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I'll set myself on fire (If you promise to keep me warm)

Summary:

And if I ask
Will you
Hold my hand
Till your warmth
Burns me down to ashes

Wind Breaker Week 2024 - Day 5: Holding Hands

Notes:

In case someone missed the tags, this is not a LITERAL holding hands fic (unless sugisaku handshake counts anyway). It'll make more sense by the end ^^

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

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I’m cold

 

He’s such a nuisance

Stay away from him

 

It’s freezing 

 

What’s with that hair

His eyes are even worse

 

And I feel so numb

 

Nobody else would take him

 

The noose tied to my neck

Pulling me further down the void

And if I let this darkness submerge me

Would anyone care…

 

Gross. 

 

Their words cannot scathe me

I cannot allow that

No one can hate me more than I do

 

That kick was crazy

You’re really flexible huh?

 

But when you grab my neck and rip me out of the void

How am I supposed to ask you to let me be consumed

 

You haven’t given up on others yet. You don’t have to…

At the very least, I’m willing to face you head-on. 

So, please look up and face us too.

 

Let me be consumed

Let me be liberated from the mockery of life

What worth do I possess to make glance my side

 

A handshake

I just gotta grab his hand right?

I’m not gonna punch him back or smack him away

 

Touch is a fire burning through my soul

This strange sensation 

I crave for it but resent it just the same

 

Touching something or someone not related to fighting

Feels really weird

 

And if I hold any longer

I’ll burn down to the bone

 

Aww gosh! You are so sweet! What a good boy!

 

Please stop before I ruin myself beyond repair

Scars take too long to heal

And I am tired of ripping them open

 

Sakura. That uniform looks so good on you.

I’m counting on you.

 

I never learned to swim

But I’m skilled at drowning

I was raised in suffocation

My lungs don’t know how to hold air 

 

My body feels light. It’s easy to breathe

 

How have you bewitched my body

What is this light blooming in my chest

I’m getting hung on this feeling

Please don’t let me fall again

(Why does it feel so warm)

 

I never knew a place like this existed…

 

Are you warm enough to

Melt the ores and fill up the cracks on my skin

And mend the scars I never thought could be healed

 

This is it. I want to be here

 

Am I not going to be decapitated

For daring to want

Are dreams not for those deserving of love

 

To talk to someone with your fists… You have to face the person… 

And have a desire to know more about them

 

Am I deserving of dreams…? 

 

Please lean on us a little more

 

Please don’t hold me 

My hands are too filthy for your pure ones

Don’t soil your soul caring for mine

 

Please share some of your burdens with us!

You are really important to me Sakura-san!

 

And if I rip open the wounds

Would you still say you love me

The way you claim you do

 

Sakura-chan, that was really mean

I gotta say… There ain’t no virtue in that

I feel insulted

 

If I look up again

Will your eyes still gaze into mine

Will it still hold that warmth like the first time

 

It doesn’t matter how socially awkward you are, or what pain you can be! 

You still charge straight into any trouble just to protect your friends! 

You’re really cool for it too!

 

We seriously like you for who you are!

 

And if I ask

Will you

Hold my hand 

Till your warmth

Burns me down to ashes

 

The human body is a lot warmer than I thought

 

I never want to be cold again

 

Notes:

Fun fact: While I was rereading the manga to look for lines to include in my fic I realized there were a lot more supportive lines for Sakura than the hateful ones. He really is loved so much 😭💕

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