End of the World; Redux

Subaru crossed the threshold of the house activating his wards by his mere presence there. He wasn't sure what kind of game Seishirou was playing this time but he wasn't going to let the man manipulate him again . He'd been a pawn of Seishirou's for too many years already and something had snapped inside him when he held Seishirou's dying body. He didn't even know if he had the capacity to feel anything anymore.

He drew the coat closer around his frame and moved to settle in a chair his eyes staring dully into the fire. He had a job to do later that night and it was necessary to at least try to get some sleep. The problem was the dreams he had occasionally but even though Kakyou had offered to take them he'd refused