Candles flicker out,
and his eyes are drawn to where the other had sat for a moment
His breath clogged his throat,
but the raggedness never left his side
Ai wondered why
he fell way too hard for Rin
He'd always known how broken things were,
always known what a mess was
First,
it hadn't seemed to work right,
And Then,
he found himself realizing
the touch of love that he'd never had
Ai knew without a shadow of a doubt
that Rin loved someone else
yet had treasured every single moment
in this soon to be broken relationship then
in an almost shy desperation
for the joy that he'd always clung to
yet while it left cracks and tears in his heart,
he didn't regret any of this
nor would he spoil Rin's happiness.