#even sato's dad redeemed himself but krad was fuuuuckt upppppp start to end. god bless

[dnangelic]

' --- ' his mouth opens , but no words come out at first . why ? did he need a reason ? was there one greater against than for , beside ? he doesn't understand the other's stubbornness . that terrifying intensity that revealed itself at times , nor the way hiwatari could simply turn his head and return to his usual cold self , fractured and brittle as things were starting to seem beneath the surface .

' but ... we don't actually know that for sure ... ! ' even if it felt foolish to admit , daisuke could have confessed it nevertheless : he didn't know anything . not what would happen to himself or dark in the future , whether or not things would get even better or somehow even worse , but he didn't want to be afraid of it anymore . ' i ... look , a lot of things have happened , ' and even as he transformed and stole , some things had changed . his stubborn oaths receded and he started to have fun . dark's cruelty abated , and the voice that had once solely mocked and goaded had become willing to speak with and sing to him . what once was undoubtedly a curse had become a presence that comforted .

' there has to be a way , right ? otherwise , hiwatari-kun , it's --- a lie . ' he hesitates , then continues . ' we have to at least try . ' the rest , he thinks , was both somehow a simple and complex equation at the same time . ' dark ... is me . ' and he was dark . the mirrored phrase had echoed endlessly in his mind . ' so if i want it --- if i ask him , ' even beyond it , if the boy simply ignored any resistance or outcry , ' he'll definitely help . t-that's proof too , right ? '

his throat burned. no... not burned. scratched. like something was trying to claw its way out no matter how much he forced it down. krad; he assumed blindly, unable to realize that it was his own words ripping at his throat. he had been putting his emotions down for so long in preparation of Krad that he had forgotten what his own heart felt like in his chest. maybe that was why he was also so reluctant to believe that Daisuke could genuinely feel anything towards him beyond what is expected.

a timeless tale; hero and villain. chief commander and thief. demon and angel... cursed and curse bringer. creator and destroyer. it was timeless. so then why was Daisuke trying to break a cycle that would never be able to break? perhaps it was the same reason he was trying to fight against Krad when he knows so many of his line had failed in the past. he was simply prolonging the inevitable but prolong it he continues to do.

" help...? " what could he possibly do to help? hadn't he already done enough? no. it was not him who caused all this. that blame was the original Niwa's hands alone. it was foolish to hold everyone to the sins of the ancestor. maybe that was why he was far more willing to let Daisuke go so easliy. it had to be... he looks away from the other, gold flakes in blue iris refusing to be blinked away. " why... why do you keep insisting on something you know cannot truly be? you know as well as I that pain will never pass... you claim your body moves on it's own -- but I cannot believe that. there is no reason for him to want to aid me of all people on this planet... "