Warnings: The final dramatic scene, pre-credits/happily-ever after, but post-final boss.
Pairings: Neku/Joshua? Or gen. (I'm doing a lot of well-maybe? but it's really kind of gen.)
Rating: PG, language.
Notes: This one was actually based on a song that appears to be on every FST at subashiki. I'm not even kidding. Click the download: music tag. Really. Do it. I understand that the song practically screams JOSHUA and ENDGAME in loud, angry letters, but still. Nearly every fanmix had the song. (It helps that it's actually a really cool song.) (What, you want drabble-relevant notes?)
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Stars - He Lied About Death
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Neku raised the gun, feeling the rage course through his veins like so many clichés and metaphors for anger and vengeance that Rhyme could probably recite, were she the sort to encourage bad feelings.
At the last second, Neku dropped the gun. He couldn't kill a friend, even if Joshua was a liar and a bastard, and so much frustration embodied in one scrawny teen. Rhyme, Shiki, Beat. They wouldn't be able to shoot a partner, either. Not now. Not after they had all been through so much hell together.
The second bullet hit. Neku thought that the emotional pain might dull some of the physical. HE was wrong. Bullets still hurt like a bitch, he noted.