He was happy
Always
He had to be
Had to pretend
Had to hide himself
His true self
The prodigy?
The tensai?
Behind a mask
A mask made of smiles
Gently, caring, always helping
Trusting boy
And then suddenly
Without any warning
His mask of lies broke
And he broke as well
Pieces shattered
Everywhere
Waiting
Waiting to be picked up again
By someone who cared
Cared enough to help
Help him
Just like he always did
When he wore the mask
Or at least
If he cared enough about that person
The he helped
But now he was broken
Shattered in thousands of pieces
Pieces who were slowly losing their shine
As hope diminished
The hope to be helped
Will someone fix him again
But…
Not only fix…
Also change him into something new
Because…
If they would just fix him
It wouldn't help
Because he would break again
Dull blue eyes looked around
Without seeing
The usual sharp, almost deadly expression gone
Not blinking when a hand entered his field of vision
Gathering the shattered pieces
Slowly
Carefully
Mending them together again
Blue eyes regained their intensity
And he looked up
Only to meet
The eyes of the one
Who cared enough to help
And to change him
Those beautiful golden eyes
Maybe it was time
To
Drop
The
Mask
And live a life without pretending
Maybe…
"Ne, Fuji-sempai, are you going to stop pretending now? …Or are you to scared?"
A smirk
The answer found, deep inside himself
He smiled a true smile, without pretending
And tugged the other forwards
Into his lap
As their lips met in a
Chaste kiss
"Why don't we just find out, ne Echizen?"
"Mada mada dane."
The tensai just smiled
While holding his most precious one close
Owari