You had been dating Kunikuzushi for a while. A long while. Yet he was still as reluctant to touch as he was at the start.

Maybe it was because he had little experience with relationship? He had always been a little awkward at even the smallest things, like staying over to study, or going out in places he chose.

The fact that he loved you was undeniable. You were what made him stop shaking before a test, what calmed him down after a crisis, the person he went to when he needed someone. You were undeniably his sage heaven, yet...

Kisses were sparse, hugs as well. He held you pinky once in a while, but he always seemed quite nervous about it, as adorable as he was

Today, Kuni had been sleeping at yours, wanting to avoid his devil of a mother for some time more. He laid in your bed, you beside him, falling asleep. With a tender gaze, you lowered your face to gently kiss his forehead goodnight

His eyes snap open, wide in fear yet glossy. His hands immediately on your neck, pinning down and squeezing tight with a mix of anger, fear and desperation. All he could see were those dead-looking mint strands. That horrible , horrible, arrogant and condescending smile. Those red eyes, twinkling with pride at the idea of having hurt him. Then he heard the chocked sound of his name, not by his voice, deep and arrogant, but yours, and he blinked again.

with a sound haldeah between a whimper and an anguished scream, he falls away from you, almost as if burned by the sight. He crawls away, eyes filling with tears.

"I-i...."