Disclaimer: I am insane and am in no way responsible for my stealing of any of the CCS characters.
Another one chapter wonder... ok, maybe not a wonder, but it's only got one chapter.
Learning To Cry
The old wooden door opened with a soft click, quiet footsteps padded across the dusty floor.
The bed creaked violently as a young man lowered himself down on it, his ruffled brown hair floating gently in a small draft. His clear, amber eyes swept the room.
"It's exactly as I remember it, Sakura." His gaze fell to the dressing table."There's the stuffed bear I gave you on Valentines Day. Heh, I thought it was the ugliest bear in the world but you grabbed it and hugged it as if it was the best present you'd ever gotten. Damn lucky bear."
He looked past the bear to a ornamental picture frame, inside it was a photo of a young teenage girl on a roller-coaster, her golden-brown hair streaming out behind her as her emerald eyes shined with delight. Next to her sat a teenage boy, his brown hair even more ruffled than normal, his amber eyes staring straight ahead, a frown dominating his face.
"I wasn't much for smiling back then, was I, Sakura?" A tiny smile tugged at his lips. "You never seemed to care that all I did was glare, you still invited me everywhere. That's one of the reasons we became friends, Sakura, you never tried to change me, you just accepted it and made friends with me anyway."
He stared at the girl in the picture, admiring her face and glittering eyes.
"I never met anyone like you, Sakura, you could light up the darkest day, yet never asked for anything in return. You were a true friend, Sakura, my best friend."
His eyes started to mist over as he gazed at the photo.
"I've never cried, Sakura, not when I felt your aura fade from this world, not when I saw your mangled body, not even at your funeral, I just stood there looking down at you lying in your coffin. You looked so peaceful, as if you had just fallen asleep instead of being hit by a car. I kept waiting for you to open your eyes and jump out of the coffin laughing at us standing there in our black mourning outfits."
He sighed.
"They buried you, Sakura, and still I didn't cry, even as the earth was shovelled over your coffin. I could not. The walls around my emotions were too strong, I never could grieve for you, and it was tearing at my soul."
He shifted position, stirring up a cloud of dust.
"It's been five years now, five long years since I broke my promise to protect you. Five year of learning and now I think I'm ready."
A lone tear slid down his cheek to fall with a soft plop on the dusty floor.
"I'm sorry, Sakura, I'm sorry I couldn't protect you, I'm sorry I never told you how I felt and I'm sorry for what we will miss out on together."
A cascade of tears now fell from the still figure on the bed.
"But most of all Sakura, I'm sorry it took so long to learn to cry..."
The End
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Thanks go to my sister again for saving me from many grammatical errors.