Chapter 200 - Somebody Important (2/2)
In front of Kazuya and in-between between all the rocks, a large hole that looked like it was from a blast below. ”....I didn't think this would be a death mission. Because that hole can fit a whole person, someone can die just coming here. There are no signs of warning too. However, you seem to know this place from the back of your hand.”
Lyn smiled, ”It's actually a first for me, coming here.”
”I see,” Kazuya reached over and patted her hair.
After a few more obstacles, they finally made it across the room. To spot a gravestone in the central area. A grave...in the middle of the tower that's supposed to be the most beautiful building. Nobody would expect it, and that's exactly why the grave here.
As they made their way off to the grave, Lyn could spot several gifts on the top. A manga... Some sweets and other items. There aren't any flowers at all, or rather won't the proper prepared food in a plate be spoiled? Even if it is wrapped nicely and what's with the wine bottle? ” Ah, seems like everyone came here already. Though they should have told me, it would be better if we all came together.....”
She said she wanted to pay her respects to someone... That persons grave isn't in the cemetery, but here in the tower. Lyn looked over at the grave, and she laughed.
'What a silly group of people,' Lyn thought. Her eldest brother must have come here too, even Gabrielle. Her gaze softened, truly those people are so very foolish. But she does not dislike people like them at all.
”Hey, where's my introduction?”
”Ah, right! This grumpy person over here is Kazuya... His special talent is he can turn in to an animal anytime.”
”Hey, I'm not a circus animal!”
”Fu,” Lyn trails of. Her expression turned rather solemn; the next words she spoke wasn't what anybody would expect. ”....and this belongs to my ex-lover.”
”Your...”
Lyn laughed, ”Didn't you investigate me? I thought you'd know.”
”I guess they decided not to tell me.”
”I say ex, but it was only three months. He had an illness when I first met him. He was staying in the castle for treatment; his quarters were on my grounds because it's the only secluded area in the place. When we met, I didn't think we would start dating. But after a week he asked me if it was okay. I don't know whether he was in love with me, but he told me that he wanted to experience love before he died. So I agreed.”
It was only something temporary; Lyn knew his condition better than anybody after all. Yet, she became so attached. Did she love that person? No, it wasn't that kind of love. Not the same love that she had for Allen or the one she has for Kazuya now, there was something different. Unknowingly the tears started to fall from her eyes.
”...what's wrong with me? Even now I'm still like this. I was so sure that I was fine now. Kazuya, you have given me more than enough happiness...and I was so very happy when Rhys told me his feelings, so happy that he came back to me. Meeting you, I was so sure I could withstand anything now that we're together again. But I'm still this way; I'm still so afraid of everything. And everything in front of me just seems so dark...”
Her sentence fell short when she was encircled in a familiar pair of arms. Kazuya said nothing as he gently caressed her hair and brushed their foreheads together. ”Kazuya,” Lyn murmured. He is so good to her, and yet she hides things from him.
”No matter what kind of painful things happen in the future. Don't run away from them. Take them as they come. It'll be difficult; yes, that is if you're alone. But you don't have to worry about that because I'll be there with you.”
Her gaze softened at his words. Whenever he is kind like this, she ends up feeling even more guilty because she knows she can never return his feelings properly.
”Kazuya, you know...”
”I will not go anywhere. I'll always stay with you.
Always, huh? If only that were possible, if only it were possible for them to stay together forever. If they could, then she wouldn't have this problem. But, that's not possible at all.