Moments in Time
Title: Stay
Rating: K
Summary: Ryoma never felt the need to continue a relationship. Until now that is.
Relationship status: No discernable time limit.
Ryoma never chased after anyone.
Fuji wasn't even an exception, despite the periods of happiness Ryoma felt in the tensai's presence.
So, when that inevitable day came, when Fuji had given him a gentle hug—the neutral hug between friends—and walked out the door, Ryoma said nothing.
He didn't hug Fuji back. He didn't wave goodbye or see Fuji out of his room. But when the door clicked shut softly, he raised a hand to his face.
His fingers came back wet and he realized that tears were flowing down his face. His body began to tremble. It was a foreign feeling, the crushing hurt he felt when Fuji turned his back and left, the tightness in his chest as he watched the door close in front of him. Ryoma fell to his knees, his body slumped forward. Suddenly, he was just very tired.
Tired of having to fall in love. Tired of having that thin bond of a relationship form, only to have it shattered once more. Tired of having people leave him behind, where they wouldn't notice how much he hurt sometimes.
A soft rustling registered somewhere in the back of his mind. Ryoma glanced dully at the feet in the corner of his vision. "What?" he asked in a flat voice.
"You could've asked me to stay," Fuji's voice said softly.
Ryoma's head shot up. "You came back."
"You could've asked me to stay," Fuji repeated.
"Wouldn't want to hold you back against your will," Ryoma mumbled, looking back down at the floor once more. "That would be selfish of me."
"Then be selfish for once," Fuji said. "Do something that you want, not what you think everyone is expecting of you." He kneeled in front of Ryoma and tilted the younger boy's chin up so that Ryoma had no option but to look into his eyes.
"You have but to ask," Fuji reminded him gently.
"…stay with me," Ryoma said in a whisper. It wasn't a question.
A/N- Just a oneshot I dreamed up in the middle of lecture one day. I know, I know, not paying attention to the professor is a bad thing, but it was either fall asleep or play with the plot forming in the head. Surely I can't be the first daydreamer ever :p Anyways, something about the ending bugs me, like it's too abrupt or what not. What do you think? :D
Comments? Questions? Constructive criticisms? I welcome them with open arms.
-The Unreal Phantom