Steady Beats of the Heart // Kirito x Oasis
Aug 13, 2016 13:55:59 GMT -5
Post by Arrows on Aug 13, 2016 13:55:59 GMT -5
Kirito Miristioma
Victor of the 70th Hunger Games
Victor of the 70th Hunger Games
Frozen figures sway within the shadows of loss as time toils endlessly on. Days become nothing more than sentences of solitude away from the glinting light of society. Surrounding Kirito were monsters obsessed with torture and stardom. In times of turmoil and disarray, both Katelyn and Harbinger were swept out into the sinister society's sea of media. While blood bubbled upon chilling stones in a distant hellish land, Katelyn was paraded around like meat for wolves in another. Two tributes Kirito willed to help now lay dead within a metal morgue just floors below where Kirito now resided. Their phantom faces flicker within every mirror and every drop of water. Beside them Iain and Carrita, not to mention the Casanova Annora herself. Failed faces fighting for Kirito's attention all while he stayed within the sanctions of the District Eleven floor. If this wasn't the purest form of loneliness alongside a single soul wandering a dead arena, Kirito wasn't sure what was.
Pen scribbled papers lay in chaos across a glass table's surface. Numbers for sponsorship now uselessly existing upon a calculated piece of parchment. Half written letters for grieving members of the Holbrook family stare blankly towards the ceiling. Not a single word relating to the Rhodes is even written. Ashes line the fireplace signifying the burning of them just days ago. Not a single reason to write a letter for the Rhodes was present, everything Kirito could write would be said in person. Three years, one victor, five deaths. The ever aching words of Key Ward dauntingly return to Kirito's sullen mind all too often. None of it ever added up. Twenty three doesn't equal one, just as it never will. Broken systems of blood govern the lands yet everyone continues to play by the same rules. Fear was a sedative to the people, but for Kirito and surely Harbinger along with Katelyn, it had long worn off.
Tender tapping rose from Kirito's fingers as the sound filled the singularly occupied floor. It was the Seventh day of the Games and Kirito hadn't ventured out of the floor since the Third. He hadn't spoken to a single interviewer or media member. Aside from dining late in the night few phrases had been exchanged between the trio of victors either. Katelyn was exhausted, Harbinger was coping, and Kirito was just there. Every part of Kirito hated the rules binding him to this City for any longer than he had to be. It was sickeningly ironic to think just a year earlier Kirito chose to stay when the trains departed. It wasn't that Kirito didn't care for the fallen, he did. It wasn't that he didn't care for Harbinger's health, he did. To Kirito, everything just feels like it gets better when they get back home. Not to mention, he had someone truly waiting for his return this time around.
Longing ripples through Kirito's chest just thinking about her. Her vibrant eyes and angel lit smile. Her words smoother than the sea from which they met. Love was not something Kirito was expert in. For years his closest friend, his own twin, all but hated him. Relationships were an ocean filled with rocks for Kirito. Yet now he had two secrets hidden within his home because one had chosen to follow him. Miles upon miles away one Kirito considered to be his anchor waited without a boat to keep still. Waited while she watched snippits of him flash upon a screen. Kirito longed for any piece of her. To hear her euphoric voice or to feel her silken touch upon his graveled skin. However, he wondered if she longed for him the same. If she missed having him by her side as much as her devoid presences tortured him so.
In an instant it all becomes too much, the need for her is overwhelming. Kirito suddenly feels as though he needs her more than the Earth needs the Moon. Motion ignited within his once stagnant muscles. Once twiddling fingers wrap around the base of smooth grey phone. Beeps bubble from the device's speaker as Kirito dials his own house's number. Anticipation causes his body to shudder with every ring he hears. Worry wrangles Kirito's lunges as doubt of an answer becomes all too much of a possibility. Then luckily a voice ends the ringing. A weak laugh filled with relief escapes Kirito's lips while his Mother's voice reaches his synthetic ear.
"Hey Ma, yeah I'm doing fine. It's been a bit rough with everything considering all the paperwork falls on me while Katelyn and Harbinger are on that Capitol show. Yeah I'm ready to be home too. Ya know Ma, is she around right now, ya know, is she around? I would love to talk to her." Caution lingers within Kirito's tone as he emphasizes his wish to speak to Oasis. Kirito was more than certain that every call from this building was highly monitored, and with that being the case he couldn't dare release any information that might give their secrets away.
The other end of the line ruffles for a moment as a new voice suddenly fills not just the phone but Kirito's entire body. In one simple hello she sets flames to Kirito's body, thawing it from the icy loneliness he had been submerged within. However, as much as Kirito wishes to display clearly his joy he forces caution back to the front of his priorities hoping she catches on to his game.
"Hi Lavendar, I hope everything at the house is being kept clean and in order. I'm sure it is considering you have been such an amazing addition to the house. In fact, I have to say I miss having you around quite a lot." Kirito feels his heart lurching with every word he speaks but he prays that his true message shines through to her through the phone. Oasis meant the world to him and he would do anything for her and her brother. They were precious to him now, and all he could do was hope she felt that way.