Epiphany : Part 1

"God, what happened to you?" Rune gasped as she brought a medkit to her room, looking at Axel who was getting rid of his white blouse and trying to change into a new shirt.

There was a slight wide bruise on the Vergessene's chest. Vague black lines also spread from his chest like messed up blooming flowers, adorning his body.

Not to mention all the scars on his feet and hands.

"O-oh, you're here!" Axel quickly turned around, showing his back on Rune with a face that slowly turned red. He desperately tried to hide his body from her as he curled upon himself.

"God! What happened to your back?!" The red-haired girl blurted out, eyeing the boy's back like it was some kind of a broken painting.

The boy furrowed his eyebrows at the exclaim, quickly looking at the mirror near him to see what Rune was implying. "What happened to my-"

Axel's blue eyes widened. "Oh my god, what happened to my back?!"