Akito was a fool. An utter fool.

Toya had always been a resident of the dark kingdom. Whether it be as the dark prince back then, or now, when he finally became nothing but a dark knight, a puppet for his good for nothing father. Even back then, Akito knew that. The risks. He knew that better than anyone else. But love does things to people — stupid things. Toya always seemed different, didn’t he ? He never seemed like his father, he never.. acted like him. And so he believed Toya. Like a fool. Believed that Toya would never leave his side.

But even still, everything comes to an end. Especially in a cruel world like this. So, one day, he just .. stopped coming to the Tenma kingdom all together. He never told Akito, he just .. left without a trace. And it hurt, it really did . Being left alone by the one person who promised he would never leave your side? That sucked above everything else. For that promise to be broken.

And even now, all these years later , it still hurt. The pain still lingered on . Akito supposed that maybe, the grief just never truly leaves. And to be honest, Akito didn’t want to be feeling this way. Not forever. So Akito finally made the decision — to find Toya, to fill those empty promises, those empty gaps. To at least get.. an explanation. To understand why.

Ah.. the dark kingdom. It truly was a miserable place, just looking at it. Not only the darkness swallowing it whole, but the everlasting winter it had on it. Akito genuinely couldn’t comprehend how Toya lived like this. Here — or as Harumichi’s son.

Walking — That was all Akito knew, walking endlessly for Toya yet again. Hearing nothing hit the footprints in the soft snow, the loud blizzard around him, the ringing in his ears. But, everything came to a stop eventually. Whether it be fate or not — just when Akito wondered, ‘maybe this really is all for nothing. He’s not even going to care, is he? This will all mean nothing to him.’

..he spotted him. The same boy he had been an utter fool for.