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All this blood, all smeared on walls, on skin, stained the clothes of the one who killed
But why?
Sodo was pacing back and forth in his room, trying to calm himself down. His breathing was heavy and his eyes couldn't stay focused. All he could do was wait, wait and think about all the possible punishments another one of his pack is getting right now
A knock kicked him out of his thoughts, made him freeze in place. "What" he said with a small growl. The one who knocked brought themselves in, and Sodo didn't want to see who it was
"Sodo, are you okay?" He knew that voice anywhere. "I'm fine, Aeth. Just leave me alone" Sodo didn't look at him, instead. He looked up straight into a mirror in front of him, seeing his own figure staring right back at him with anger
"You're really not. Dewbug what's-" "don't you dare fucking call me that." Aether, a quintessence ghoul was stopped by Sodos harsh words, but nothing stopped him from getting closer to Sodo. "You've been in here for hours, you haven't came out once since the incident and everyone is worried.."
Should he tell him? Is it a good idea? "Talk to me, Dew..plesse" Aether rested a hand on the fire ghouls shoulder, looking at him as he stared in the mirror. "It was me.."
Aether tilted his head in confusion, "what do you mean?" Sodo sighed and prepared himself for a long explanation
"I killed the human.."
Sodo growled as he whiped the blood from his face, looking down at the body of a sibling, who lay unconscious with blood pouring out from his neck and scratches and wounds scraped across his arms, legs and torso. The siblings clothes were soaked in his own blood and torn up from the scratches
"It was the moon, it was an instinct I couldn't hold back, I couldn't stop.."
Sodo started to feel his body shake, looking down at his bloody stained hands. He reeked of human blood, covered in it head to toe. Even his bright blonde hair was dyed the deep red color. Sodo couldn't stop shaking, his breath was gone and his eyes shook from side to side as he stared at the brother of sin he had killed..all because of a stupid moon
"I heard someone coming down the halls, i was startled and hid in a closet"
Sodo quickly opened a closet door with his wrists, quickly got in and closed it, peeking through the small window the door had. Another ghoul had entered the hall at a racing speed, the stench of blood spilling into his nose
"What the hell?" He muttered, walking up to the unconscious soul. Sodo was about to open the closet but stopped when he heard a blood curdling scream come from a different human, a sister of sin
The ghoul quickly turned around and saw the sister with wide eyes and a scared face. "W-wait, i didn't-" he didn't get to explain, the girl ran away as quickly as possible
"A Sister thought Swiss had done it, he was stunned when he saw the brother and had no time to explain or even to check on him before the Sister saw. She told Imperatorafter that and I heard Swiss' screams as the Sentrys took him away.."
"Sodo..i.." Aether couldn't even speak, couldn't find the words to even express what he just heard. "Swiss is being punished, brutally punished right now and he wasn't even the one that murdered the sibling? Why didn't you tell them the truth-"
"Because the truth would get me killed!" Sodo yelled, turning around to Aether as hot tears rolled down his face. "Humans think we are monsters, beasts straight from the pits of hell. It's what we are though, right? Why not show them"
Aether didn't know how to react, all he knew was that a ghoul was being punished for something he never did, and the one that did do it is standing in front of him, innocent to the others.
"I'm very disappointed in you, Dewdrop." Aether said sternly, hiding his anger because he knew how Sodo would react if he yelled. "I'm going to bail Swiss out. And I want you to think of an apology to him. Now." With that, Aether left, and Sodo couldn't help but fall to the ground and break down into his hands