I've decided that I'll be adding drabbles here too. I don't usually write them, but I've been reading them lately and I find I like them. There's no prompts or anything that I'm following (I'm open to them if you'd like to leave one in a review, though). So, enjoy everyone!
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2. Hurt
Chrno never meant to hurt her. The truth was, he sometimes forgot how fragile she really was. Sometimes he pulled her along too roughly, or held on to her too fiercely...
Really, he just wanted to protect her.
He wanted to take away the hurt he saw in her eyes every time they met his own. He could see a lifetime of pain there, more than any sixteen year old girl should ever have to know. Every time her gaze fell on him, he could feel it too. Everything weighed on her so heavily...
The mental anguish of his contractor tortured him, as did the physical inflictions he himself had caused. How could he hold her, when every touch left a mark?
He only wanted to protect her.
He didn't understand how to protect her from himself.