Originally posted: 2010-05-02

Content: Chrono/Fate

When I first met her, I viewed her as just another criminal. She was some one who broke the law and was collecting dangerous items for an unknown end. But soon I spent more time with her and really got to know her. Eventually she became part of my family.

How else could I describe her besides angelic? She was so caring, polite, courteous, gentle, sweet, charming. You get the picture. She truly was precious and her adorable smile set my heart aflutter.

And that was a problem.

At some point I was unable to take my eyes off of her, unable to get thoughts of her out of my mind. It was utterly ridiculous of me to feel that way. For crying out loud she was my sister! Ok, not my blood related sister, but she was also five years younger than me. She was still just a child! Of course my father was five years older than my mother and…

Gah!

However I tried to justify it, the fact still remained: I had fallen in love with her when I shouldn't have. She always looked up to me with respect and adoration for her big brother, yet I couldn't meet that gaze. She was so innocent and pure and here I was thinking such thoughts.

I tried to bury my feelings as much as I could, but I also couldn't stand that look of hurt on her face when I acted coldly towards her. It really was one of those lose-lose situations.

Eventually I tried to redirect my feelings, so I started dating Amy and eventually we married. I really do like Amy and I tried to make myself love her, but it was just no good. When she filed for divorce, I really couldn't blame her. She didn't want to live a lie anymore.

That's just what I deserved, so I just watched her leave with our children.

Of course a good little sister just had to comfort her precious older brother after something like that, didn't she? What a nice girl… no, at this point she was a very nice woman, and a fine one that that. She had grown to be quite voluptuous and that only served to increase my desire for her, eventually becoming the straw that broke Amy.

She attempted to embrace me, to say everything was all right, but I pushed her away. In the state I was in, I didn't know if I would finally snap and give in or not. She's a persistent one when she knows something's wrong, so she didn't let up.

I just gave up at that point. I figured I should just come clean and admit it. Maybe the truth would horrify her and make her go away? Most of my life was ruined at that point anyways, so I might as well ruin the rest of it.

And so I told her. I told her that she was the one I had desired all along and everything had just been a façade. I turned my back on her, not wanting to see a disgusted expression on her face, but then something surprised me.

I felt her arms circle around me and her face bury itself into my back. Before I could formulate a question, she blurted out that she felt the same way. She confessed that somewhere along the way her adoration for me had evolved into love, but she didn't act on it because we were supposed to be siblings and I already had Amy. She tried her hardest to let go of her feelings but she just couldn't do that.

I asked if she was serious, and when she reaffirmed that she was, I had to resist the urge to jump for joy. Instead I tried to keep my cool, but I'm not sure if she bought it or not. Well, in the end I still managed to tell her something I had been holding back for so many years. I wanted her to be mine and she happily accepted.

… But how are we going to explain this to mom?

This one came as a challenge from Alavon. She wanted some Chrono/Fate under 500 words and I delivered. Well I failed the second part by going over, though ^^" Thankfully she withdrew the length requirement before I finished it. She's good to me like that :)