There was an awkward tension in the room, both stayed silent as they cleaned the room
"thank you…for what you did.." Yui had gotten uncomfortable with the silence and decided to speak, green eyes rose to meet pink
"you're welcome" izumi stretched and tossed the wet rag into the bucket and walked out
"thanks for helping me clean"
***👻***
Yui had gone back to her room while izumi went to the back yard, surprised at the rose garden that lay there, he was met with cool breeze that flew through his hair, his gaze landed on the white rose flowers, he smiled warmly and inhaled, a new feeling of Adeline ran through his body, he giggled and ran, the cool breeze hitting his face only made him more energized, he ran deeper and deeper into the garden laughing softly before tripping n his own feet and collapsing in a bed of roses, he giggled again, he had missed the garden so much… small twigs and leave and jumbled up in his hair, he got up not even bothering to remove them, he walked letting his hands touch the rose buds, then he stopped, red roses, the blood red flowers reminded him of things…he'd rather not remember.
>>flashback<<
"Argh!" Cordiela tsked
"you're weak as always, if I set my eyes on you playing with my son, I'll make you a rag, like the ugly boy you are" she says with a dangerous smirk, izumi lay in the rose bush were nipping on his skin, Cordiela laughed "ah!, weak!, just like your mother" her smile disappeared
"I don't get why Karl favors you instead of Ayato!" she growled angrily, izumi tries to get up from the rose thorns but Cordiela pushes him back
"stay down!, pests like you belong there!" izumi starts to cry
"cry, cry, all you want-"
"Cordiela" a woman with blonde hair and aqua green eyes stood there, she wore a white and red gown that was sleeveless, a white transparent scarf draped over her shoulders falling into her lap, her hair was short barely below her shoulders, her front bangs reaching her waist, she wore a calm expression stepping up and calmly taking her son from the rose bush
"and here comes the mother" Cordiela says spitefully, the jealousy in her tone was not missed out. The woman starts to inspect her son's body
"mummy…" izumi muttered with tear filled eyes
"it's okay dearie, mummies here" the woman says softly, a motherly smile on her face
"weak" Cordiela sneers but was IGNORED, this made her angrier, clenching her fists, the woman walked away, her dress swaying behind her gracefully, her child tucked safely in her arms as she whispered sweet nothing into his ear.
>>reality<<
How long he had been standing there was unknown but it was probably long, because when he snapped back to reality it was already night time or was it just the clouds? "izumi" he turned a the call f his name, Kanato stood there, teddy in his arms as he stared at him, Yui stood behind him, red roses in hand
"we're going somewhere…follow us" Kanato says and walks past him without waiting for him and izumi being the saint he is, agreed but in a utterly confused manner.
"Kanato where are we going?" izumi finally had the courage to ask, but Kanato didn't answer and just continued walking, he looked at Yui, only to meet wide eyes, her iris's shrunk in fear
"k-Kanato-san?, what are we doing here?" Yui asks clearly shocked and scared, they were in a cemetery
"I've always liked the smell of death, its presence and awfully quiet" Kanato says and finally turns to face them, a creepy smile had formed on his face
"we're here to visit my mother's grave" izumi shrinked, she was dead…?
"mother?, I didn't know your mother was dead?" yui says sadly
"we killed her" izumi and Yui stilled, an unusual filling crept to his back , he was scared, he stepped back
"w-when did that happen?" izumi couldn't help but ask
"you were long gone then~" Kanato sounded somewhat delighted of that, izumi gulped forcing the bile down his throat
"drop the roses here" Yui complied obediently and then SILENCE
"well, if that's all, I shall take my leave now" Yui says and begins to leave, izumi wanted to call for her to come back, he should have but the fact that Cordiela was dead still didn't sit right with him, the sight of her grave had him frozen to the ground, his limbs refusing to comply with his brain, something was not right, something was not right, something wasn't….something was very wrong
"you women are very self-serving" Kanato speaking doesn't even enter his ears
"I give you the honor to see something special and you leave the moment it displeases you!" Kanato grabs the flowers and starts to beat down the grave, shocking izumi more, he subconsciously started to move back…he tried to speak but not much came out
"Kanato…please…stop" Kanato probably hadn't heard him, through his anger fit, after all his voice was barely above a whisper. Yui is glued to the ground, her hands covering her mouth in horror, Kanato after finished his temper tantrum, dropped the beaten down roses
"I'm thirsty…" he starts towards her, a death look in his face as he sits teddy on a nearby pillar
"teddy, can watch too"
ALERT! ALERT!, INCOMING MENTIONS OF BLOOD🙄🙄👻
Yui trips on the ground giving Kanato a chance to crawl on top of her (author: WHAT. THE. CRAP!!!) He was about to bite her when she cringed
"oh that's right, I'm supposed to give you a kiss and make it pleasurable enough (bruh???!!!) he k**ses Yui and izumi who was in taking the sight, gagged and covered his mouth to prevent him from throwing up, he held a rose branch behind him for support, one of the thorns pricking his palm, then his vision gets fogged, everything seemed to tear apart, dizziness overtook his bother as he swayed then he lost his footing, slipping, before he knew it he was falling.
"k-Kanato!" he yelps out as he falls, hitting every bone in his body, his wrist erupted in a menacing crack and his head hits a hard substance making him black out.
Kanato's head swiveled towards where he heard izumi yelp, the only thing he sees was the white bangs that soon clear from his vision, for a moment he's heart stopped "IZUMI!!!" was this all his fault?, what was he going to tell the others?, rushing down the hill, he grabs his little brother's body, his head was heavily pooled with blood. Never have he felt so scared in his life, Yui being the saint she is quickly went to inform the rest of the brothers while he brought izumi back up
"WHAT THE FUCK?!" Subaru cursed as he knelt down beside izumi, reiji and the brothers coming along.