Self Esteem

Manga #22 spoilers


There is no way to describe it. Warmth, light, peace, wholeness...
So much gratitude. Thank you for convincing me. Thank me for agreeing. Thank me! That's an odd thought. But if I'm you and you're me and I'm me and you're I'm me...
I wonder why I never noticed it before. Maybe in the land of the blind the one-eyed man thinks he has a great sense of perspective, but now I see it all in 20-20, Technicolor, and I see that in my blind spot there had been a huge hole lurking. A now-filled eye socket. No more running into walls for me!
I wonder why I never noticed it before. Living in a cave, seeing nothing but shadows on the wall, I didn't believe in 3D. I thought light killed. Childish fears can now be put away.
How wonderful I am. How brave, clever, strong, beautiful... I love you+me. I love you+me more than anything else in the world. Let's stay together from now on, okay?
Oh, I apologize/forgive you for... yes, and also... No, they don't matter to me compared to you, but I wouldn't want you to feel hurt/guilty...
Yes, it all makes sense now. Of course I lost. I was fighting me! No one can win against themselves. But now, now that I'm back with me...
Let's go forward together and finish it all. Of course I want to protect them with you, they're you're friends, and you're me, so...
I don't care what they think about you+me. Even Youzen. He should understand more than anyone that you have to accept people for who they are! Yeah, he can kind of be an asshole sometimes, but... right. Although stomping jiijii's face again might not be so bad.
Dark side? Light side? That's a child's explanation. All along there has only been a shade of gray! I'm silly and solemn. I would never condemn myself for that, or for anything. I understand why, so... so...
I'll never be lonely again. It's a romance with myself, I'll be my knight in shining armor and make sure no one can ever hurt wonderful you+me again. And once we've taken care of all of this, we'll stay together, just me and me, and need nothing else but you+me. And peaches.
"Anyone who can live without others must be either a monster or a god." That's me! Bwahahaha!
That's me.

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This story is about the merging of Taikoubou and Outenkun, and it is one of my Fukkis. If you think that this Fukki is OOC, don't worry, I have twenty more of the damn things where that one came from. Depressed Fukki, two people who hate each other in the same body Fukki, completely alien being Fukki, interpretive dance action Fukki (wait, that's Nentou)...

I think this was born mainly out of the fact that Taikoubou and Outenkun are capable of seperating again (uh, and Taikoubou doesn't even die) in the series, and yet, at the end they're both still together. And Fukki says to call him Taikoubou, but doesn't even make excuses for Outenkun.... and Outenkun and Taikoubou both seem almost eager to hurry back to merging... anyway. I said my next fic would be a little more unusual, right? I hope this qualifies. Practically Taikoubou/Outenkun, innit?

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