Title: Don't Leave Me Alone
Author: Window's Light
Story Type: Fanfiction – Angelic Layer
Genre: Romance, Tragedy
Rating: PG-13 ('cuz it's shoujo ai)
Chapters: I have no clue…
Disclaimer: I do not own Angelic Layer. A talented all-girl manga team called CLAMP does.
Summary: Sai had Kaede. And she was her everything… But nobody can have everything. Shoujo ai. SaiKaede
Author's Notes:
1. I haven't seen the whole series. I don't exactly know how Sai or Kaede acts or feels. So please forgive me if they are OOC.
2. English is not my primary language. I'm Filipino. So please forgive me if there are any grammatical errors seen within this fic.
3. I can't imagine Sai and Kaede doing anything beyond just plain shoujo ai… It's creepy. They're not the type of persons who would do such stuff.
4. I don't like Suzuhara. I'm just watching the show for Sai and Kaede.
5. Hatoko is very cute. Especially when she sneezes.
6. I like sugary cereals mixed with super condensed sweet milk.
7. I also like snacking on brown sugar.
8. I have diabetes.
9. This is my first Angelic Layer fic. Please be nice.
10. Reviews would be greatly appreciated.
Oh yeah, special thanks to my two classmates and long-time friends Marie-chelle and Ara for editing! Luv ya!
CHAPTER 1: "Promise"
"Sai-san?"
Sai did not reply verbally but instead shifted her head up to look at a young lady with glasses sitting in front of her across the table.
"Is everything ok?"
She sipped her coffee and said, "Why do you ask?"
"You've been very quiet since we arrived here."
"I'm always quiet, Kaede-san." She put down her mug and started typing on the laptop she had at her right. It was displaying the image of her angel, Shirahime. She had come over to Kaede's to work together with their dolls again. It had been their usual routine for some time now.
"Sai-san is quiet sometimes. But Sai-san looks down today." Kaede had used the third person again (it's cute .). She liked doing that for some reason, especially when she's talking to Sai.
"I'm fine Kaede-san. Don't worry." Sai finished typing and shut the laptop down. "Are you done eating?"
"Sai-san is not paying attention to her surroundings anymore. I finished already. I even cleaned up her plates." She smiled.
"Sorry. Maybe I'm just a bit sleepy." Sai explained, blushing a little while looking away from the other girl.
"Then we should go to bed then." Kaede stood up from her chair and reached for Sai's coffee mug. "Coffee will make it harder to sleep, Sai-san."
"Yeah, I guess. I didn't really think I would get some sleep tonight."
"Just because it's a weekend doesn't mean you shouldn't sleep, Sai-san. It's bad for your health."
It's bad for your health.
That simple statement sent flashbacks flowing though Sai's mind. She used to tell her sister, Rin, those words. But no matter how much she cared for her, no matter how much she poured every ounce of her time and attention to her, and no matter how much she loved her, she was still taken away from her.
Sai was not able to do anything. That's what frustrated her. She couldn't save Rin. So it all came to the point that she would blame herself and become the Ice Machine she was now.
"Sai-san?"
Kaede's soft voice snapped Sai from her trance.
"Sorry Kaede-san. I'm getting a bit dizzy. I think we should rest now."
"Of course Sai-san. You can go ahead. I'll just clean up here." And she smiled. That enigmatic smile that people had dubbed "Heaven's Smile". It was the right term for it, Sai had always thought. She had always seen Kaede as a gift from heaven. An angel who took her sister's place.
Indeed, Kaede is an angel.
She was Sai's savior. She had saved Sai from that large thick ice that surrounded her, melting it down until it would completely disappear.
She was Sai's guardian. She never left Sai's side since that day when fate had decided to strip her naked of all she had.
She was Sai's everything. Without her, that fragile little girl inside Sai would be lost. Without her, that path ahead that Sai was looking forward to follow would disappear.
Without her…
The world would crumble into ashes.
"Kaede…" Sai had suddenly said without thinking while setting a white futon on the wooden floor. She was not able to add the honorific that she usually used with the girl's name.
"Hai? Sai-san?" Kaede said while putting her comb back in the dresser. Her hair was down, not in its usual braid, with soft brown curls resting upon her small shoulders.
Sai laid down on her futon and turned her back.
"…You won't ever leave me alone… won't you?"
Kaede was a little surprised with the sudden question, but curled her lips and lowered her shoulders in an understanding smile nonetheless.
"…Of course not." She finally answered, though her voice was a little small.
"Please. Don't ever leave me alone Kaede, please."
"Sai-san…" Kaede smiled understandingly. She walked towards Sai's resting form and bent down to place a kiss on the girl's forehead. "I won't leave you alone. I promise…"
Kaede stood up straight and turned the lights off.
"Good night, Sai…"
"You too, Kaede…"