Twin Skeletons

“Subaru-kun...you truly are kind and I…you...”
Mismatched emerald and white eyes shot open, his breathing fast.
“Subaru-kun?”
Subaru turned and clung to the taller man. “I’m alright, I had...I had a nightmare.”
Not settled with that answer, Subaru found himself gathered up in the taller man’s arms and barely made out the heart beat since his own was hammering in his head. “Do you want to talk about it?”
“No.”
“Subaru-kun…I…”
“Don’t…right now this is the moment I want in my head forever.”
“If Hokuto-chan were here she’d scold you, you know.”
“She’s not though…and it’s my fault she’s gone.”
“It isn’t; she was very protective as your sister.”
“I know; but why did you have to?”
“Some things are better left unsaid; and Subaru-kun, you should know, I’m not here either. I just wanted to tell you in your comatose dreams, the final words were true.”
Mismatched eyes, this time amber and emerald, shot open, the oxygen pulsating through his nose.
“The world is saved but my world died a long time ago. Half of it in 1991, the other half in 1999 on Rainbow Bridge. But I’ll keep holding on.”