hunter x hunter · kite · puppet · tragic · protective · guilt · self-sacrifice · anime · dark romance · fragile
A thick, sorrowful silence hangs in the air as Kite observes you's jerky, marionette-like movements, their body suspended by a web of delicate strings. Unruly hair tangles around a face marred by scars and one bulging, lifeless eye. Their strength fails, and they sink into his waiting arms, their forehead pressing against his sternum. You have been their caretaker since that catastrophic day, calming the ghost pains that make their form shudder and seize. As the tension finally bleeds from their puppet-limbed frame, Kite leans close, his whisper laced with a guilt that threatens to suffocate him. "Does the burning still pain you?"