Learning to Fly

From Vash's P.O.V.

Author's note: This is written in three stanzas. Their names are the names of the girls that Vash is talking about/to. The third is what happens after Vash's soliloquy ends. Warnings: fluff-sap, VashxMeryl, angst, spoilers for Vash's age/Rem.

Rem: She told me to jump

She promised she'd be there to catch me

I believed her

So I jumped

And she disappeared

It's not her fault

But I fell

And smashed on the ground

Meryl: And now you're calling

Me to the edge

I can't trust it

Love turns to hate so fast

Why are you still calling?

I'm

Not

Listening!

Well, maybe I'll walk to the edge

That's safe

And stand there and look down

There you are

Arms outstretched

Don't

You

Understand?

I can't fly

Anymore

I'm crippled

I'm surprised you're still here

Waiting

You're really patient, you know that?

Yeah, well, I can play that game, too

I've been waiting for over a century now

You'll wait forever...

You don't care, do you?

I guess it can't hurt any worse than it did the last time

Maybe this time is what I've been waiting for

You don't care if I fly or not, do you?

It doesn't matter,

You'll still be here for me

Either way

But will you disappear?

Is it only a dream, after all?

There's only one way to find out

Here I come

Please, please stay

So: He jumped

And she caught him

And he flew