Possibilities

Drabble One: Scorched

Spoilers for Gundam SEED Destiny.

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam SEED Destiny.

This was something that she thought and dreamed about too much. But in the end did it make matters worse? She didn't want to stick her hand in the fire again, didn't want to scorch herself. She did it once, twice, and now a third time.

She decided that she would have to try to resolve it this time, for his sake. Let him go, he didn't want to be here. He didn't want her. He didn't remember her. She would have to take up this burden and just be happy knowing that he was alive.

However, she knew that this was really selfish of her. She was trying to get rid of the problem by getting rid of him. So she wouldn't have to be reminded that he was now only a ghost of his true self. So she wouldn't have to be reminded that he didn't remember her. That he didn't love her.

She had overheard people talking, the hushed whispers in the corner. That she would be in less pain if he was really dead and hadn't come back. She heard another voice chastise the other speaker, but she began to question herself. Would that have been true? Did time heal all wounds? Would she have been able to move on?

She tells herself that she doubts it. But she is merely trying to justify her feelings for him. She had sworn off men once, and then had fallen in love again, with him. Who's to say that she wouldn't do that once more? It's something that she doesn't want to admit.

And falling in love was not something that she wanted to do. Her heart was shattered into too many pieces this time. And maybe it was trying to mend itself, only to be torn again.

She said goodbye to him once more, thinking that she was doing the best thing for the both of them. It wasn't fair to him, and it wasn't fair to her.

But he had other ideas. He clung on to her because he knew, deep down, that they were connected way beyond just this. She stuck her hand in the fire once more, knowing that it would be scorched again, but she didn't care.

AN: Yeah, I decided to start writing fanfiction again. Hopefully I've gotten better at writing than when I was in high school.