Riko-JOKH

I promised myself. [I broke my promise.] I never thought I'd meet someone like you. [Someone who cared for me.] You showed me friendship. [You taught me trust.] You reminded me how to laugh. [I had forgotten how.] You gave me a shoulder to cry on. [I finally shed those endless tears.] When I shivered in fright, you would hold me. [When I'm with you, I'm not as scared.] You were always there for me no matter what. [I've come to love you.]

Every sight of you sends me over the edge. [I'm addicted to you.] You're like a pill. [That I keep swallowing.] Constantly, you seem to draw me in. [I hold my breath in suspense.] But then you cast me out again. [Cut my chest until the pain fades.] And then we do it all over again. [Circling in our psychotic dance.]

                                          Prologue: Oddities of the Heart Sometimes, there is no sign of something ominous about to happen. Sometimes, you cannot see the answer that stands right before you. There are times when things get out of hand, and you have to consider every possibility. If you do not get up now, you may just die… Akai woke up with a jolt of pain coming from his chest. He had no idea why there was so much pain focused in one particular area. He felt that his heart was seizing to beat for a moment, but it was doing nothing but stopping-in fact, it was beating rapidly. Akai felt his bare chest for  a moment, a