Disclaimer: Pretear is not mine.

Warnings: Angst, SHOUNEN-AI (SasameHayate), un-betaed (as usual), first attempted Pretear fic. Also, found scribbled on Religion notebook from a year or two ago.

Gift fic for cuzzie and godchild.


The world, in all essence, truly is unfair. While some people achieve their fairy-tale bubble of happiness, there are others left in the dust.

Always.

Sasame… had always been left in the dust. For two excruciating lifetimes, he'd watched his happiness be taken away. He has lived eternity in loneliness.

And even though no one ever noticed, it hurt. It hurt to be the one everyone always turned to for help when he, himself, could not get the only thing he had ever wanted.

Sometimes, it took Sasame all he could to not just give up. There were legends of Leafe Knights turning toward darkness; and there were times Sasame wondered if he could just become one of them and finally be able to rest.

But it never happened. Because, unlike Takako… Sasame truly, truly loved Hayate. He would never leave Hayate alone, nor let Hayate feel grief. Not if he could help it.

Because if you truly love someone… you will be able to sacrifice everything for that person's happiness.

If Sasame left, Hayate would surely feel guilty. "Because Sasame was his 'best friend' and he 'should have known'". After all, that particular Leafe had an increasingly soft heart, and a habit of blaming himself for everything.

… Of course, perhaps this was actually simply wishful thinking, and perhaps Hayate would only say "Good Riddance"…

But truthfully, that was the only hope Sasame could hold in his heart.


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