AN:
I still don't own Slayers. I'm on a roll, strangely enough…I think I'm sugar-high from finishing Royal Blunders. This is a poem about Lina—or, rather, from Lina's point of view.I Never Knew
The day I met you was the beginning.
I can't remember too much in detail before then.
It was the first day I found a direction.
But haven't I always had a plan?
I had never met anyone quite like you before.
I never knew I could tolerate it.
The days that followed were filled with danger.
More than I had bargained for.
Yet it was the danger that kept this new circle of people together.
But how did we all end up saving each other?
I had never received such loyalty before.
I never knew I could have friends like these.
The days went quickly.
I had grown so used to your idiocy.
Before I knew it, you had become almost like a part of me.
But how could you stay with me?
Me…didn't you deserve better than
me?I never knew you were too goodhearted to leave.
The days that just passed, they had me dazed.
I realized you were more important to me than I thought.
My friends constantly reminded me of that.
But what more did they think you and I had?
Everyone was pushing me to 'stop denying it', because we had 'something more.'
I never knew that they could be right.
The days that are now are wildly bewildering.
I feel so many things at once that it…hurts.
My friends all wear a knowing smile when I begin to choke on my words at the sight of you.
But what else can I do when I see you—the man who has been with me countless times?
I scorned you, accepted you, saved you, cared for you, nearly died for you…
I never knew I could fall for you.
End.