A Stain the Color of You - An Akihime Story

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Summary:

Aki is a man of routine:

He does the laundry on Fridays. Buys the same brand of cigarettes. Thinks of himself as a pretty lonely man, too.

Until one day, where he discovers a stain that unravels an entire rainbow of memories.

And he realizes, then, he might not be so lonely anymore.

Excerpt:

“He inhaled into the warm summer breeze and closed his eyes shut; hands lingering onto the balcony railings for the ignites of a flickering second. He wanted to draw a sparkly universe without beer and ramen and his work-suits. Another landscape without drunken conversations or his designated laundry days.

And yet, he found his brain was utterly incapable of doing so.

As if trying to daydream of another, alternate-lifetime where he never got to know the taste of cigarettes. Where he never got to see the Tokyo streetlights.

Where he never got to meet Himeno.

He looked over at her once more, and his pulse seemed to falter unsteady inside his chest. They had been partners for only three years at most, he was certain. But still, she had taken up every corner of his ever-small apartment: painted every sorrow nightmare into sunsets of cotton-candy sugar.

And so, he was sure, ever as the infinite blues glinting over the night skies: he couldn’t really remember how life was even before her.”

Huuuge thanks to @giuliadrawsstuff for making the BEAUTIFUL illustration to accompany this piece. You always know exactly how to bring my words to life and that means more than the entire world to me! <3 <3

Also, this is my first time ever writing Akihime, so if you liked this, pls let me knowww so I can keep creating more content for themm! <3