Author's Note: I originally wrote this very short little drabble to be my first posting on but the G-boys captured my attention and they got the first postings.
I spell Anshi per the literal translation of the katakana as I hate the Romanized Anthy.
Musings At Midnight
I once only thought of her as a friend. Before that, I pitied her as she was slapped around and abused. And before that she was a feeling haunting me somewhere deep in the back of my mind.
Now she is so much more. More than my friend, she is my other half of my soul that I have been looking for since before I knew I needed her. She is my lover and partner in this life as we have freed ourselves from the person and place that held us in the nightmarish existence we once lived.
Her soft breathing next to me reminds me that I am alive. Her sweet rose drenched scent entices me and I pull her closer, bury my face in her long wavy hair. "I love you." I whisper without thinking.
She turns in my arms and smiles a drowsy smile before opening her beautiful eyes. "And I love you my prince." She grins and closes her eyes again. I cannot help but smile in return and pull her close enough so that I can feel her breath on my neck.
This is real, this is the real world, our real lives and real love. I could not ask for anything more than the love of the beautiful bara in my arms. My other half, as I am equally hers. My Anshi.
Owari