His emerald eyes look at the night sky with a melancholic gaze in them . The stars are shining , they remind him the first night they met .
Him and Chizuru .
He was so cold to her back then he realized but now he feels the pain worse than any other time .
"Chizuru-chan ? You promised me , right ? So why did you break your promise ? " He asked his hand trying to touch one of the beautiful stars that were in the sky .
She left him alone .
She left him alone in his misery .
He never imagined that he would live longer than the ones he loved with all his heart .
But here he is standing all alone , silver tears running from his beautiful eyes .
His love was gone taken by the hands of fate away from him .
Now he has nothing .
His comrades died in battle and he is suffering from this illness that is eating his lungs for so many years .
He walks alone in this road of broken dreams .
Dreams ? He mused.
He knew all along that he will die alone but he never imagined that it would hurt so much .
However he always hoped that someone would be with him on this fateful day .
He dreamed that he could leave a happy life before it was taken away from him .
A happy life with his friends and the most of all , the woman who had stolen his heart .
But the fate was cruel on him once again .
His friends and master died in the battle bravely facing their death .
Saito Hajime was now laying in the grounds of the fallen Aizu a sad smile on his lips .
Hijikata-san was looking at the cruel reality, he was left alone in this battle. And so that day he fell.
Heisuke Todou was drifted away by the sand of times, his life force taken away.
Kondou-san the man he admired so much was executed .
Why is everyone he loves taken away from him ?
What did he do to deserve all that loneliness ?
These questions haunt him for all these years .
But what hurt the most was when she left this dark world .
The only light that was keeping him hope was gone .
On this fateful day that she died to protect him .
He smiled sadly,how could he be so foolish ?
His tears fell like rain from his green eyes .
He remembered her last words to him .
He was holding her tightly against desperately hoping that she would be alright but he knew that was a lie .
She caressed his face gently and spoke " I just want you to be happy Okita-san , I want you to see you smile . So smile for me , please ? " She requested for one last time.
He nodded and smiled for her " Chizuru-chan , I love you . " He whispered .
She smiled peacefully at him " I love you too Okita-san . " Her hand slowly fell to the ground lifeless.
He caught it . It was so cold .
He cried against her dead body , holding her against him , desperately wishing that she would open her eyes again .
It was useless .
He knew that she was gone .
The silver tears fell to her lifeless body making it seem like she was crying instead of him .
Crying for the moments they didn't manage to share .
Crying for the laughs that she wouldn't hear anymore .
Crying…because she was sorry, because she left him on this cruel world .
All alone .
The end
A small oneshot for Souji and Chizuru .