*Smoking*

* ** * By: Toby-Chan

A/N: Just some drabbling from Hatori's point of view. It came into my head one day, and I had to write it. Enjoy!

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People ask why I smoke.

I can only give them the answer I know. Nicotine releases endorphines, and relieves stress.

It's hypocritical for a doctor.

That's what she told me, still with a smile.

And I stopped. Just for her.

So long days went by.

The joyous days of my life.

I savored each moment I spent with her.

Each blink of her eye, every strand of hair, every heartbeat, every breath.

She was my addiction.

I only needed her.

My sole dependence.

For her, I wanted to be a better man.

That's why I stopped.

A better man.

For her.

I lived beyond the curse.

For her.

But it couldn't last.

And I couldn't blame her.

I could only keep her memories frozen within me.

With that touch of my hand, I healed her pain.

That hand felt so dirty.

Like I was.

I found my cigarretes-

And started smoking again.

* ~End~ *

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