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You told me it was okay.
I had utterly failed you in every way possible, yet you told me it was okay.
Why?
How could it be okay?
I loved you with every fiber of my being, even knowing you couldn't return that love.
You…were someone else's.
I had to accept that, even when seeing you with…him…tore my heart in a million pieces.
Yes, him.
You, I loved.
Him, I loathed.
I always thought I could have been a better man for you than him.
No…I knew I could have been better.
But now I see that my assumption was nothing more than a delusion.
He used you.
And I let him.
I let him be the better man because I thought he made you happy.
That's all I wanted.
All I ever wanted.
Then I saw what he was doing to you.
And I knew he couldn't have been making you happy anymore.
You smiled and said you would gladly do his work for the sake of science.
Inside, though, I could see your sadness, and all the tears you choked away.
I wasn't going to let him do this to you a moment longer.
I would be brave.
I would stop him, and save you.
Then you would love me.
I was being selfish.
But I did want to save you.
I confronted him with all of my supposed righteous fury.
I told him he was wrong.
He had to stop hurting you.
No matter what.
What a joke.
That's what he called me.
A foolish, self-righteous joke who was so warped with self-pity that he had to point fingers at everyone else.
Ha ha.
He laughed.
And laughed.
He even laughed as he drew the gun.
I was a failure.
I could even tell that back then, as he pulled the trigger.
A weak, selfish failure.
A failure who never stopped what was being done to you.
A failure who didn't prevent what happened to you…or Sephiroth.
Yes, Sephiroth.
It seems I failed him as well.
What does it matter?
I failed everything I tried to do to protect you.
And ended up a half-human monster as a result.
Sephiroth was born…and was soon warped.
Your son, nothing more than another pawn in his psychotic charade.
He could have been someone else…something much better.
Now he thinks he will become a god.
Is he being foolish?
Perhaps.
No more foolish than I was.
The sad thing is, I wasn't the only one that paid for my foolishness.
You and your son bore my sins as well.
So here I stand.
Alone.
Death Penalty heavy in my hands.
Chaos heavy in my mind.
Your last words heavy in my heart.
Why do you say it's okay?
How could you still have loved me?
After all that you went through when I failed?
It's okay…?
I see that I have failed you yet again.
I have failed to understand your heart.
As I always have.
No more.
I won't fail you anymore.
My last vow to you.
Then I can believe what you say.
I will forgive myself.
I will remember.
You told me it was okay.
A/N: Whatcha think? It's my first work, so please R/R.
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You told me it was okay.
I had utterly failed you in every way possible, yet you told me it was okay.
Why?
How could it be okay?
I loved you with every fiber of my being, even knowing you couldn't return that love.
You…were someone else's.
I had to accept that, even when seeing you with…him…tore my heart in a million pieces.
Yes, him.
You, I loved.
Him, I loathed.
I always thought I could have been a better man for you than him.
No…I knew I could have been better.
But now I see that my assumption was nothing more than a delusion.
He used you.
And I let him.
I let him be the better man because I thought he made you happy.
That's all I wanted.
All I ever wanted.
Then I saw what he was doing to you.
And I knew he couldn't have been making you happy anymore.
You smiled and said you would gladly do his work for the sake of science.
Inside, though, I could see your sadness, and all the tears you choked away.
I wasn't going to let him do this to you a moment longer.
I would be brave.
I would stop him, and save you.
Then you would love me.
I was being selfish.
But I did want to save you.
I confronted him with all of my supposed righteous fury.
I told him he was wrong.
He had to stop hurting you.
No matter what.
What a joke.
That's what he called me.
A foolish, self-righteous joke who was so warped with self-pity that he had to point fingers at everyone else.
Ha ha.
He laughed.
And laughed.
He even laughed as he drew the gun.
I was a failure.
I could even tell that back then, as he pulled the trigger.
A weak, selfish failure.
A failure who never stopped what was being done to you.
A failure who didn't prevent what happened to you…or Sephiroth.
Yes, Sephiroth.
It seems I failed him as well.
What does it matter?
I failed everything I tried to do to protect you.
And ended up a half-human monster as a result.
Sephiroth was born…and was soon warped.
Your son, nothing more than another pawn in his psychotic charade.
He could have been someone else…something much better.
Now he thinks he will become a god.
Is he being foolish?
Perhaps.
No more foolish than I was.
The sad thing is, I wasn't the only one that paid for my foolishness.
You and your son bore my sins as well.
So here I stand.
Alone.
Death Penalty heavy in my hands.
Chaos heavy in my mind.
Your last words heavy in my heart.
Why do you say it's okay?
How could you still have loved me?
After all that you went through when I failed?
It's okay…?
I see that I have failed you yet again.
I have failed to understand your heart.
As I always have.
No more.
I won't fail you anymore.
My last vow to you.
Then I can believe what you say.
I will forgive myself.
I will remember.
You told me it was okay.
A/N: Whatcha think? It's my first work, so please R/R.