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Darkness In Light (For Tritium)
The sun had just began to rise, hues of red purple and yellow scattered across the nights sky as the stars began to fade. It had been one of those nights that just seemed to have gone on forever, the sun finally unsettled its hold on the world. Streetlights would start to fade away, one by one. The young white haired male sat on the side of a brick wall, looking up at the sky that he'd been staring at for the past several hours. Small puffs of white forming around his mouth as he would breath out. The chilled air filling his lungs with every breath. One could ask what it was a boy his age was out in the freezing weather, wearing almost nothing, a light blanket wrapped around his frail frame as he tried to keep as much of his bare skin covered as he could. Shorts and a torn shirt didn't do much for this kind of weather, but at the time being. It was all he had to wear. Dark bags hung under his eyes, causing his already paled skin to look ghostly as he shuddered in the on coming gust of wind. It had only been a few days sense the young boy had found himself with out a home...a family. He'd been passed about from foster home to foster home, no one really caring what it was that happened to him. To others he was an outcast, a freak that no one should have to care for. It wasn't much his fault that his mind had split, nor that he often came of crazy to others who would watch him. Randomly shouting at what others saw was himself. but no one ever even tried to learn the truth before shunning him as a freak. The pain of all these years finally getting to him, blocking of any hope he had to ever trust someone with his secrets...
Hey, what are you doing? Lets get something to eat! I'm so straved.A voice called out, The young boy let out a harsh sounding cough as he tried to cover his mouth, his body shaking from the force. "I'm sorry, but I don't have any food..nor money" He spoke allowed, though to anyone walking by, it would have just been a boy talking to himself, the other comments all in his head. B-But I'm so hungry!! OH just hush it already, Can't you see that Aijou's not feeling well? Let him be! Another voice cut in from the first one complaining, Aijou, the boy who'd never had a chance in this world let out a low whine, His body hurt all over and he could barely even keep his eyes open. If he fell asleep, he was sure one of the other selves he had would take over, and who knew what they'd do...it wasn't like he disliked his other sides...they just often got him into trouble...Its his fault for not letting us out to help him. Whatever we do isn't good enough for him. A third commented, Aijou's body to weak to put up with this anymore. The males eyes fluttered closed and he fell over to the side, falling to lie on the ground behind the wall, His other sides grateful he didn't fall on the other side, it most likely wouldn't have turned out good enough. Each of the tried to take control, to get Aijou help, but the boy's body had been pushed to far, the eyes no longer wishing to open, nor the limbs wanting to move...Great just great! Now we'll have to just sit here with a passed out body while Aijou freezes to death! The voice muttered annoyed. Aijou not replying as his spirit rested. ( I hope this is okay o..o Not completely sure as to how i was to start. ) |
"What a horrible mess!" Akira said to himself, while walking down the quiet streets, back to his appartment. He could barely keep his eyes open, after all, he'd been working at the throughout the entire night, struggling to prevent the company from losing an important client.
Had it not been for the cold weather, he'd surely fallen asleep on the nearest bench. "I am going to take a shower, and go straight to bed, for some well deserved rest. Don't care if the sky falls, I'm not waking up till tomorrow!" He felt his brain was turning to jelly. "I need a vacation, deffinitley a vacation from this nightmare." He took a deep breath, to purge his lungs of the stail office air he'd been breathing for for more than twelve hours. As he exhaled, he watched the white puffs of steam dissipate, blown away by a chilly breeze... Quite a windy morning it turned out to be all of the sudden, but he didn't mind, because he unbuttoned his coat, letting the cold air in. It was fresh, invigorating, compared to the unbearable heat he'd been forced to put up with back at the office... |
As Aijou's body lied on the ground, resting from having stayed up several nights in a row. His other sides began to bicker about what they should do. Neither of them having enough strength to get Aijou's body to wake bake up long enough for them to do anything to help the boy before he froze to death. Some times being another personality sucked. Had little power to do anything for the one they lived off of. Aijou on the other hand was having a great time in his passed out dream. His mind no longer having to worry about the cold or anything else, free to be who he wanted with out Jim, Kreg or even Grim telling him what to do. The three personality's were more then he could take. It was a god send that he was able to pass out and leave them behind for even just a short amount of time... |
Akira froze, completely taken aback by the sudden, unexpected and violent encounter. Something or someone had deffinitley bumped into him, but he didn't see what it was, as he'd been gazing at the fading starlight, trying to relax his tired mind.
He blinked a couple of times, as his sapphyre blue eyes looked downards, to find a youngster, with a fraile body, laying on the frozen ground. He had but a rag of a blanket to protect his shivering body from the mercyless weather, and as Akira looked closely, he could see pieces of fabric, from his torn shirt, dangling in the cold wind. "I'm sorry" the boy muttered, and Akira watched his lips moving, as the boy barely found the strength to apologise. He looked in his eyes, just as Aijou was trying to look away, and, for a few moments, he felt the pain, the sorrow and anguish, eating away at the poor lad's soul. He felt them like daggers, violently piercing through his heart, and two teardrops ran down his cold face, making him tremble, as he felt their warmth, contrasting with the icy winter air... "No", said Akira, desperately trying to regain his composure. But the emotions were too strong, too deep, too powerful, like a force of nature to be reckoned with... "No, it's my fault, please forgive me..." And he reached out his right hand, gently opening his warm palm, waiting for the boy to take it... |
Aijou hadn't had much time to think things through after saying he was sorry. The voices blurting out random things, Grim being the worst of them all. How dare that fellow just stand there! What does he think he's doing! All high and mighty because he as a home to go to, food to eat! I should give him a piece of my mi- No let me, I'll kick his ass all the way down to the ground! Then he wont be so tough! You to are all about fighting, Just give the guy a break, he looks just as tired as we most likely do! Aijou, ignore them, Its fine honey. Lets just get up and move on, we need to find some place warm to sleep before you pass out again. Aijou shook his head, Kreg was the nice one out of the three, while Jim and Grim had always wanted nothing more then to shout and yell at everyone who'd done something to poor Aijou..
About to take Kreg's advice and get up and just leave, Aijou heard something he'd never thought he'd hear. The male hadn't shunned him due to his state, nor told him he was a filthy rate and walked off, instead he'd said sorry and attempted to help him up to! Aijou wasn't sure what he should do as he stared at the males hand. He just found his blue eyes looking at the out reached hand as if it were a mere trap. It had been so long sense anyone had showed him any kindness, and the one person that had showed him any had tricked him. Trying to do weird things to him. That was when Grim had come into play, He'd saved Aijou, He found that every time something happened to Aijou, and he felt useless in some kind of way, another self would form with that kind of trait to help him out....."t-thank you. But I'm fine." He said in a partly scared tone as he scooted back. He just didn't know if this guy could be trusted...Just get up and go, I'm sure he'd forget about you and find some other useless kid to dominate. Yea, like Grim said, or he'd just go home and down some beer. We don't need his help. You have us..Aijou pressed his lips together as he looked at the ground, Jim and Grim were right, he had them, they were the only ones that hadn't hurt him...Kreg hadn't any advice, so it must be true...Slowly raising himself onto his shaking legs, Aijou held his arms around his waist, waiting for his legs to get a hold of his weight as he gave the male a nod. "Sorry again," he muttered as he turned around to head the other way. |
"Please, wait!" Akira called out to him, as the boy slowly went on his way, limping because of the fall,, and ran after him. putting his warm hand on his shoulder."I know you don't know me, and you have no reason to trust me, but i'd like to help you. Please come with me. My flat is not that far away." The least I could do is give you some warmer clothes."
He stopped talking, and waited for a reaction from the boy. But he just sat there, like a statue, facing away from him, cmpletely silent. "I swear, I won't do anything to harm you. It's just that I don't want to be a passer by. Please, you can wait outside my appartment, while I gather up some clothes for you. And I will give you something to eat. A small package, I'll wrap it up, and you can eat it, after you've gotten as far away from my flat as possible." He kept pleading with the boy, trying to control the pain in his heart. What it must have been like for this youngster, wandering around aymlessly on the streets, targeted by all sorts of sickos who'd like nothing better than to hurt, abuse, and use him... |
Aijou hadn't made it far when the male had ran after him, grabbing onto him with a warm touch only to try and beg him to go with the guy. Aijou wasn't sure what he should do. No one had ever tried this hard to get him to trust them, normally when he tried to leave, when they didn't want him to, they would start getting violent. But this guy was different. Aijou bit onto his lower lip as he glanced around, It wasn't like there would be any harm in him going with the guy. It wasn't like he couldn't get away, more so when he had Grim and Jim there to protect him.. he just had to let them take control.
You just have to do what you think is best...Kreg said to the young male as he drifted away, The other sides would go into a small rest while Aijou thought this over, They to got tired when forced to stay up all night...so when they went out, they could recharge and be ready for when Aijou needed them. He had a small amount of time to himself in this window... Turning around, Aijou looked up at the male, unsure still as to what the guy wanted from him. "Okay. Id go with you...B..But I don't have anything to repay you with." He said in a small tone of voice. He did want food, and his stomachs growl proved that, but he didn't want to take anything with out having a way to pay him back. "i'm sorry but I just c-cant go-" he began as he started to feel the rush of exhaustion filling him again, his eyes fluttered as he swayed a bit. Trying to keep on his feet. he couldn't pass out now! He needed to get to some place where it was warm and he could hid.... |
Akira thought he was going to have a heart atack, as he suddenly saw the boy roll his eyes upwards, and lay once again onto the freezing street. "Pull yourself together! He needs your help!"
"Oi!" He dropped his briefcase with a loud bang, and rushed to check on the youngster. He was out cold, but he was still alive. "His pulse is faint, but it's there," he said, as he tried to warm up the boy's cold hand. He couldn't take him to the hospital. He needed a warm place soon, otherwise he was a gonner. "I'm not going to let you die, so please hold on to your life with every ounce of strength you have left. Do you hear me? Fight!" He ran back and picked up his briefcase, then placed it in the boy's lap, covered him with his warm coat, and lifted him up into his strong arms. The boy seemed as light as a feather. "Who knows when he last had something to eat? What is this world coming to?", Akira said to himself, as he went on the move once again. Faster, and faster, so as to get home sooner... He wouldn't make one step forward, without looking at the youngster's tired face, to see how he was doing. It looked as if he'd fallen in a deep slumber, but even so, his expression looked as sad and tormented as when he was awake... "Hold on for me, please, don't you dare give up! I won't let you give in!" Like a preyer, he kept whispering those words in the youngster's ear, hoping that, somehow, they would reach him... |
You could say it was a bit of an understate meant that everything going on in Aijou's mind at the moment was worry.
First off, Kreg wasn't even sure if Aijou would make it the night, trying to calm his own self down and try and think of some way to help Aijou while Grim and Jim both yelled at one another about how they should have done more to help the boy. Neither of the personality's had any idea how to help the young soul that had come to. He'd been abandoned time and time again, No one ever wanting to deal with a useless brat that had mood changes here and there. Though, his parents hadn't wanted him simple because they didn't want to feed him. Which was maybe the start of it. Sense then he'd just been distant and didn't speak much. With out Grim and Jim, he might have been bullied way more, and if not for Kreg, he might have lost his own self and given into Jim and Grim's hard side, becoming even colder... Each said had a use to teach Aijou...Now they all seemed at lost as to how to keep alive for just one more day. When the male that had been trying to help Aijou rushed over to the passed out body, Grim and Jim went nuts, both of them yelling at the unhearing male about how he should just go away and bug someone else, leave there poor child alone and move on. But of course, The guy didn't listen to them. Kreg stopped his rambles and got the other two to hush, just enough from them all to hear how worried this stranger was for Aijou's health and safety. They all went quiet as Aijou rested, listening to the male urge him on, to keep fighting and not give up while rushing him to god knows where. |
"I have to make it! It's not much farther, just a few more steps.."
Akira had quickened his pace, despite him being exhausted from a hard night's work. He just had to get the boy into bed, and under a warmer blanket... "What am I going to to with him, if his condition worsens?" He looks so fraile... I'm afraid that, by the time help arrives, it might be to late for him..." So all he could do, was prey, prey as he climbed the stairs up to his door, hoping that someone, or something would listen to him, and save that boy's life... |
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