Free

By: Priscilla Violet Regina

Disclaimer: See title? That's how much I'm charging you for allowance to read this fic! It's free! And I get nothing from it! So...sorry, can't sue me!

Warning: So angsty I can't believe I wrote it. If you are depressed right now, please, don't read this. I don't want to be the cause of some unnecessary decisions! This is so sad. FYI: I wrote this when I broke up with my boyfriend, and it expresses my feelings exactly.

Broken up couple: Duo and Hilde *sniffles*

I had to leave. I had no choice. Everything was just...too good.

What am I saying? Too good? I must be insane! All my life I've been praying and wishing and hoping for the perfect guy, and I finally found him. But he was too perfect. Just...too perfect.

I love him, no doubt, but...I can't stand it being this easy. Our relationship was too easy. I told him what I wanted, he did it. I told him what I didn't want...he didn't do it. There was no tension, no questioning glances, just...willful obedience. Why couldn't he just say 'no' once? Why couldn't he be annoyed with me? But no...he just wanted the perfect relationship where everyone is happy.

Except me.

It was so hard to tell him. How I wanted just to do something that would make him mad so he could break up with me, but...

I knew I could never make him that mad. And, anyway, I knew that was the easy way out for me. If I really wanted to end this, release myself, I knew I had to do it myself.

Then comes in my dilemma. I knew he loved me. Very, very much. So much so, in fact, I'm sure he cried when he read my note. I hate breaking up with people, I really do! I don't like bringing pain to people, as much as I seem to do it. And I knew he would experience a LOT of pain. He was so fragile, so delicate. Hell, one comment about me thinking some other guy was cute would shatter him!

To get up the nerve, I started finding things about him to bother me. Such as how he got upset when he couldn't see me every day. Or how he was so...possessive over me. They never bothered me before, but...I made them bother me. I tried sending signals to him, tried to hint that things weren't going as well as planned, but...I guess he didn't figure out until it was too late.

So, now, I sit here, thinking about him and how he's probably crying, curled up in a ball on his bed, holding the ring I gave him...

And it's making my heart ache. Like it never has before. It hurts...how it hurts...

I love him so much, but...I need to be free...

Free from restraints on life.

Free from the stress of a relationship.

Free from love.

Duo, I have to be free. I'm sorry.

I love you.

A shot is heard, and Hilde falls to the floor, clutching the necklace he had given her, along with a single red rose.

"Duo..."

-Owari

*sniffles* Sorry for the pain and sadness! Review please!

Oh, and sorry it's so short, but I think for what I wanted to say, it's the right length.