint the ground red. His breathing worsened as the seconds went on, whereas his heartbeat began to slow down.

The moonlight did not touch the pair, almost as though it wanted to keep them hidden.

Neither of them could talk: one barely holding It togheter, the other closer to Mors's touch. Not even Nephele herself could bestow him protection, after all, what protection could she give for him? A surviving offspring of both a demon and an human, an union unprecedented yet deplorable?

No matter whether they'd invoke her name, she wouldn't have replied to their prayers. Not now, not ever.

Qiran knew they had to act fast, as they couldn't allow panic to swallow them even more, making them shake and weep further. They knew they had to go somewhere - anywhere else, but they couldn't leave his lover in those conditions either.

When their eyes met his, realising how their loved one was falling both in and out of conciousness,as he battled quietly for his life, they knew what they had to do.

Qiran gently raised the man's head, as they came even closer to their lover. After a moment of hesitation, they leaned their other arm over to Shou's mouth.

"SHOU -!"

They panicked, as their breath increased and so did their heartbeat.

"- Listen to me! Demons need blood, right?!? You do as well, don't you!?"

Qiran soon followed with a pause.

"Then if so - just...please...?"

They begged, as they leaned their arm even closer.

They could see a glimpse of pure fear through Shou's widened eyes, however, when he tried to talk, to avoid the inevitable, he could not. A mouth open, without any sound.

The only thing coming from his mouth was a faint, quiet panting, soon accompaigned by the sound of drops hitting the ground.

He had just begun to cry. He couldn't do it.

Qiran quietly hushed them, as they slowly started to caress his face. Shou had tried to keep his eyes shut and pretend not listen to his partner's proposal, to no avail. His head was quickly brought back up, however their arm was far closer than It was before.

He opened his eyes, staring at theirs once more.

Shou knew that he would have never forgived himself if he were to die in their arms, and leave them alone to sob until they physically could. Qiran gave him an encouraging nod, their eyes trying not to pour as they waited for an answer.

After gathering up enough courage, he opened his mouth, a pair of long, sharp canines emerging as soon as Shou's mouth made contact with Qiran's arm. His heartbeat was now increasing with every moment passing.

Then, he bit It, his eyes closing altogheter.

He sunk his teeth into their sweaty flesh, trying not to cut too deep, as he needed blood to flow from the fresh bite. However, as soon as he gulped a few drops from the bite, he felt like he had just gained another life.

The adrenaline rush made him thrust in even more, as with every gulp a part of his wound healed. He was in a state of bliss, up until he opened his eyes, and soon noticed how Qiran's head faced the other way, as they trembled, writhing in pain.

Shou stopped, realising how much he gave in. The sharp, shooting pain was the only thing occupying their mind, as they felt their energies fading more and more as they felt their blood pouring. They swear It had reached their hand for how much they were losing.

He slowly raised his head, his canines abbandoning the flesh he had just damaged. His wound had pratically healed itself, disappearing altogheter. He gasped for air, almost as though he had been underwater for quite a bit of time.

Shou was now sitting, slowly getting used to his sorroundings. Yet, the same couldn't be said for Qiran. Their wound was pouring as much if not more than his, as they felt weaker and weaker.

Neither had something to treat it, or to wrap it in. However, that's when Shou noticed just how long his own robes were, followed by a quick -

- Slash.

He had just torn off part of his sleeve with his nails, as he was fast to wrap it around the biting point.

No exchange of words was needed. The silence around them almost seemed reassuring, peaceful, even.

"We cannot stay here."

That's how Shou broke the silence, as his voice sounded much more like a whisper, with an hint of worry and agitation.

"Before anyone else gets hurt - we have to go."

He paused, looking up to Qiran. They had closed their eyes, and had let their body fall upon Shou's. He immidately reacted, making sure they wouldn't fall on the ground, holding them by the sides of their torso.

Soon though, that transformed into an embrace. The two silently held onto eachother.

"Oh, darling...

How shall I ever repay you?"

He did not expect an answer, but he was given one.

"You did - you already did.

I would not trade this moment,

this memory,

for as long as I'm alive."

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𝐀𝐠𝐞: 𝐀𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟎-𝟑𝟎𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞

𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬: 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧

𝐌𝐛𝐭𝐢: 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐣

𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫: 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐞 (𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫)

𝐒𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: 𝐀𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥, 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜

𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: 𝟏.𝟕𝟒𝐦 (𝟓'𝟖 ½ 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭)

𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲:

𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐲, 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥,𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝-𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧.

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐟, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮'𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞.

𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬.

𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫,𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧.

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𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲:

𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝, 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝'𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐘𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐚'𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭 , 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 '𝐠𝐨𝐝𝐬,' 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬.

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐲𝐦𝐧𝐢, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲. 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐧'𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐢𝐧, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 "𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐲" 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐟 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 (𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐬, 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐈𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝).

𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞, 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 - 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐝,

𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝.

𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲...𝐈𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥. 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞'𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝.

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐟𝐚𝐫, 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐤𝐚'𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐭. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨, 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐈𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬, 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐣𝐨𝐛𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨, 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧.

𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐚 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬...

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𝐅𝐮𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐚.

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐲-𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬. 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥.

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐟𝐟.

𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐲, 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭, 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐥 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐭.

𝐇𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭, 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬.

𝐇𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭. 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦(𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐗𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠).

𝐇𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐲. 𝐀𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐈𝐬 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮'𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭.

𝐇𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 "𝐘𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐚'𝐬 𝐢𝐫𝐞" 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞.

𝐀𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐬 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐬 𝐝𝐨---

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Background -

He's another orphan of Black Swan Bay, originally from South Italy.

His parents suddently disappeared when he was around 10, and through third party operations he was transferred there.

It was extremely hard to fit in, both due to the language barrier and to the different climate.

For the first years Kayn comunicated through body language and hand signs, though at the same time made the effort to learn the language.

(Speaking of which; he never became that fluent in russian, and while he IS better at english, he's not flawless by any means.)

Nevertheless, he endured, and started to get along with the kids there. A little goody two shoes, always eager to help, yet one of the clumsiest people you could ever find there.

Though he was young by all means, all the other children looked at him kind of like an older brother, someone to look up to as well as talk your heart out.

Time passes, and at 19 years the main draja plot starts, which Kayn mostly follows till the Tagamaghara part.

The only difference is that he always keeps an heart locket in his pocket, a small picture of some Kids playing in the snow, to remind himself of his second home.

Personality

He always looks for the best in people, convinced there's always a light in all of us. Kayn is the definition of an hopeless optimist, which granted gets him into a LOT of trouble, especially if said 'search for good' is in the middle of an ambush.

He's extremely stubborn, however. You can't change his mind if he's set on something, no matter how silly or insane It might sound.

Despite his age, he's still pretty gullible, though that doesn't mean he's slow by any means. He just..kind of forgets sometimes that people can manipulate. Or lie. Or just do batshit crazy stuff.

He tends to invade other's personal space, and is generally oblivious to that, unless it's pointed out. He's always physically close to the people he cares about, and he's rarely found alone.

Clothing style

Kayn likes to mostly wear warm tones, anything that is baggy and comfortable is his way to go.

He always has a pair of glasses on the top of his head, but he never seems to use them.

He has earrings!! Though he doesn't really customize them. He prefers to change between necklaces and face accessorizes, though.

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Now, I originally wanted to write basically everything that happends to him, but since I am NOT writing about 33 ish minutes of an italian audio

(this is the proof . My bf Is a saint for actually listening to It),

I decided to briefly write about his relationships with the main cast.(as well as an abridged version with Ruri)

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Relationships

Mingfei:

Didn't have the best impression of him, and was pretty annoyed of having to go back and forth for his sake.

Still, Kayn started to get along whenever they went out after college hours. As of now they're pretty buddy buddy with eachother.

Mingze:

He hasn't really met him so :(. Though being with a murderous gender ambigious guy doesn't really put him in the right to judge, even if he wanted to.

Zihang:

At first, he couldn't get through him, at all. Maybe Kayn's stupidly positive remarks got on his nerves, but he did always stay in the vicinity, even at night, so they found comfort in that.

Though they aren't extremely close by any means, they're cool about it.

Ceasar:

IMMIDIATELY bonded over the fact they were both from South Italy. Kayn really wants to like the guy, but sometimes he's an handful, even for him.

Nevertheless, they're pretty friendly, and might plan to come back home with the whole group.

Nono:

Apart from his first Cassel visit, he hasn't seen her much else. She does occasionally show up and they're amicable, but not much else.

Finger:

Mostly the same thing as Mingfei, though slightly closer since he has helped him into rewriting some gossip articles.

Anjou:

Doesn't really agree with all his plans, and sometimes does end up arguing hard with the guy, but he's pretty neutral about him. Granted Kayn Is grateful for the opportunity he was given, but he's still skeptical.

Zero:

Kayn was so confused and heartbroken so casually see her after all this time, and knowing she did not look for him. Despite that, after canon the two started to re-getting to know eachother better, and are on much better terms.

She sometime drops by, just to see how he's doing, and other times Kayn does the same. They might not be as close as they used to be, but they still care, and It shows.

Erii:

He doesn't see her often, but he enjoys playing videogames with her everytime he can.

He enjoys staying with her a lot, but doesn't want his feelings to interfer with her new life with her brothers, as broken or complex It may be.

Chisei:

It's complicated. Mostly negative, but understanding. Somewhat. They're pretty cordial, though.

Chime:

It's even MORE complicated.

(I never mentioned before but, since in Kayn's case/au/my rewrite nobody dies, I decided to separate Chime and Ruri at the end in two different bodies. Still , they are connected both in mind and in some aspects, even physically. So yeah, it's really weird, especially since Kayn started to get to know Ruri in Chime's body so...)

At least they're on good terms.

Osho/Herzog:

It's normal to feel anger, resentment, fear or sadness towards and individual like him, but even if in the end they had defeated him for good, a part of Kayn is still longing for him. They could have never talked It out over something as big as that, but a part of him wishes he's tried.

Does he feel emptiness? Or is this just grief? He doesn't know, but at least he won't put other people in the same situation as Kayn is in.

Ruri:

Well . Where to start.

Kayn first met him him at the Tagamaghara bar, whilst he was in Chime's body.

While Kayn admits that he might have taken a bit more private time with him (disguised as "it's to take more information out of him" time), they didn't end up in a romance.

As a matter of fact, they do get togheter a few months post canon, since the 'final battle' per se took a good toll on both of them.

As to why he specifically went after Ruri, Kayn doesn't really know.

Maybe in that broken mind he'd seen something, or he genuenly was so enamoured by him everything didn't matter, or perhaps Ruri's kindness towards him alone took him by surprise.

Despite all this, as the two got more and more close , they formed a pretty tight bond. It's the classic 'opposites attract' trope in a way, but It feels so personal for them.

In theory, Kayn is sort of like a legal guardian of Ruri (the only compromise he could get so his boyfriend wasn't executed on the spot LMAO).

Still, despite the extreme lows they've gone through, they came back better than before.

Also, to be perfectly clear Ruri did not tone down his character, moreso to limit it around people. As well as the killing yeah.