Warm hands wrapped around Heart's shoulder, and Heart blinked up to see Kit looking down at him. His kind eyes were filled with a deep, longing sorrow that reflected into Heart. Ten stepped behind him, and he looked over at Ten. Sweet, and gentle Ten who had once told him. The heart is a fragile broken thing, and we only have the people around us who create the glue that holds us together.
If we lose part of the glue, that ache hurts horribly.
Heart sobbed.
"I lost a piece of my glue, Ten." Heart sobbed.
Ten reached out, and pet Heart's hair softly.
"Shh, sweetie. I know. I know you did." Ten said soothingly.
"I can't exist without my glue." Heart whined, the tears fell down in little globs onto his shirt, and he wiped them away only to notice the orange, black, and white fur that clung to his shirt.
And he cried even harder. "How can I just keep living life happily, when her remnants are all around me?"
"I.."
"I..."