One Last Breath
Licht x Lawless – Servamp
Fame and Fortune is nice to have, but when it becomes too much there seems to be only one way to escape it.
A/n: just an idea that came to my head when I heard the song One Last Breath from Creed. But I didn't have a pairing to make it with until now. I left out some of the lyrics of the song or else it wouldn't fit good in the story. I am hopelessly in love with these two (they also kind of remind me of Iwaizumi and Oikawa from Haikyuu, but that is not important now) I also kinda skipped the whole 'we made a contract and have to stay close together'-thing.
A soft buzz awakes Lawless from his nap. He opens his eyes and sees he has a message on his phone. "I wonder who sends a text on 4 in the afternoon?" Lawless says as he jumps up and grabs his phone. The moment he reads the message his face drops immediately the happy smile and is replaced with a face of horror. "Lich-tan? What do you mean?" Lawless asks out loud. He keeps reading those seven words over and over again. "Please come now I think I'm falling". Lawless reads it one more time and wants to throw his phone against a wall. Right on the moment before he gone and done that his phone buzzes again: "I'm holding on to all I think is safe" "Lich-tan where are you?" Lawless quickly types. The blond quickly goes outside of his home and tries to remember where all of Licht's 'safe places' are. But with all the sadness running through his head he can't think clear. Another buzz brings him back to reality: "Seems I found the road to nowhere, and I'm trying to escape" "Lich-tan stop with the riddles and tell me where you are!" Lawless screams at his phone. Hyde keeps running around, looks in every street, every music store, even in the supermarket. But there was still no trace of Licht. When Lawless leaves the supermarket he sees that it is raining. 'Damn Lich-tan where are you?'. A sudden struck of lightning makes Hyde jump. "I hope it didn't inflect much damage" "Yeah it sure was a big shock" a man and woman say as they walk by. Just like that Hyde remembers one place Licht always liked to go. The blond starts to run. He quickly checks his phone for any new information from Licht. There is one message. It reads: "I yelled back when I heard thunder, but I'm down to one last breath" "Lich-tan don't do this. Not like this!". Lawless finally reaches the tall building in the centre of the city. The building is a huge music school. Hyde gets one last message before he runs into the building: "With it let me say, let me say" "Let you say what?!" "Hold me now…" "I would if I knew where you are!" "Hyde I am six feet from the edge and I'm thinking" "Thinking of what, Lich-tan?!" "Maybe six feet ain't so far down" "Lich-tan you're scaring me"
After entering the music school Hyde immediately runs to the elevator, and presses the button for the top floor. "Come on go faster" he says annoyed. When the elevator finally stops Hyde jumps out of it looking around for a staircase that leads to the roof. A few students stare at him with a puzzled look. "Who is that weird guy?" "Why are you asking me? I know as much as you do" "Look at his clothes" "Yeah, he sure is wearing some weird clothes" some female students whispers to each other. "Where is a staircase that leads to the roof?!" Lawless asks one of the girls, grabbing her shoulders and giving her an angry look in the process. "A-a-at the end of this hall on the l-left" she stutters. Lawless quickly runs into the direction the girl pointed out. He runs up taking three steps a time.
Licht looks over the edge of the roof. He slowly starts singing: "I'm looking down now that it's over. Reflecting on all of my mistakes" "LICH-TAN!" the voice he didn't expect to hear shouts from behind the dark haired boy. "What are you doing here?" Licht asks still looking over the edge. "Saving you" Lawless answers and hugs Licht tightly from behind. "What are you doing here, Lich-tan?" "Guess I thought I found the road to somewhere".
They stand still for a few minutes. Licht is taking in the warm present of Lawless on his back. The dark haired boy then looks up and thinks: 'Heaven save me'. He then whispers: "But I'm down to one last breath. And with it let me say, let me say" "Tell me, Lich-tan what is on your mind" "Please Hyde hold me now. I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking" tears start rolling down Licht's cheeks "Maybe six feet ain't so far down". Hyde turns Licht around, they are finally facing each other. The blond wipes away the tears. "It's okay Lich-tan, I am with you now. Please stay with me. I do believe there is something left for you and me" Lawless shushes Licht. They keep staring at each other for a few more seconds before Lawless moves forward and gives Licht a kiss. They part and the blond wraps his arms around Licht's neck. "Hyde, I can't go on like this. I am sorry" Licht whispers new tears painting his face. "Yes you can. I don't know what is troubling you but together we can work it out" Lawless whispers cupping Licht's face.
There is a moment of silence. The two boys are just standing there in the rain. Just hugging each other like there is no tomorrow. Finally Licht speaks up: "Even if I told you what is troubling me you wouldn't understand" "I can try to understand!" Hyde yells. "No that is impossible" Licht says, voice trembling, tears in his eyes. He takes a few steps back and feels the edge of the roof against his boot. "Lich-tan don't do it!" Lawless screams, but Licht isn't listing to him. The dark haired boy climbs on the edge. "Please come now I think I'm falling, holding on to all I think is safe" Licht sings softly taking a final step forward.
Right at that moment everything goes into slow motion for Lawless. He sees the pianist he fell in love with slowly fall forward. Inside he is screaming. Reaching out to grab Licht, to save him. But his body isn't moving. When Lawless did move forward to grab Licht's sweater it was too late. The fingertips of the vampire barely touch Licht's boots. Hyde stares over the edge of the building. Seeing how Licht mouths a last 'I love you' to him. The body of Licht hits the street. A puddle of blood forms around him. Hyde, still on top of the building, can't believe that the boy, from the moment they met had immediately fell head over heels in love with, isn't here anymore. Lawless wants to cry, to scream, to shout, to punch something. But the tears didn't come, his voice didn't come out and his body too weak to do anything. 'Why didn't you tell me?' is the only thought going through him.
Slowly the sounds of the outside world come back to him. Cars stopping, women screaming in horror and screams for someone to call an ambulance. "Lich-tan?" he whispers, and tears stream down his face. Hyde takes a step back and falls to the ground. Tears are non-stop streaming down his face. "Lich-tan, why you?" he cries out.
The walk back home feels a lot longer without Licht by his side. The eyes of Lawless a puffy and red from crying. He opens the door to his house. Starts walking inside, but falls down. Eyes fixed on a pair a shoes that belong to Licht. "Why?" Hyde asks the shoes. He picks himself up, and starts walking to the kitchen. He stops in the door opening, staring into the room. Memories of how he and Licht made dinner so many times. Some times in quiet and perfect harmony, other times with a lot of discussions. Quickly Lawless leaves the kitchen running to his bedroom. But the memories are still following him. Memories of those nights he shared with Licht. Memories of the face Licht would only show to him. but then reality crashes in and Lawless remembers how he can't see that face again, not any of the face of Licht. Everything is gone. Hyde falls into the bed taking in the scent of Licht. Remembering how he would always call himself an angel in the human world. The vampire looks up to the ceiling small tears present in his eyes. A last whisper leaves his lips before he falls asleep to sleep a dreamless sleep: "I guess you are a real angel now"