The Burdens We Bear

Nobody's hands remained clean by the end of the civil war. Machias experiences his first time killing someone in battle, before even hitting eighteen, and isn't sure what to make of it. Fortunately or unfortunately, he's in good company with the rest of Class VII, many of whom only went through the change merely weeks or months prior.Jusis especially will not let him take this alone. A night spent in catharsis is sorely needed on both sides, he finds, in the form of a physical affection he didn't know he was capable of.