Hello. This is my story for these 2 weeks. I might publish another, longer TRC story, but I might not. This one is just longer than a drabble, with no dialogue. You have been warned. And also, character death and shounenai and all that jazz. Enjoy! Oh, and please excuse the fact that this is romance- ish, from someone who's never had a deep relationship. I would enjoy reviews very much. And I don't own Tsubasa or CLAMP or The Flaming Lips.

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All we have is now

All of Celes was closing, and Fai along with it. The opening was a magical barrier that prevented people from leaving, Kurogane could tell, but maybe, the world would allow someone in, enclosing all who dared enter. Discarding his cloak and sword, (Sohi, which meant blue ice, couldn't save Kurogane's blue- eyed Prince of ice), Kurogane sort of drifted (too slow) over to the swirling, patterned ball of what once was Celes. Reaching the opening, he shoved himself roughly through. Celes was roughly the size of a house, now. Fai looked up as Kurogane came through, eyes an equal mix of pale blue despair and hope. Wordlessly, he rose, and floated over to Kurogane, who wrapped him in his arms. There was mutual understanding (resignation) that they would not escape Celes. As the sphere tightened around them, their passionate embrace tightened as well. And then they were kissing, lips stained salty from tears. They sank to their knees, now enclosed in a space the size of a small closet. Wind swirled around Fai and Kurogane, but neither man felt it. They felt nothing now except desperate love, rushed and tinged with sadness and fear as they were slowly crushed to death. And then Celes was gone, gone and taking with it all that remained.