Second Chances

By: Atsureki

Disclaimers : I'm just borrowing Weiss to have some fun with them um well fun is probably not the right word but never mind *G*

Paring : Ran/Ken

Warnings : Yaoi, OCC, angst

Notes : Stuff written in Italic are thoughts.
This prologue starts with a part that's First person (written in Italic), the rest however is not written in that mode. *S*

Prologue

You know how you don't always get what you want in life? That sucks but let me tell you, there are something that sucks even worse. It's when you have the things you thought you wanted in life just to realize that you don't want them at all. Trust me I know what I'm talking about! You see I'm 30 years old, I have the perfect wife, a good job, a nice house to live in, a little money tucked away and I'm so god damn miserable I think I'm gonna go insane. When I was younger I was an assassin. You don't believe me, do you? I swear it's the truth! I killed people for money at night and during the days I was a florist. Don't laugh! Being a florist isn't as easy as it sounds. About 8 years ago my team was disolved and my three team-mates and I got new identities. That was a laugh! I wanted out so badly but now I realize that I was so much more happy then than I am now. I was loved and I had a job that made a diffrence. I can see that your ears perk up when I say that I was loved and I know you're wondering who the lucky girl was. Am I right? Sorry to disappoint you all but I wasn't in love with a girl back then. No, my lover was a man. Does that disgust you? Tough luck for you. You know even after 8 years it still hurts to think about him. He's dead now, but then so am I. I've died more times than I care to remember. Two if you're counting, no wait three or is it perhaps four? Who cares!? The point is that the person I am today makes me unhappy and I want out! But how? Look at my wife. She's the one with the sparkly green eyes. Cute, ne? Let's see how cute you think she is after having spent six years with her. The moment we returned from our honey-moon she started trying to change me into something I'm not. I'll let you in on a little secret. I really dislike her and I hate her family, her friends, my job, my life! You think I'm bitter huh? News flash! I am bitter but most of all I'm… I'm unhappy. It's not her fault and it's not really mine either I suppose. But I'm not going to leave her because I promised her that I would be by her side forever and I never break my promises. Well I did break one promise 8 years ago. Do you have any idea of how much agony I've suffered because of that? No, how could you possibly. I promised him, my lover that is, that I would always love him and that I would find him wherever he would go. The first promise I've kept so far, I still love him with all of my heart but the second one… I tried to find him, I really did, even though I signed a contract that forbade me to ever see him again, but I couldn't track him down. Kritiker, the organisation behind us assassins, would kill me if they knew I was telling you about this but I don't really care. Those bastards took away my family, my lover. The four of us were a family and we cared about each other but that didn't matter to them. My wife is calling for me, I have to go. Thanks for listening to me and be careful with the choices you make in life. They have a tendensy to turn on you and bite you in the ass. Oh I'm so rude! I forgot to tell you who I am. Name's Ken, Hidaka Ken.

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With a deep sigh Ken trotted over to his wife. If she had known him 8 years ago she would have seen how miserable he was but she hadn't so she didn't. It wasn't that she was a bad person but she was raised to go after the things her parents thought were important and that didn't include what her husband needed. Ken was a whipped husband but it wasn't because he couldn't stand up for himself, it was because he had stopped caring long ago. He went through life with a see-through smile but his brown eyes showed the sadness his life brought on him, not that anyone ever looked deep enough to see it though. Ken was a plain man, a kind and sweet man but just the same plain. Actually plain was the wrong word to use since he was very good-looking and all but he was plain in the sense that he never really did anything. He went to work, went home, did what his wife told him to do, went to bed, rose at the crack of dawn and then it all started over again. The brunette had no friends, no hobbies and he was dying inside. At least he had began to die inside until fate decided to throw the poor man some slack by bringing one person back into Ken's life. A person who would need the old Ken back.

~TBC?~

I know, I know, I know, I already have three fics that aren't complete but this idea hit me so I'm trying it on for size *chuckles* Let me know if you think I should continue it or if I should just burn it! Ja/Atsureki