*Authors note*

Okay.
This was sort-of inspired by this: /listen/wjob
So go listen to it and cry like a baby. (I know I did :( )

I waited until everyone cleared out before going to his body and sitting next to it, pulling his head into my lap.

What an idiot. He'd been asking for this when he attacked them. I rocked myself gently, cursing the stupid Prince.

I didn't even notice I was crying until I saw my pink tears mixing with the blood on his face.

I kissed him desperately, hoping that some how, somewhere his dream self was waiting, now taking over his life.

I sat there, praying that somehow I'd revived him, but knowing that it wasn't possible anymore. All of our dream selves were long dead.

"YOU STUPID FUCKING PRICK" I screamed at him, more tears streaming down my face. "why couldn't you just leave them? All you've done is hurt everyone." I sobbed freely, glad that everyone had left.

I cursed myself. If I had've followed him instead of freaking out, he would still be alive. I could have saved him, but I didn't.

I laughed weakly. Really, it was all my fault. Everything. Everyone's deaths, the failure of our session, the cancer in the universe we'd made. I was a failure as a leader. And it was because of my failures that I now sat here, mourning the loss of my matesprit.

We'd been together so long, I was surprised that no-one else knew. We'd intentionally kept it secret, but normally people found out anyway.

"You're so pathetic." I whispered, still crying. "I'm pathetic too, but you're so much more so. It's why I pity you."

I scrubbed at the tear tracks on my face, only to have fresh tears make new ones.

"It's kinda hard not to pity you, after the way Fef left you, but I also saw just how much you sucked at filling quadrants. It just made you that much more pitiful." I sniffled. "I'm going to miss you, you know." I kissed him gently, preparing to leave. I'd come back later to move his body, because no-one else seemed to care about that. "I-" my voice cracked and more tears flowed down my face. "I pity you, Eridan."

I hugged him to me one last time, sobbing into his stupid purple-streaked hair.

"I….I love you." I used the strange human phrase, just feeling like it should be said.

I stood and turned to leave, wiping the tears from my face again.

I took a few steps before turning back again. I stepped back and reached down, carefully removing the glasses that I'd said I'd hated but really adored. "Goodbye." I straightened and walked away, not looking back, tears still streaming down my face, feeling emotionally numb, but I didn't care. I was going to be a better leader from now on. I swore to myself that I wasn't going to let this happen again. I wasn't going to let anyone face this kind of pain.