11/100 Regret. Genesis/Nero... well implied anyway.. hmmm, incest :)
Angsty Nero angsts at Genesis...
It's in 1st person... which is kinda odd for me...


Regret

Since You've Been Gone

So much has changed since you left us, my brother.
Since that day we found you defeated and unconscious outside our childhood home.
Since that day you turned down our pleas and removed yourself from this world, waiting.
Did you know that the SOLDIER that defeated you died not a day after you went?
Do you think he could have lived if you were there to protect him?
Zack, wasn't it? I remember the fondness in your voice whenever you spoke of him…

You spoke of Sephiroth in a similar tone, only I thought I detected something like love in there some times, but I remember the promise you made.
But still…
You really loved him, didn't you?
Is this why you're doing this to yourself, because you broke him in a moment of selfishness?

Did you know Sephiroth came back the year before last?Did you know he tried to destroy the world?
You told us that your mission now was to protect the world from all dangers – to guard the Goddess who gave you another chance…
Why didn't you come back then?
Was it because you knew when it came down to it, you'd never be able to bring yourself to kill him?
You can't try the excuse that you deemed him indestructible, for a boy who never even made it into SOLDIER was the one to save the planet.

What are you waiting for now, my brother?

Do you really think that this is the only way for you to exist now, or is it all just another elaborately decorated façade for more selfishness?
Did you ever stop to think of the ones you left behind?
The ones who always looked up at you and loved you, did we ever matter to you?
I remember the sweetness of your words; the tenderness in your touch when Weiss and I recovered you.
How you actually looked sorry when you said "No" and how you embraced us afterwards.
I did what you instructed, nothing more exists of your name, but I left you a legacy, because the planet needs to know of you, that you were the first.

The first and the last…

Did you know that Weiss is now dead?
I don't even know how it happened, I wasn't there and I couldn't stop it… but you could have, if you were here…
Oh, what does it matter now, anyway?
What's done is done and I've been granted knowledge of how to resurrect him.

My brother.

Deep down inside yourself, this is a punishment for how you failed as a SOLIDER, isn't it?
How you failed as a friend.
How you failed as a lover.

Look at me, sitting here before you, actually expecting an answer… is this what it's come to, my brother?
Going back to how it always was when we were children: how I'd ask you a question and you'd just walk away with a smile…

That life.

You were the one to change us.
You were the one to save us.

So much has changed since you left us, my brother.

Do you have any regret?