Snow_Creates
"Alright... just a sip..." Akaza trailed off, gaze fixed on the blue liquid once more.
His eyes rolled heavenward before he raised the vial - and accidentally gulped the entire contents...
"Uh-oh..."
His voice turned dry: "Not as sweet as it smells..." Akaza's head spun violently as he stumbled, gagging - one hand clamped over his mouth, the other flailing wildly for support...
"Damnit...!"
His legs crumpled beneath him; he crashed onto hands and knees, coughing violently.
Vision blurring, dark spots danced before his eyes as consciousness began to slip away...
Akaza's gaze wildly swept his surroundings, fleeting thoughts of regret whispering past his lips:
"I shouldn't have... Drank it..."
His body betrayed his fading consciousness, collapsing limply onto the soft grass.
Eyes fluttered closed, and he slipped into unconsciousness...
The wind responded as if sensing his vulnerability, gentle breezes quickening into soft gusts around him...
His chest rose and fell with slow, even breaths - the only sign of life - while fingers twitched almost imperceptibly, as if grasping for awareness lost...
Moonlight casts an eerie glow over Akaza's pale, motionless form, casting an unsettling silence over the forest...