'I think she'll be back today.'
The pain blossomed in her very bones first—no deeper than that, a searing pain that quickly became all encompassing, until it tore a half-deranged scream from her throat, collapsing onto the ground and writhing there. Dimly she was aware of Kyer frantically calling out to her, trying to get her to tell him what was wrong.
'I really feel it.'
'I hope so, Kato. I miss her too.'
As the pain slowly subsided, she felt the yawning emptiness in her deepest being, a large piece of her missing that she had grown so accustomed to she hadn't ever known what it would be like to not have it there. It was almost wo
Saphiria listened to him as he spoke, waiting for some spark of recognition within herself, to feel her heart click back into place with his, to feel even the ghost of what she had felt before all of this had happened. She struggled to remember what it had felt like when her heart had practically beat in time with his, to feel like she was… valued by him. Trusted. Understood. When had she stopped feeling like her body belonged tucked next to his as they slept, a puzzle piece finding its home?
She looked at him, feeling her heart wretch as pain and confusion made its presence known on his face, but it didn't make her want to take her wo