Rarely would sand speckles ride the wind shimmering in the dark, only to disappear again in this black and white frame. Watching from here, I always wondered where is it they go and what purpose do they see being together with the unpredictable wind.

Is it the same for you? Are you unwillingly picked up by this wind, and carried in the directions you wish not to travel? Is this, that same instinct that haunts your tormented soul, Nnoitra?

Sitting on this edge, why is it that I keep asking myself this over and over?

The dark sky here can never find the sun, so why should I hold the answer?

"Well ain't this lovely, sightseeing are we now, Neliel?" Ringed a hoarse voice through the silence.

Why, is it that even here, he finds me?

"Oi bitch, that mask sittin' tightly on ya or what?"

Slowly I turned around, only to give him that same look I gave him every day.

"What do you want, Nnoitra?" I sighed, knowing too well what came next.

That big grin rarely left his face, making his eyes smaller, rendering any signs of his true intents. That is, if he really had any.

"Don't play dumb with me Neliel, ya know why I'm here." He hissed, swinging his apathetic crescent for a sword.

Again I looked into his eyes, trying to figure out this man, as I tried for the past two years since I met him.

"Tch, again with this bullshit. Get over it! I'm tired of seeing that fucking face you make," he spat "how about I tear it off right now?" His smile widened to the point where it began to resemble his Santa Teresa.

"Just what is it he truly wants?" I thought to myself as I turned back to face the desert.

Standing on the edge of Las Noches, looking far ahead, I try to find peace again.

"Ooi! You fucking ignori-"

"Hey Nnoitra," I cut him off.

With an arrogant "huh?" he stood himself in a ready position for an attack.

"Come here" I said, turning my head back to face him. His confused face slightly made me curl my lips.

Silence fills us again, only the wind echoes.

"Just come, I want to ask you something."

For a second he hesitantly stared at me but then snapped into a serious expression and lazily made his way beside me.

...If you hate me so much, why is it that you always come closer to me at every chance I give you, Nnoitra?

Then again his voice shot through, "What the fuck you want woman?" and I couldn't help but slightly squint.

"I ain't got the fucking time for your insignificant issu-"

"Sshh…" I closed my eyes and tried to embrace the silence again. My face must have shown a faint, unexpected expression because he did not say a word.

As I slowly opened my eyes again, the white desert filled my view. Out of the corner of my eyes I saw him standing by my left side, glaring at me. Again the wind picked up and blew at our hairs, and I couldn't help but sigh at its unknown course.

"Oi…Neliel…" he began "…you still not over th-"

"Tell me Nnoitra," I say looking far ahead "..what do you see in this desert?"

"…huh?" His expression widened and stayed still for a second.

"…what the FUCK?!" He burst laughing "You fuckin' gonna throw philosophies at me? Huahaha! Neliel! I swear you never fail to become more annoying than before, EVER!" Swinging his Teresa Nnoitra yelled and jumped away from my side.

"I'm fucking tired of this!" He slammed his crescent onto the floor and I squinted at the noise.

"Fight me now, you cow!" he raised his Teresa and I came closer to the edge.

"This time I'll fucking show you your place in this faction!" He swung his sword around and I spread my arms. "Neliel!! Today I'll fucking kill-!"

And I fell.

"…you" was the last thing I've heard from him as he stood there shocked like a statue, holding his Santa Teresa up in the air and franticly looking at the spot where I just stood.

I fell head down, silently gazing at the horizon that turned upside down. The wind brushed against my whole body. It felt like I was the wind itself.

I closed my eyes and tried to listen to it, to the way it howled into my ears. And trying my hardest to find the answer I didn't notice my tears, or the way they hit him, or the way his hands wrapped around me... I only felt the black sky engulfing me until everything went dark and I got lost in my own desert.