Disclaimer: I don't own Mai-HiME. Got the idea from Audrey Niffenegger's The Time Traveler's Wife. Awesome story :)

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My Time Traveler Hime

Prologue

by Chill

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Now I wait for her. Each moment that I wait feels like an eternity.

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I hate to be where she is not, when she is not.
And yet, I am always going, and she could not follow.

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-S-

I met her when I was six. The moment I laid my eyes on her, I knew that she was the one. I think that is weird to feel that way about another woman but I was a child then and I paid no heed to it.

It's hard being left behind. It pains me every time she would come and go so I keep myself busy working until I'm tired. Sometimes I go out to have lunch with my friends or walk our dog, Duran. Time goes faster that way.

Sometimes I feel relieved that she would never see me in that miserable state. There are times that I felt mad at her and I could not just help it. I knew that it was irrational of me; after all it was not her fault. She vanishes unwillingly. I could never go wherever and whenever she goes. It's hard knowing that any moment, she could disappear and I don't have any idea as to her whereabouts. I always worry about her even though I knew that she could very well take care of herself. At the same time, I feel relieved every time she went back safe and unharmed. And every time she returns, I fell in love with her all over again. I just can't help it. Just like the first time, every time is so..magical.

Now I wait for her. Each moment that I wait feels like an eternity.

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I was twenty-three when I first saw her. Well, technically not. I first saw her when I was fifteen. The first time she saw me, she looks so fragile yet stunningly beautiful. The funny thing is she was very scared yet she gives of the vibe that she's not the one to back down at anything. She's just so cute.

I think I have fallen for her all over again. Is that even possible? I really don't know. It pains me every time I go. It pains me when I left her all by herself. It's not like I wished to vanish all of a sudden, without warning, 'cause if I were to choose, I want to be by her side every minute, every day, every waking hour, every night as she goes to sleep to make her feel loved, not abandoned…but sometimes I'm thankful for what I am because I was able to met her. And whenever and wherever I go, I wish that I'll get to see her be it in the past or in the future.

Yep. I, Kuga Natsuki, am a time traveler.

Not that I wished for it. But hey, it leads me to Shizuru, right? But I wish that I could just stay. Sometimes, I'm afraid that I will not be able to go back in her loving arms again. It hurts damn much.

I hate to be where she is not, when she is not. And yet, I am always going, and she could not follow.