Title: As long as you love me
Characters: Aomine Daiki, Kuroko Tetsuya
Genre: Romance, Hurt/Comfort
Rating: T
Character Count: 322
POV: Third-person
Date: 18th October 2012
Notes: Last week, during one of my 9-hours a day (45 hours in total) intensive drama modules, we worked with using fluid sculptures. We based it on some story (that sounded like Romeo and Juliet but was not) and somebody provided the line 'As long as you love me' to work with. I decided to use the story and the line to create this little drabble. Since I always do a lot of dialogue, I decided to try something different in a way that only one line is spoken by the characters.
The air of the crypt was still and silent as he tread along the stone-paved corridor, a burning torch in hand to light the dark path ahead.
Soon, he was able to see small flickers of light ahead of him, at the end of the tunnel.
He soon reached a large chamber that was illuminated by many candles; where the dead body of his beloved lay in the center.
He took in a deep breath as he felt his chest tighten.
Lifting one trembling hand, he cupped the smooth skin of his lover's cheek. It was cold to his touch; a shocking contrast to the warmth that he used to remember.
Tetsu...
The name kept running through his mind in an unspoken incantation.
They had met by chance: it was love at first sight.
However, fate was cruel.
Their love was not to be; it was forbidden.
Despite all the odds, all the objection that were against them, they promised each other love for all eternity.
How did things turn out the way they did?
He... Tetsu died before his very eyes, in order to protect the precious bond that they shared.
It was he who had sinned, not him.
He was the one who should've died, not him.
If only he had been more bold... Tetsu would still be alive.
He had been the cause of this tragedy... And now it was time to pay the price.
From his cloak he took out small glass bottle that he had obtained from the apothecary.
He pulled out the wooden cork that sealed it, the repulsing smell of the deadly concoction piercing his nose.
He held up the bottle in both hands, giving the face of his beloved one last glance before he downed the liquid inside it in one large gulp.
As his strength in his body started to fade, he whispered out his final words.
"As long… as you love me…"