"Don't Go Yet"
Chapter 9
-Farewell-
Cold silver eyes stared at the figure as it left the office building. He took a moment before stepping forward, growling in annoyance. Shion watched the older man as he walked up, naturally tensing as he expected another painful wave to crash over them.
"So… all this way, and that's the best I get?" His voice was light, mocking, teasing, and yet there was still hurt laced beneath it all, even while he did his best to hide it.
"… What else would you have me say, Nezumi?"
"You could have at least been so kind to grant me with your presence, your Majesty."
"I'm too ashamed…" the white haired admitted, looking down.
"'We need never be ashamed of our tears.' "He tsk'ed, looking over the shorter man. " 'Shame is a soul eating emotion.' Now, what have you got to say for yourself?"
"I can say nothing that you do not already know."
"You really are the worst type of man," the rogue scoffed, starting to head in the other direction. "Have a nice life Shion… I suppose an 'I told you so' would be inappropriate."
"If I were to tell you that I didn't love you, it would be a lie. Even so, I cannot hold the regret of moving on… It's not anything new, I'm working at it every day… but I'm finally ready to."
"I'm too late, huh?" Nezumi tried to chuckle, mostly at himself. "Fool that I am, waiting until the last minute."
"I've already committed to a relationship; I can't run off now chasing teenage highs."
"Shush harsh words, a real dagger." The raven haired nodded, turning to face the younger. "I didn't expect you to. Really, I apologize…" The older moved over, settled his hands on the violet eye's shoulders. "I saw the forest… I'm really proud of you."
"You made me who I am today… This is all because of you," Shion replied earnestly; he had wanted a city Nezumi wouldn't hate or fear. "… This is yours."
Nezumi rolled his eyes, messing up the man's white downy locks playfully. "This city will never be mine. What the hell would I do with it?" he smiled cheekily.
"I just wanted this to be all you ever wanted." 'Normal' he even dared to think.
"I don't come here to face my nightmares for the city, Shion." he sighed, pulling back.
"… I do love you. You know that." The albino smiled weakly, turning to go.
"Send my apologies to your wife." Nezumi turned away as well, starting off. "…Maybe I'll see you again."
"Maybe…" Shion agreed, not ready to start forward towards home yet. He was still fighting the lump lodged in his throat and the knot growing in his chest.
Nezumi glanced over his shoulder when he heard the whimpering though, trying to keep his mouth shut. Maybe he couldn't help himself; it wasn't as easy leaving him as it had been years ago. He did want to delay a bit… as much as he disliked No.6, no matter its form, he couldn't hate Shion. "I haven't even left yet, and you're crying?"
"I-I'm not…" He choked, trembling lightly as he tried working his way through losing Nezumi all over again. He let out a startled cry as the older pulled him back, wrapping the superfiber scarf around him.
"Hm… becoming." He nodded, smiling. "Except for that face. Honestly, how can you look at yourself with tears falling so quickly like that?"
"I-I can't take this f-from you…" He shook his head, moving to take the scarf off. It hurt too much; there was no way he could! The traveler moved a hand, brushing the white locks back so he could better see the viper on his friend's cheek.
"It suits you." Nezumi said simply, kissing the mark. "You need something to protect you." The younger swallowed hard, nodding slightly.
"I-I…" If things had turned out differently, he'd have Nezumi home with him, and maybe they'd be living a happy life… but he couldn't keep thinking like that.
"I promise things will be different this time." He shook his head, really messing up the youngers hair this time to try and get him to relax a bit. "Here, he's still yours." He searched through his bag, pulling Hamlet out. "I had him return with Cravat for a bit so I could upgrade him… Someone needs to make sure your kids don't grow up to be too much like their parents, after all…"
"Please, for both our sakes, don't keep the camera on long." Shion said as he took the white mouse, a bit uneasy.
"Actually, some of those things have been disabled…" he admitted. "The camera, I mean. I mostly fixed the tracking, warning, and MC signals. It's one-way though… I can get a hold of you, but you can't just use it whenever you want unless I unlock it…"
The last part was a bit hard to hear, but Shion nodded in understanding. "I… Alright." It hurt just to hear the word 'good-bye' in his head, he couldn't even attempt saying the words aloud.
"Well…" He clasped the man's shoulder for a moment, a strong grip. "Good luck. I'll… I'll see you again some time." Nezumi let his grip go slowly, knowing that he couldn't keep even the tiniest hope alive; once he moved away, he'd have to drop his feelings for Shion. Sure, of course he'd miss him and want to look out for him, but that would have to be because of their seven long months together; because Shion saved him ten years ago… But he did it, turning away from the younger.
"'Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparallel success. A whole clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve!"' He chuckled, starting to go."No.6 is still so young and has gone only so far! You're going to make this place really amazing one day!"
~Farewell~
…So… Feels…
Lots and lots of feels.
I'm sorry the chapters short, but there's a time skip and I didn't want this to be too long, so I had to cut off before the time skip…
Um… reviews please? I mean… I helped write this thing, and I was on the verge of just crying…