I Will Always Be
"If goodbye makes you sad, I will stay by your side, Lag."
Those words would always mean something to Niche. Ever since she met Lag Seeing, Niche had a purpose in life. She was not a freak, or the Child of Maka. She was Niche, Lag's dingo. Niche had no recollection of who or what she was before she met Lag. She knew that she did not fit in, and was an outcast of society, although she didn't know why. She was sold from freak show to freak show and never aged. Niche had no idea of who she was. No one cared for her, and she cared for no one. That had changed, and now with Lag's help, she did know who she was. She did care for someone, and only that someone.
"Lag's job is to deliver the hearts of letters! Niche must protect Lag! No matter what happens…that won't change!" Niche had no recollection of her sister. She remembered Lag, and the adventures they had together before and after he became a letter bee. Nothing else seemed to matter, except impressing Lag. Niche wanted to be something and someone to the one person that she cared for, and that was Lag Seeing. She was his dingo. She always would be. Someday Niche hoped that Lag would someday find her pretty, like Sylvette.
"If I lost my heart…and forgot about you…what would you do, Niche?" Niche remembered that Lag had asked her the question shortly after he visited Sylvette. He looked hurt and was crying. Niche wanted to lick his wounds, but he wouldn't let her.
"Niche doesn't worry. Niche…won't forget Lag. That's why we'll always…be together." In the oblivion and just like that time, Niche smiled. She had licked Lag's wounds, just in a different way, a way that she wouldn't have imagined. For a time, Niche thought that she wasn't worthy of being Lag's dingo because she hadn't defeated Roda. Lag had gotten hurt and cried more than usual. As Roda said, Niche was a failure as his dingo. The thoughts were short-lived when Lag needed her help again. And now, with her sister coming into the picture, Lag would need her protection more than ever. When Niche was slashed by her sister's swords, the pain disappeared. Only Lag, screaming her name, echoed in her ears. She was ready to protect him no matter what, from Gauche, from her sister, from Gaichuu, and from any enemy, because Niche loved Lag. She would die for him.
"Niche is Niche. My precious… Niche!"
So she was precious to Lag as well.
She was valued, and close to his heart.
Niche was oblivious to everything expect his voice and those words. Even though she was unconscious, Niche smiled.
Niche would always be Lag's dingo.
