#sphenoids

“You’re always so forgetful, Ren.” 

That’s what she always said before she pinched his nose and started laughing, back then he never knew how to respond to her. He was caught off guard by her words, she was always so talkative and even a little cocky. Sometimes he got upset and said, she acts more like a brother than a sister, then her eyes would get glassy and she’d mumble something like, I had to take his role after all... 

In times like that he always felt like his stomach tied up and his mouth ran dry. What should he say? I’m sorry? I won’t do it again? Her reality was different from the one he was living in. Renji lived from day to day, it felt like only let the stream take him anywhere, while his sister swam and swam until... 

He snapped out of his thoughts and wondered why his thoughts trailed off like this again. How odd... No. No actually it wasn’t odd at all, everything had started a few days ago when he had first spotted him among the crowd. It felt like he was walking in the opposite direction of a person that could have been him. 

Looking at it now, when Ayato was still a child Renji tried to ignore that the same blood as his sisters and his own was running through the veins of this rebellious little shit. Touka was like a carbon copy of his sister, his sister he had loved so dearly and now he had to give the same love to her daughter... While everything he saw in Ayato was nothing but the offspring of the man whom he blamed for his sister’s death. The man who hurt Hikari and now Ayato was giving the same pain to his sister. 

Did he hate him? No. He would never be able to hate one of Hikari’s children, but he tried to forget him. Ignore the fact that he had to give the same love and care to this child, as for the longest time only Touka existed in his sphere. 

“... Ayato...” 

“Ayato, what happened to you after Rushima?" 

There he was, the lost little bunny boy. Takizawa did not think that much of him, nor want to waste timing thinking of a ghoul of all things, but he decided he could at least have a little fun. He landed on top of a nearby fencepost, perched there like an owl.

It was how he sat during all of their group meetings on Rueshima island. Did Ayato remember that place at all, he wondered. It seemed like the boy had already turned his back and left it behind. As if landing in front of him suddenly was not enough, Takizawa pushed his tongue against his cheek and whistled. 

“Hey there! Ayato! How you doing old friend!”

Of course they were the furthest thing from that, but it would be fun just to see his reaction. He looked forward with his one kakugan eye already activated. “So there is were you ended up after ditching Rueshima. Tell me did you end up saving Little Hina? I was really invested, man.”

Naki had died on an island alone. He was pretty sure anyway, and this place if it was not heaven must have been limbo. Naki was a little bit confused, as to why  nobody was trying to bend backwards underneath a pole that was low to the ground, but he did not want to think about it too hard. 

His only concern was where the rest of the white suits had gone. If they were in heaven, instead of a place like this. He supposed that made him happy. It was a hard thing to think about, especially for a dummy like him.

There was one sight however, that he even knew less to think about. The familiar black haired rabbit, even if he had gotten a lot less louder in recent years Naki could still recognize him from afar. Naki was not sure what he felt, angry? Happy? Sad? To be seeing him like this. Just like all confused children, he threw a tantrum.

┌(；`～,)┐ : What discombobulates your muse?

( ﾟヮﾟ) : When is your muse happiest?

Dettlaff is most happy when surrounded by members of his “Pack” -- lesser vampires (usually) who come to his call and serve as a sort of “family” for the typically lonesome Higher Vampire. Van der Eretein values his Pack dearly, treating them as the most valuable part of his life -- indeed, his herd instinct is likely the strongest among the ranks of the Higher Vampires.

amalda!!! its been a long time, i miss ya, you’re really cute and you made me laugh alot in the past and also i miss our talks ! i think we’ve been friends for a long time, the friendship never dies, thats for sure!