idk this is some crazy stuff

[lovehurts]

[Things were going well. For awhile, everything was getting better, and there hasn't been any fighting in some time. Even the nightmares have calmed a bit -- though Raikou never detailed what they were. Tsuyukusa pushed him into confessing they're about his weeks in prison, and into admitting "they hurt me", but nothing beyond that. It doesn't much matter what happened though, when life has relaxed into something content and full of smiles more often than tears.

But the mental and physical scars are still there, on top of the problems he was born with, and things can't stay uneventful forever. He's been antsy for a few days, ever since a meeting with his superiors that he grudgingly attended. The nights have been rough again, too.

And now he's gone. One morning Raikou seems to have simply evaporated, leaving no signs of his going, not even missing supplies to account for a trip. And the most telltale sign that something's not right? His treasured sword remains in its place, untouched. Of course, the house and grounds are huge, so there's a chance he's still around somewhere...]