A short oneshot that explores the relationships the Mabudachi trio have with the ones they love the most. Please R&R?
Disclaimer: Don't own, don't sue, don't ask.
Past, Present, Future
Shigure lives in the future. He lives for the day when someone else's fight delivers his loved one safely into his arms. He adores his fragile, beautiful flower, and wants nothing more than to hold her in his arms without fear of breaking her. He longs for the day when she will cling to no one else but him, when her cold but gentle smiles are for him alone. He waits for the future he knows someone will force, because it's all he can do.
Hatori lives in the past. He remembers touches, and smiles, and a love he can not win back. Sometimes, he wishes her voice did not come so clearly in his dreams. It hurts to much to remember her warmth, the way she looked at him. The way her smiles were always just for him. He remembers he shyness, her gentleness, and the way he felt a urge to protect her from the first. He keeps on protecting her, because it's all he can do.
Ayame lives for the moment. He doesn't care to remember that happiness is not always everlasting, or that he is betraying his families trust. He lives in the moment where she is his. She is the one thing he cannot hold, but adores all the same. She accepts his faults, his shortcomings, laughs with every silly thing he says, and lets him rest his head in her lap when the world has done its best to force him to kneel. She is a happiness he has made for himself, with his own hands, and he lives in that moment because it's all he wants.
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Finito! Well, whatcha think?