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Walking.
Step after step.
The sounds of the snow crunching below my feet.
Every exhale freezes as it exits my lips.
It's been quite some time… I can’t feel my fingers.
My body aches as we tread along the unforgiving lands, the view no longer than an arm's length away but there he stood reaching out towards me. He pulls me up, A fire underneath my cheeks emerges as I feel his hand firmly grasp mine.
I didn't let go, and neither did he.
I feel a sense of safety even in these situations. Our bodies freezing under the haste of the cold winds, hilichurls at every corner ready to pounce on us at any moment. The feeling was quickly replaced by guilt as I recalled my foolish actions.
My Eyes trailed the frozen lands below me, emotions coursed through my body, and all I could feel was dread.
If it wasn’t for my idiocy.
My Curiosity.
My Stubbornness.
If only I had listened…
His grip on my hand tightened and I paused, he gazed at me with a determined look, one that I hadn't seen before. His bright teal eyes gazing straight into me reigniting a flame that I thought had extinguished.
I didn’t know how to interpret his expression, but once his lips turned into a small smile…
I knew everything would be fine.
That the both of us will survive the predicament that I… got ourselves in.
We will get out of this...
Right?
His eyes widened, and he pulled me to the side. I felt the ground below us rumble, soon followed by a deafening growl. I looked back and saw what looked like a mitachurl, but wasn’t sure, as half of its body lay within the dense mist that surrounded us. Its deep blue eyes sent a chill down my spine.
My body trembles from fear and from the freezing temperature. We both knew there was no escaping from such a foe. Albedo pulled out his blade, and I barely managed to summon my spell book when he wrapped his arm around my waist, carrying us both away from a thrown ice slime.
As we once again set our feet back onto the frozen lands, I threw a beaker at our foe. Fierce winds gathered around and a pair of wings emerged as the beaker broke into a thousand pieces. At the same moment, Albedo slammed his hand on the ground, summoning a geo constructed flower beneath the Isomer 75 / Type II .
The sounds of the blossoming geo’s and gathering winds filled our ears, growls could be heard and we kept our guards up. As our vision was limited, we listened closely to see if the enemy had made it past our defences. I held my breath as the air was now filled with silence.
I tried to look around with only the fog filling my vision, and I felt his hand hold mine once again.
“We should leave the area before-”
Before Albedo could continue I watched as his body got swept away by a large swing of the Mitachurl’s arm. My eyes widened as fear arose, I gazed towards where he was propelled towards. But I couldn’t find him, as the mist engulfed his body. Growls filled the area as I turned towards the deep blue eyes within the frozen mist that surrounds me.
I was shaking in boots, but I knew I didn’t have time to hesitate. I ran towards where I thought Albedo would be… but I froze in place as multiple deep blue eyes filled my vision. I took a step back and my hands were trembling, and I could feel my tears slowly freeze as they trailed down my cheeks.
I don’t want to die...
I don’t want Mister Albedo to die…
Mister Albedo…
I felt guilt rise up within my fear. I brought him here, and this is all because of me… I could feel their marching through the frozen lands, getting closer and closer, and all I could see was their deep blue eyes under the mist.
Mister Albedo is somewhere out there…
And I couldn’t just let him perish because of my foolishness.
So I grit my teeth, clench my fists, and try more futile attempts to drown the fear that coarsed throughout my body. I’m scared…
But I have to try.
My vision glows as I clasped my hands together. Once… Twice… two gusts of winds rose up before I forced my legs to run the opposite direction of where I saw Albedo last. I couldn’t see but I must be hitting something, anything. I reach into my pocket, pull out my last Isomer 75 / Type II and threw it towards the eyes that relentlessly followed me.
I screamed towards the monsters to follow, my voice cracking under the fear and anxiety within me. My lips quivered at every word that leaves my mouth, my hands trembled at every attack I threw at the thick mist, my legs felt stiff, and my breathing grew rapid.
I could feel my stomach drop… as my body bumped into a hard wall. I turned around to run towards a different direction but the eyes surrounded me. I could feel my whole body tremble in fear as my tears continued to run down my cheeks.
I didn’t expect my death to be like this…
I still have so many goals I haven’t yet achieved…
The paradise I’ve been searching for...
Reuniting my friends...
Learning more about the properties of bio alchemy...
…
…
Confessing my love…
I close my eyes, waiting for the inevitable. I could feel their stomps, I could hear their growls.I’m so scared… I fall to my knees, my back sliding down the wall behind me, tears trailing down as my life flashed before my eyes.
Moments of my childhood, the laughter, the innocence, I could see myself and my old friends running through a field of crystal flies until we eventually lay down in the grass, gazing towards the bright and clear skies.
Childish conversations about all of us living in a place where the sun never sets…
Where the rain never comes…
A place where we could all just play in the fields and have a good time…
A small smile reaches my lips before Albedo flashes through my mind.
The gentle tone of his voice...
His soft but focused gaze...
The warmth and comfort of his touch...
His smile...
I only regret that I didn’t manage to express my feelings towards him…
If only we had more time…
My body slumps onto the frozen earth. any moment now and the life within me would cease to exist… but the stomping stopped, confused growling filled my ears as I opened my eyes just in time to see…
“M-mister Albedo?!”
Those were all that I managed to mutter as Albedo clutched onto me tightly. The growling turned into roars, and as I looked back, I could see the glowing blue eyes soar into the skies before crashing down, making the earth below tremble furiously. If we didn’t think of something quick the both of us would likely perish.
We ran by the walls. I pointed out a small cave, and we quickly dived in before the mitachurl could crush us under its body. We desperately crawled deeper and deeper into the small crevice and once again…
My heart drops, eyes widen as we meet a dead end, we look back to see one of the mitachurl’s arms reaching inside. It grabbed my leg, crushing it under its grip. I screamed out in pain as I felt multiple cracks and snapping within my leg. Albedo held onto my arms and tugged as hard as he could as the mitachurl pulled me away, but the difference in strength was too steep. A light glow emerged from his hands before a geo construct emerged, severely damaging the arm of the mitachurl.
It quickly lets go of my mangled leg and Albedo pulls me into a tight embrace. I can't think, I can't feel, maybe it was because of the adrenaline that coursed throughout my body.
All I wanted was to hold onto him..
As tight as I could.
Weeping in his arms as I never want to be away from him any longer.
I could care less of the mitachurl’s howls just outside of our prison.
The stomping of multitudes of mitachurls.
The angered growls.
My mangled leg.
I wanted his arms wrapped around me tightly.
I'm scared…
I’m so scared…
But It helps to know that Mister Albedo is right beside me.
Holding onto me…
He’s so warm...
Can I close my eyes?
Just for a few moments...
A peaceful escape presented itself as I felt myself being engulfed by the darkness, everything around me seemed to echo into distortion, but I couldn’t manage to keep my conscience intact…
…
…
I slowly opened my eyes, and I was immediately met with unbearable pain. My body felt stiff, I could hardly move. and my vision was blurry. I tried to recall what had just happened, despite the pain. I attempt to blink the blurriness out of my eyes but it doesn’t seem to work.
By muscle memory, I tried to check if I had my glasses on but was met with a soaring pain going throughout my body. I wince and a pained cry leaves my lips.
“S-sucrose?”
“You’re awake-”
Mister Albedo’s voice fills my ears and I try to reach for him. I didn’t care about the pain that I felt as I tried to move, I didn’t care about the feeling of my muscles being ripped apart with every movement.
“M-mister Albedo I c-can’t see you”
I wanted to… I needed to feel his touch.
I couldn’t seem to register the world around me untilI finally I felt his arms on my shoulder, my breathing calmed as much as it could and within the darkness I could somewhat see his facial features.
His bright teal eyes and blonde hair… A sight that gave me comfort.
“Don’t worry I’m here, stay still for me.”
I did as I was told, he reached over to me and took something out from his jacket that was around my shoulders for warmth, and after a few seconds I felt something touch the sides of my face. I winced in surprise, pain coarsed throughout my body but the familiar feeling calmed me and I opened my eyes.
I could see clearly. He had my glasses on him, they may have fallen when I was leading the monsters away. I take a deep breath and look around.
It was dark… but I could see him.
It was chilly but his arms gave me warmth.
Just a few inches away from my face I could see Mister Albedo giving me a smile that I have never seen before, so many mixed emotions, his eyes were tired, and his skin was pale.
“Mister Albedo-”
I paused as I looked around our surroundings. It was dark and rocks filled our surroundings, but my eyes locked onto the exit…
Which was blocked by Albedo’s geo construct…
That was when I noticed the rumbling and growling just outside our temporary safe haven. The memories came flying in like a pile of bricks, guilt and sorrow filled my conscience, drowning me within my thoughts. Tears fell from my eyes and I noticed my leg was wrapped with thin geo constructs on the sides kept together by a belt, like a splint.
I stay silent…
I couldn’t dare meet his gaze as the guilt piled up within me.
I deserved this… but Mister Albedo doesn’t.
I am the only one to blame.
I think he noticed the guilt within me, as I felt his hand lightly hold mine. I hesitantly look up to see a genuine but exhausted smile which broke me. How long have we been here? how long has he waited for me to wake up?
I felt tears run down my face as I felt horrible for leaving him alone, under these freezing temperatures, monsters just at the other side of if that geo construct, and not knowing If i’ll ever wake up.
“I-im sorry-”
I choked out the words as I repeated them, my tears flowed down endlessly as I repeatedly apologized. I hated myself, every part of me wished for death, everything…
“Sucrose-”
He called out, but I ignored and continued.
“Sucrose!”
He cupped my cheeks and gazed into my eyes. he was in pain, and that was the last thing I saw before his lips met mine…
I was startled, I broke away for a moment and we locked eyes, we stayed like that for a few moments before he slowly leaned in and our lips connected once again. It was soft and gentle, he delicately guided me looking for any signs of discomfort, but I let him know that It was okay… I think he understood, as he started to pick up the pace, though he was still gentle, making sure that I didn’t receive any more pain than I was already under.
Our little safe haven trembled furiously as the mitachurls camping outside started to try and break through to us once more. They started banging on Albedo’s geo construct but we didn’t mind anymore…
We broke apart, breathing heavily as we gazed into each other’s eyes…
“I love you… Albedo”
I finally managed to express, he wiped a tear from my cheek as I got to see another genuine smile, It only took me being trapped in a small cave, multiple mitachurls outside trying to get in for me to express my love for him.
But… I finally managed to say it…
He cupped my cheeks once more, softly running his thumb onto my skin.
His hands were but I didn’t mind…
It seemed as if the world was crumbling down around us but we accepted it.
“I love you too Sucrose”
He leaned in, and wrapped his arms around me. It was warm and comfortable. The world around seemed distant as I focused on the warmth, I heard the geo construct finally give in and break, the sounds of rocks crumbling filled our surroundings, I gazed into Albedo’s eyes to see a saddened expression. Even as the walls cracked and fell it was as if time seemed to slow down.
We knew…
And all we could do was wrap our arms around each other…
I have regrets…
Wishes…
I wanted our time to last longer…
I wanted to have a future with him…
Build a home…
Make him breakfast…
Be his wife...
To have kids together…
…
…
But I guess having his arms around me in our final moments…
That’ll do just fine...