Final Arc Part XIII

Sei could feel his muscles that were all bunched up slowly relaxing and his heart and blood that had all but turned into ice thaw and returned to its normal functions. Though his body was still and unmoving the whole time, his eyes were fully glued on the descending pair until they did a perfect landing just a few feet from where he was standing.

Seeing Juu unhook the clasps of the parachute from Davi and himself, Sei finally took a step forward. As he increased his pace to the pair before him, his hands were already lifted from his sides and finally they curled around Davi as he hugged his wife as hard as he could.

Clutching her back and hair, Sei shuddered hard as he released all the tension he had constrained so tightly since the moment she heard Scarlet Hill was under attacked. His fingers shaking as he slid them into her hair and curved them over her skull.