Trust
By tati1
Disclaimer – I do not own Loveless. The creator had to have been an angsty god.
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"Ritsuka, I love you," Soubi whispers into his ear. Ritsuka doesn't respond, again. It's false, false, false. Seimei knew that. Ritsuka is Loveless.
"Ritsuka, I love you," Soubi says. He says it for years. He also says "hurt me" and "punish me" and "Seimei." Ritsuka isn't stupid.
But maybe he is.
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"Ritsuka, hurt me," Soubi demands. Ritsuka can't. Ritsuka is tired of pain.
But he loves Soubi, because Soubi says "I love you."
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Ritsuka forgets, sometimes, that Soubi loves him. Forgets when Soubi rages and demands and tells him that Ritsuka needs to and must. Forgets when Soubi won't touch him, because Ritsuka refuses, even after all this time, all this effort, to control him.
Ritsuka loves Soubi.
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Ritsuka knows now. Soubi lied. Seimei did not.
Ritsuka knows his name. He is not Ritsuka.
He is Loveless.