Chapter Two, coming at you. :-)
By the way—Chapter One's title came from "Crying in the Rain" by The Everly Brothers. This chapter's title…um, I just randomly spun it off the top of my head. Maybe next time?
Sunset that evening: The rain has stopped—on the outside, at least; someone (she has no idea who and it doesn't matter to her anyway) has helped Meroko back to her room and into bed.
As for Meroko, her body is limp. The tears have long since dried on her face, and she isn't crying anymore because she's cried every tear she has. Her eyes are empty—completely devoid of emotion, even more so than his.
No more dreams for this maiden; no more happy smiles or overly-loud love declarations in the sun.
She's really dead this time.
This is the last time.
"I told you you'd get hurt."
I won't get hurt again.
You won't hurt me again.
"I'm sorry!"
If you are going to leave me…
Then I don't need you either.
I'll lock it all away…and you will never see it again.
…
I will never love again.
Somewhere among the broken glass, Meroko begins to laugh softly.
Oh, I would love to animate this. Or see this in manga. Maybe that's egotistical of me, but I really want to
Uh, ahem, sorry about that. -___-
Anyway, I realize that this chapter was...sad. Very sad. I'm putting poor Me-chan through hell, aren't I? -_-' But it's Izumi-kun's fault! Izumi-kun, you have to fix things!!!
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Now that we've had our daily dose of insane…Uh, read and review!