A/N: Done for the drabble meme on LiveJournal. This one was requested by Zipis1. Her crack-rotted brain comes up with the coolest things sometimes. ;:sticks tongue out at adorable friend:;
Specs: Kaede/Jaken. OMFG.
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Missing the Train
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They are the left behind.
They are the leftovers. The unnecessary. The redundant and useless. They sit and drink tea and quietly cut their hearts into neat little ribbons with meaningful shapes.
"How many of them do you think will come back?" Jaken asks, wiping his beak.
Kaede smiles sadly and looks at the swirling leaf patterns in the cup. "I know not."
"They won't all come back, you know."
"I know."
The sun dies, and they try not to think of what else may be falling. Seas of blood flow across their vision. Most will live, they think, but it is so unlikely that they all will...
Kaede thinks of Inuyasha, her love that might have been if not for Kikyou's beauty and her own youth, and prays.
Jaken thinks of Sesshoumaru, the cold light of his narrow life, and wishes he could remember how to pray.
They find comfort in each other's company, and are grateful that they were not left alone as well as left over.
The left behind sit, drink tea, and wait for their candlelit world to end.
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A/N: I actually quite like this one. At first I thought it was going to die a horrible gory death due to the pairing, but it actually turned out kind of sweet. Whaddyaknow.