10.4.2007...Did some editing! The number of typos and errors I found were staggering. The Love and Hate shots had some serious tense mistakes. Hopefully I caught and fixed them all.

This is a collection of one-shots that may or may not be connected to any of my stories. They're just fun and pass the time. I might take a few ideas and turn them into stories but who knows. They're just a little ideas that pop into my head. If you see an idea you wanna run with, by all means write to your hearts content. Just let me know so I can read it :D

Some of these are short, some are longer. Enjoy!

Love and Hate

I told you so many times. I told you over and over. I told you a thousand times. I told you a million times. Not once did you listen. Not once did you hear my heart fracture and break. I know I should have kept it to myself all this time, but you know what? I couldn't have kept it a secret if I tried. No matter how or when I told you, you never seemed to hear me. Maybe you didn't want to hear me.

I told you I loved you.

I suppose I should have known that you would shut me out. You never felt love though I offered it. You were at least friendly to the world. With me, all I received was a cold stare and silence. I told you so many times in hope for any answer. Hell, a single look that showed that you heard me would have sufficed. I would never have bothered you if you had just said something. Even if you rejected me, it would have been all right. I would have known what you felt.

I love you so much.

It breaks my heart day after day to see you and know that you'll barely acknowledge my existence. I travel with you, I fight alongside you, I'm with you every single day yet I don't know what you're thinking when I say I love you. Can't you just tell me what you think? I'm no mind reader of course. To see that you smile for anyone else and not me hurts. To know that I don't make you happy enough to make you smile hurts. Even as a nothing more than a friend, I can't make you happy.

Did you know that loving you hurts me?

I live with the pain every single day hoping that one day, you'll at least answer me. All I want is a yes or no. Despite the agony my heart is in, I don't regret anything I've said to you. One day maybe you'll see…maybe you'll see that merely sitting in silence with you makes me happy. It's when we don't speak that I can ignore the fact that you probably hate me. Therein lays the problem. You never say anything to me so how do I know that you truly hate me?

So here we are…

You, the heartless priest and I, the despairing huntress. You, the dying priest and I, still the despairing huntress. Why couldn't you just let me love you? Why couldn't you just tell me something? Anything! Blood is soaking your robes and the ground around your body and there's nothing either of us can do. You've used all the energy you had and I have nothing but a few useless arrows left. I'm scared, you know? I'm scared of never knowing because you'll be dead. I kneel next to you, hoping for words of any kind. You laugh and I can't help but shy away from you.

"You stupid woman," you laugh with a great amount of effort. Yes, maybe I'm stupid for hanging onto a distant dream. "How many times do you think you've said that you loved me?" I shrug because I lost count a long time ago.

"Not enough…" I whisper, fighting back tears. His uncaring attitude wrenches my heart. I think a heart can only break and be mended so many times before it is beyond repair. I'm pretty sure my heart is far beyond repair now.

"Then tell me again," you say. My heart falters and skips a beat. No, I can't tell you again because it hurts too much. Every minute is taking you closer and closer to death.

"I…can't…"

"Why not? Do you or don't you?" We both know the answer to that so why ask me? Do you hurt me intentionally? I can only nod and stare bleakly at your weak form. "So tell me."

"I love you," I reply in a strangled voice. I try holding back my tears but now I can't. I hate you. I hate you so much…I hate that I love you. You smile…oh no…I hate you! "I hate you."

"I know." You continue smiling and open your hand that had been closed. One butterfly wing and one fly wing. You put the fly wing in my palm and crush the butterfly wing in your own. You disappear leaving only bloodied ground. I sigh and crush the fly wing to see where it will take me. I know you'll be in Prontera now, but by the time I get there, you'll be gone. Gone forever.

You still didn't answer me. You left and took my heart with you. I can only hope to find you but…you smiled. You smiled at me for the first time and it was because I said I loved you. I feel a small glimmer of hope deep in my soul so maybe, just maybe I'll see you again. When I do see you, I don't know what I'll do.

I'll probably say I love you.


A/N: I just noticed that the last two sentences rhymed XD Sooo, read and review if you like. No pressure. It's not like I'm forcing you to look longingly at that button down there. I'm not! I'm just letting you know that it loves to be pressed. Noooo pressure. Honest.