[Now that's just terrible. He's too old for field studies, "going back to school" aside. But he is pretty happy to follow Rean around. He enjoys the workout, too, and despite what he'd tell anyone he likes people, and helping people.
So it's not so bad. And then they go home and Crow plays teacher's aide and that's not so bad either. They start sleeping in the same bed, and their physical relationship doesn't progress too much but there's more than there was before Crow ran off. It's nice.
It's a really nice life, until Crow notices his body failing. At first he thinks he's just got a cold, when he starts getting dizzy spells. But then his vision starts to gradually blur, and his fingertips start to go numb. It's mild, at first. Minor, easily worked through and dismissed. If he were older, maybe he'd assume it's just aging. But he's only 22, and the problem is just a red flag of all of his fears about ceasing to exist.
He doesn't say anything. He knows Rean's going to be angry at him, but he just doesn't know what to say. He doesn't want to spend the time he has left watching Rean cry, so instead he's determined to see Rean as happy as he can, while he can. He does his best to be a good "student". To take on the lion's share of the chores, to get better and better at cooking, to take Rean on as many stupid fluffy happy dates as he can plan.
He tries not to look like he's trying too hard, though. He doesn't want to warn Rean, so he makes sure to absolutely not give off any of his usually unhappy tells -- no spacing out, no distance. He's just all love and teasing affection, and everything is great until about a week after graduation. It's time for a new class to come in, and Rean's been busy getting this year's Class VII first years acclimated. Too busy in fact to notice that Crow's been dizzy more often the last few days. He's dizzy today, too, while they're walking side-by-side down the street towards Kirche's for lunch.
Suddenly, he slows. In the bare handful of seconds before Rean's able to realise he's falling behind, he sways, lifting a hand to his head, and just as Rean turns around he crumples to the ground, totally unconscious.]
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So it's not so bad. And then they go home and Crow plays teacher's aide and that's not so bad either. They start sleeping in the same bed, and their physical relationship doesn't progress too much but there's more than there was before Crow ran off. It's nice.
It's a really nice life, until Crow notices his body failing. At first he thinks he's just got a cold, when he starts getting dizzy spells. But then his vision starts to gradually blur, and his fingertips start to go numb. It's mild, at first. Minor, easily worked through and dismissed. If he were older, maybe he'd assume it's just aging. But he's only 22, and the problem is just a red flag of all of his fears about ceasing to exist.
He doesn't say anything. He knows Rean's going to be angry at him, but he just doesn't know what to say. He doesn't want to spend the time he has left watching Rean cry, so instead he's determined to see Rean as happy as he can, while he can. He does his best to be a good "student". To take on the lion's share of the chores, to get better and better at cooking, to take Rean on as many stupid fluffy happy dates as he can plan.
He tries not to look like he's trying too hard, though. He doesn't want to warn Rean, so he makes sure to absolutely not give off any of his usually unhappy tells -- no spacing out, no distance. He's just all love and teasing affection, and everything is great until about a week after graduation. It's time for a new class to come in, and Rean's been busy getting this year's Class VII first years acclimated. Too busy in fact to notice that Crow's been dizzy more often the last few days. He's dizzy today, too, while they're walking side-by-side down the street towards Kirche's for lunch.
Suddenly, he slows. In the bare handful of seconds before Rean's able to realise he's falling behind, he sways, lifting a hand to his head, and just as Rean turns around he crumples to the ground, totally unconscious.]