Eternity is Only a Blink Away
A/N: Spoilers for SEISOUHEN, the new OVA. Mostly episode two. So if you haven't seen it and don't want to be spoiled, go away NOW. Yeah. That's all. n.n Starts off with my typical romanji quote. n.n From Kenshin's POV. -nod-
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Tadaima...Kaoru...
Okaeri nasai, Shinta.
It had been so long since I made that choice,
since I had last seen you smile, heard your voice.
I had almost forgotten the taste of your last kiss,
something more than anything I truly miss.
I promised you I would come back again,
and things would be the same way they had been.
I was gone for so long,
something was terribly wrong.
It gnawed away at my life,
and it gnawed away at my wife.
I caused you so much pain,
yet your love from me did not wane.
One last time I wanted to see your smiling face,
Back home to you I painfully would race.
To see you once more,
The one that I adore.
Not yet, not yet could I breathe my last breath,
Not yet, not yet, could I be claimed by death.
And now as I lay in your arms,
my head ringing like a set of alarms.
Eternity was only a blink away,
but until that one last time I would stay,
that one last time I saw your smiling face,
and after that, peaceful death is the case.
I love you so much, and I just want you to know,
even if I'm not there, you will never be alone.
I will never leave your heart,
we will never be apart.