Zashi continue admire the city from afar when suddenly Yukio decide to sliding off from the hill.
“Yukio what the hell are you doing?”
“Head to the city obviously, do you coming?” She shout from her distance, Zashi know it’s already too late to step back, and proceed to join her.
“Wait up!”
Once they arrive to the city, Yukio can’t stop eyeing on every store that she saw.
“Woah, look at this, it seems like we just discover a shortcut to paradise, Zashi.”
Zashi seems to already bored with busy street and noises came from every direction on his head.
“Why you so excited about being on this city?, do you haven’t been in the city before?”
Yukio ignore his boredom, continue to peeking which street has the most intresting stuff on it.
“What?, of course I have, is just I’m always excited to found new place, and in fact, it does feel like this is my first time being around the city.”
As they continue to explore even deeper into the city, Zashi can’t shake the feelings of being a strangers to someone’s city far too long.
“I think we are not supposed to get this far.”
Yukio glance back happily.
“Why not?, we got alot of time in the world just for both of us.”
Zashi intentionally try to come up with excuse.
“Because…
honestly, I don’t really trust myself to keep someone’s daughter safe with my hand this long.
Yukio scoffs dramatically.” Oh come on, Zashi, there’s nothing bad going happen, I might be a village girl, but like I said, I’ve been in the city before…”
Yukio walk away, try to cross the road, unaware the oncoming car to her direction, just for Zashi manage to grab her from meet8nf her close call.
Yukio gasp, feels like her body was about to flew away with his strong pill.
” Woaaah, that was so close.., thank you 𝗭𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶.”
_ _ _ _ _
For awhile, they keep walking around the city and take a beautiful sight of the structure of the building, when all of sudden, Yukio start to feeling down, looking at random couple who’s holding their hand that just walk past her, making Zashi want to squeeze her palm gently.
Yukio stopped facing him directly.
“Zashi, what’s wrong?.”
Zashi maintain his eye contact.
“Nothing I just, I saw you being quite, and I was worry, why you looking sad.” Zashi speak in his soft tone.
Yukio anxiety has taken her body as she speak.
“Well there is nothing to be worry about, but maybe there’s is one…, I don’t think we should continue this relationship..”
Zashi pull her shoulders closer to him, seeking for answer.
“Huh?!, why?”
Yukio try to push her guilt when she explains.
“Because…
honestly, my mom.., she, she’s not allowing me to have any relationship for a moment until I get into collage.., she must be mad at me right now, and the reason I can go out and spend time with you, it because she was visiting her sister on different state…, for I don’t know, how long.”
Zashi raising his tone with disbelief.
“And you just tell me now?
Yukio try to persuade him, by rubbing his arms, to get his anger cooling down for a bit.
“I’m sorry Zashi, but if you want something, you will try your best to get it right?, to make it work…, I really waiting for so long to have someone that can hold my hands like this, share my laughter with me, and care about me, and I need that somebody to be you, because when the first time we look at each other, i just know you’re the right person for it.”
Her eyes stare directly into Zashi soul, wanting him to bealive her.
” I saw your kindness in you, and I also can feel that you wanting to change something about yourself but you don’t have enough strength or reason to do it, you need somebody to keep you moving foward and I am here for you Zashi”
Yukio tap on his shoulder, try to give him some hope.
“Please don’t be mad at me for me wanting you…, but maybe we can continue this relationship secretly, without meeting too often.”
Yukio give her ressuring smile.
“But I promise you, we can always meet on Thursday and the weekend and if we are lucky, we also can see each other on Tuesdays and Wednesday if my mom working on night shift.
And we can always contact each other from the phone!, can I have your phone number?”
Zashi pause for a moment, suprise Yukio already picturing their future together. Find the original chapter at g.com.
” Yukio honestly..
I don’t exactly have a phone ”
Yukio eyes widened at Zashi unexpected respond.
” You don’t?, my-my, you’ve been missing alot then, very well, then I guess we only going to meet each other face to face, and we gonna do the best of our ability to make it happen, okay?.
Yukio holding on Zashi’s in6 his chest to pour her affection through him, But Zashi have nothing to say, other then smiling, continue thier exploration until the sun almost leaving the horizon.
“I think that was it for now, we already wondering around for hours.”
Yukio nod with agreement, as she lost most of her energy, but she overheard a group of friends talking about their planning to go to the beach.
“What there’s a beach?.
umm may I know where I can find this beach area?”
Yukio immediately ask them with slight desperation.
The group glancing at each other, happy to help her.
“Sure, it was just straight ahead, from the couple of blocks of this street, and don’t stop walking until you finally hear the sounds of the ocean, and that’s where you finally will find it.”
Yukio begin to jumping around excitedly while holding Zashi arms.
“Oh, okay, thank you very much!, let’s go Zashi!, let’s watch the sunset together!”
She pull him to follow her without second guess, running across the street
“Woah!, hey, wait!”
Zashi try to make her stop, to give his thoughts.
“Slow down!
, it might getting late as soon we arrive there.”
Yukio panting with exicmment, ignoring his warning.
“So, what’s the problem?, is not like we have someone waiting for us”
“Beside we still on our journey to find our home together remamber?.”
“Our home…” Zashi mumurs from the back.
_ _ _ _ _
On the beach there’s few peoples playing with their kite, enjoying where the breeze taking thier kite lift up in the sky.
Couple of peoples buy some waffle on food stand nearby.
Zashi and Yukio can’t stop running, even their feets already touching the sand, the strong winds blow thier skin.
Yukio doesn’t have time to catch a breath, she can hear the sounds of waves crashing on the shore waiting for her.
Zashi eyes lingering every side of the beach, but when he turn his head to face the ocean, his eyes start to turning blue after he just saw the most beautiful scenery that stole all his breath, as the colors slowly taking over everything surrounding them.
The sunset getting brighter, coloring every objects and a person rapidly and soon, the effect spreading endlessly, turning the manga world that they living into colorful vibrant atmosphere, with three contrast of color on the sky, blue, pink and orange, making the sky no longer recognizable to it’s usual beauty.
Both of them stopped try to process what they just witness together, Yukio eyes locked over the sunset welcoming both fo thier presence.
“Have you been into the beach before?…”
Zashi eyes roaming the sky, try not to miss any single detail to absolute beauty that being presented to him.
“I haven’t, this was actually my first time, I only dreams to step my foot on this kind of place…”
The two of them keep walking beside the shore, hoping the sunset can stay a bit longer, the seagulls continue calling among them on the skies.
As Zashi too focusing looking over the sky, he gasp to see Yukio all eyes on him without noticing.
“See Zashi?, just like I told you, we always need to limit ourselves, no matter how far we can go, there’s a finisher waiting at the end of line, and this is just how far we can go, it means our home is not here, this is dead end…”
Zashi start looking at Yukio with playful smirk.
“But what if we go over there instead?”
He pointing at the endless path to the south across the shoreline.
“The last one that reach the finish line need to say I love you first.”
Zashi already make his move and running away, Yukio shock to see him already left without proper starter.
“Hey!
Comeback here!”
Theh both continue having thier little race across the beach.
Zashi laughing at her from being ahead of her, But Yukio doesn’t attend to give up, speeding her feet to catch up and tackle him down.
Yukio’s brown eyes meet with Zashi’s blue eyes.
“I love you.” The sentence escape from Yukio’s mouth unexpectedly.
“I love you t-” before Zashi can finsih off his sentence
Yukio immediately crash her lips agaisnt his, pouring her undeniable love, as Zashi return the same flow between their kisses, they both break from their kisses and give their genuine smile between them.
“Don’t you ever running away from me again, do you understand?” Yukio tap on his nose playfully.
“Yes I understand.
”
Without warning Zashi lift Yukio up making her gasp and screaming.
“Hey!, put me down, you pervert!
”
“I’m not a pervert, you pervert for kissing me first.” Zashi place her down gently.
Yukio glance over the ocean again, with her thoughts flooding her mind.
“Wouldn’t it be nice, if we can fly crossing the ocean, and see what’s out there, maybe there is actually your home from the other side or maybe from the sky, ready to be built…”
Zashi tilt their head directly to specific cloud thay Yukio’s pay her attention on.
well, let’s head back now..”
“Yeah.” Zashi follow along, on his mind, there is sudden urge to tell Yukio about his real identity
“Actually Yukio, do you know that i can-”
A sudden vision from his past play on his mind, the imagery of dead family, the girl crying at him, when his covered in blood, all came at once, but Yukio was there to snap him back into reality.
” Zashi, Zashi?!!, what’s wrong?.”
Zashi shake his head, already forgetting what his about to say.
“Ah nothing, let’s just head back home, it’s getting late.”
Yukio let out the sighs of relief.
“You just scared me back there, so what are you try to say?”
“Nothing, actually, I already forget about it.”
“What…, are you that kind of person that easy forget?”
“Not always…” Zashi pause after he heard an absurd loud trumpet noise came from the sky, when he look behind him, he saw a mysterious gaint glowing line that immitate the door from the sky all down to the oceam
Yukio was standing there curious on what he just saw.
“Did you see it?” Zashi ask in shock.
“See what?” Yukio struggling to find any unexplain thing to be seen, but from Zashi perspective, the light gaint door is already gone.
“Never mind, I must be seeing things.”
Both of them continue to walk away, leaving the gaint light door in the middle of the ocean across the sky.
At night, around big facility area, there’s a sounds of blood splitting and throat being slice off in the dark hallway
Miyomi have slayed multiple agents laying on the ground, there’s three of agent try to charge on her back, with their spirit powers ready, all being swallow by one venus plant that came from Garuchi’s back, leaving only one agent left, holding his sword, shaking in fear.
“Nice job, Miyomi” Garuchi praise, scanning the room with his red eyes,
“is there any left?”
“No boss, is all clear, as far as I can see.”
She respond confidently, throwing her blade directly to the last agent that hiding in the dark.
Garuchi casually walk on top of defeated agent and crush his arm in half for try to grab a sword nearby, making the agent scream in agony just for Garuchi completely silent him by crushing his skull with one stump.
Miyomi looking over her reflection on her clean nails before pay attention back to the situation.
“Now the area are finally clear, I think is time to plant our first seed…”
Garuchi nod, jumping off from the platform, to the bottom pit with rotten seed on his hand, once he land on the ground, he buried the seed with one punch, making the whole facility shaking and turning red, a strange like vines start to grow from the seed, and reach from above, as Miyomi laughing excitedly from the chaos that they about to start.
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