All right... Since I finished writing a new story... I'm posting this by my set of new rules regarding how I post or whatever... this technically isn't a story on its own since I'm putting it here, but its been sitting around for a while. I'm not particularly happy about it, but well... here it is anyways. I wasn't sure whether I should make it a totally different oneshot or stick it in here since it doesn't quite fit with my theme of looking at Alma/Mana and how they're in the past, but it's kinda short. This is a talking to Kand sort of thing... kinda weird and random... Any feedback would be great though, regarding this oneshot, regarding this collection as a whole, regarding the placement of this work, etc. Thank you!
Maybe, just maybe, this war isn't so bad.
The two of you wouldn't be where you are now if the war had never occurred (well, perhaps you would've, but for the sake of the simplicity you always seek, you don't believe so). He might not be curled into your chest, breathing slow and gentle in his state of sleep.
If not for the Earl, he never would've been cursed. If not for the akuma, you two would've never met (at least under the circumstances that started all this). If not for the fighting, you two may've never developed the love-hate relationship that changed into this.
Hand ghosting across the scar on his face, brushing away the soft hair to better gaze at his gentle expression, you wonder how things changed.
If not for the war, perhaps if you had met, it would simply be hatred you two felt (perhaps not, but one always wonders). If not for the darkness both of you were drowning in, the two of you would not have needed the other to stay sane, to know that you were still alive and real.
If not for the losses of loved ones, you two would not have drowned in that mutual sorrow. If not for the arguments over how the others are in the past, you two never would've realized the similarities.
Perhaps, without all the darkness and pain the two of you have gone through, you two would not be in love. So perhaps, everything will turn out all right.