Theme 026. Tears.
Main Characters: Yasuko Hotaru & Lenalee Li
Genre: Angst/Hurt
Author's Comments: I rather like this one. It doesn't make much sense, but Allen&co are playing 20 Questions where each person asks one question and then everybody has to give an answer. Hotaru must be really pissed at Lenalee for something, because she wouldn't normally say something like this.
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"The Millennium Earl."
Allen replied to Lenalee's question. It was obvious. How could he not hate someone who threw away innocent lives like that? The rest of the exorcists nodded in agreement.
"Your turn Lavi!" She said to the red headed exorcist, in a sing song voice.
"Hmmm… I hate it most…when… women go around not wearing skirts!" He chuckled in reply. It was a known fact that Lavi was a womanizer, and his tone was light and joking.
"They should be like you Lenalee, and not like Hotaru who's always walking around in long pants. Neh Hotaru?" He asked punching the girl softly on her shoulder. In response, Lenalee blushed several shades of red.
"Then what about you Hotaru? What do you hate?"
The girl stared at Lenalee; she opened her mouth, hesitated for a second, and then snapped it shut. It shocked Lenalee, why wouldn't Hotaru say anything? It was true she was shy but, they were her friends. Right?
"Hotaru, tell us. We all want to know. It's not like we'll tell anyone if you tell us." Lenalee was joined by several others, all wanting to know what the girl was keeping quiet about. The only two that didn't say anything were Lavi and Kanda. Lavi, because he was fairly sure he knew what Hotaru hated. And Kanda? The Japanese exorcist didn't seem to care.
"Can I really tell you? Do you really want to know?" Hotaru asked, looking Lenalee straight in the eye.
In reply, the Chinese exorcist nodded her head, she wanted to know badly.
"You. The thing I hate the most is you, Lenalee." After saying these words, Hotaru stood up getting ready to leave. She looked back to see a rather confused and hurt Lenalee and it wasn't long before the other exorcists were in her face.
"What do you mean?! How can you say that to Lenalee!? Isn't she your comrade?" She met the sour looks straight on, and not for the first time her eyes became unreadable. She said simply, an edge in her voice that Allen couldn't tell if it was annoyance or hate, "You wouldn't understand."
And with that Hotaru left the room leaving behind a sobbing Lenalee, a rather pissed off Allen, and Kanda, on whom these words had absolutely no effect.
You wouldn't understand if I had said, that I hated you
Because you can cry.
Because I wish I could cry, and weep till my heart ran out of tears.
I wish I could.
When you cry, people come to comfort you. They come to protect you.
They see you as someone who is strong and cares about her friends deeply.
When I cry, I become a hindrance.
And people see me as a weakling, as a burden.
You wouldn't understand, because it is not your heart that is cracking,
From the rift of all those pent up
Tears.