𒆜 уσυ'яє тнє мσѕт ιмρσятαηт тнιηg тσ мє ησω 𒆜
✎ ɪɴ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ Vivia Twilight is given a book by a man he doesn't know, growing closer as the days go by.
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⟿ 𝚁𝙰𝙸𝙽 𝙲𝙾𝙳𝙴 𝚂𝙿𝙾𝙸𝙻𝙴𝚁𝚂 (𝙲𝙷𝙰𝙿𝚃𝙴𝚁 𝟺-𝙴𝙿𝙸𝙻𝙾𝙶𝚄𝙴)
𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝙲𝚘𝚞𝚗...
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ᴄʜɪᴢᴜᴇ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ news was fake. Everyone thought the news was fake. He didn't want to believe it. No one wanted to believe it.
He was in Kamasaki District when he and everyone else in Kanai Ward found out they were all homunculi—defective homunculi. Makoto Kagutscuhi broadcasted a live stream of him revealing the truth behind Kanai Ward. It felt too much, and it wasn't just for him. Every resident of Kanai Ward couldn't wrap their head around the fact they weren't human, that their original human counterpart was eaten by one of them—they could have eaten their human counterpart themselves—they were all failed experiments, they needed to keep out of the sun to keep themselves from turning into actual zombies, they needed to eat human food to keep themselves sane...
And do not even get him started on the meat buns.
Chizue found himself in an empty alley, needing to stay away from everyone. He was a homunculus, but he didn't feel like one. He remembered everything from before Kanai Ward was isolated, but his heart sank when realizing they weren't his memories. They belong to the real Chizue Abe, the human version of him. The one he might have eaten alive himself.
Being alone wasn't helping, but being surrounded by other people wasn't what he wanted either.
"There you are."
He jumped at hearing Vivia's voice. He backed away as far as he could until his back pressed against the wall of a building. "Don't come any closer."
He held his hands up in peace. "I'm not going to hurt you."
"But what if I hurt you?" Defective homunculus could be dangerous, especially towards humans. If everyone in Kanai Ward was a homunculus, then outsiders like Vivia were humans. He didn't want to hurt him.
"You're not going to hurt me." Vivia took one step forward.
Chizue's back pressed harder against the wall. "That's probably what someone thought before they got eaten by their best friend's homunculus."
"You had some human meat to eat a while back, though. It should last you enough time to have this conversation. Even if it doesn't" —a faint smile appeared— "I wouldn't mind getting eaten by you."
"Don't say something like that..."
His face turned serious. "I won't as long as you let me at least stay with you."
He wouldn't go away. Was there really any point in making him?
Vivia tried taking another step forward. Chizue didn't move, making him try another. More came until he was right in front of him. It wasn't often they were both standing, and Chizue realized Vivia would be taller than him if his posture wasn't so bad. It was Vivia, though, and he loved that.
