I wrote these long ago, back before I even finished "Prelude to a kiss." I was planning to use them as fluff filler but things took a different route. Now I think it's time to post them. Enjoy.
Disclaimer: Rika and Renamon belong to some company or another. I'm not making money on this so please don't sue. Also, this is a... hmmm... What is it when one character is a young girl, and the other is an 'adult' looking non-human? Shoujo-ai for the girl, YURI for the woman. It's one of those. Take your pick.
Comments welcome at DeMachina@cs.com, flames to be printed and used as fuel for fires this coming winder. Helpful comments adored. MSTs... not with these, please. All rhyming is unintentional. I can't do rhyming poetry at all.
By: Gabriel
There you are again, staring right through me.
Eyes distant, cold.
And now, how cruel, You turn away again.
Forever, it seems, I must watch you stare past me.
My eyes the color of ice belie my warmth.
You see only your frigid reflection in them,
But I see perfection.
Why can't you see?
Why can't you tell how it is?
I always stay beside you, your partner.
But though I try and show... you never see.
Lost in a world of troubles and of pain,
You stumble alone, fighting your own wars.
You never know that just one word will bring an ally.
Say "Help" and I will be there.
Before you hold back another tear,
I will wipe it away, though it isn't there.
I see you lost and helpless, but I never say a word.
Why can't you see?
Why can't you tell how it is?
I always stay beside you, your partner.
But though I try and show... you never see.
I cry each night I watch you sleep.
Each crystalline tear a piece of my heart,
Which is eternally yours.
Your plaything, that is what I feel like.
But I am yours, so I live with my pain.
I am sad, but happy to know you.
And someday, when I tell, I will be glad.
Why can't you see?
Why can't you tell how it is?
I always stay beside you, your partner.
But though I try and show...
But though I start to say...
But though my eyes proclaim "I love you..."
You never see.
Rika: Why do you stay?
By: Gabriel
Every waking moment, I feel your eyes upon me.
Because I notice, it must mean it's wrong.
So why is it that I only feel loneliest,
When the feel of your eyes is gone?
It's an impossible thought that grips me.
Deep in thought I become afraid.
I imagine now, rather than your eyes,
It is your arms I feel throughout the day.
Why do you stay?
My temper is hot and my emotions frozen.
I am like a stone.
I do everything to keep you away.
And yet you stay.
How unmatched we are, though partners.
I am ice. I am cold though and through.
Inside, my heart is locked away.
But you are fire. You are passion and warmth.
I fear you getting too close to me.
I fear the melting of my heart.
But what I fear most,
Is that I will enjoy your comforting.
Why do you stay?
My heart is ice, but my feelings glass.
I hide and call myself strong.
I can't be hurt; I must keep you away.
And yet you stay.
Someday it will all be clear.
I'll understand you clearly.
But I will also understand myself.
I will come to terms with unwanted feelings.
The lies will end forever.
No more will I have to deny it.
Inside the ice is breaking.
Inside the glass is turning to steel.
I shall admit what I fear.
I will admit that I love you.
Why do you stay?
My words are venom, most deadly of poisons.
Confusion reigns. Everything is wrong.
I must... must not push you away.
I must keep you near.
Please, dear, stay.