He giggled a bit
As her face
Rapidly flushed
A deep shade of red
In an attempt to hide
Embedding herself
Into the crook of his neck.
"I know you can hear me."
"Mnhm... ngh..."
Desperately
Stifling a cry
An urge to giggle
In joy and embarassment
She let out a squeak
As he scooped an arm
Under her legs
And lift her up.
"H-Hachi- w-wha- mmphm!"
She could only bury her face
In his arm
Words refused to materialize
Even more
Leave her lips
As he carried her
Up to her room.
"Huff... you are pretty heavy."
"Nghn... S-shut up..."
She hissed with what little venom
She could muster
For the snake
Was easily wooed
By the snake charmer.
Her body was tense
And her hands clung tightly
Her heart was threatening to fly out
She refused to look at him
How could she?
Swallow her pride?
A simple question
Not.
Yet here she was
Helpless
In the arms
Of an elusive cynic
Her mind incessantly wandering
In the wrongest of directions.
Meticulously
He layed her
On the bed
It was dark
It was even more sinister
Such a provocative atmosphere
And still
She refused to budge
Like a trap
She had him
Locked in her clutches.
"Oi... let... go now."
"Sleep with me."
"I-I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that."
"Fucking pervert! I said sleep, not sex!"
She tightened her hug even more
As she shot him
A deadly look
Emerald green
Against dead black ones
In the darkness of the room.
"Ngngh! Let. Go!"
In the ensuing scuffle
Like cats locked in a fight
He was trying to pry her off
To no avail.
"H-Hachi."
"Y-yeah?"
"I heard you."
"So you did."
"W-will you sing that to me again?"
"Oh no, no."
"Hmph! Sing it!"
She wriggled closer to him
Pinning him under her
Gripping his collars
As he leaned away from her face.
"Yumiko. You do know the... uh..."
"What."
"Position."
"Ah..."
Rolling off him
With a tinge of red
Awkward silence
Followed.
"Yeah. I think I should go."
No answer.
"Good night, Yumiko."
She was facing away from him
But he could make out
Faint mumblings.
In a bid
To provoke a reply
He leaned over
A quick peck to the cheeks.
"Hoy! W-what was that?!"
"Good night."
"G-get lost."
He simply smiled
And tousled her hair
One last time
Before disappearing.
Deafening silence followed.
The loudest noise
Is indeed silence.
The faint click of the door
And the distant creak of the gate
A signal
Soon
It was darkness
And her
Again.
Like a withering flower
Curling into herself
Tears flowed once more
Yet she did not know
Why.
The saddest tears
Are ones that appear
In silence.
Was she too rude?
Difficult?
Not good enough?
Perhaps
The seeds of doubt
Planted by a certain cynic
Grew out of hand
And now
A deadly weed
Of the mind
Emotion
Fear.
She shivered
Sniffles fill the air
As tears relentlessly cascaded
Down her cheeks
Vision
Blurred
Literally and figuratively
Her heart felt cold
A horrible empty feeling
A while ago
It was as if she would seize up
Her heartbeat was a mess
But now
She may as well be dead.
It hurt.
On him
She could smell
Her scent
Trace her presence
And everywhere she touched
It was as if baptized
By a plague
One that terrified her
A horror
If he would succumb to it.
To her.
A pillow muffled the sounds
Serving to absorb the tears
For no one was there
To wipe them away.
She knew
To let him go
A decision
Even fools
Are not that foolish.
They say
If you love someone
Set them free.
How could she?
He was a diamond
In a world of coal and soot
One that she has dug up
Polished
Come to love.
Is friendship not enough?
Why does love demand more?
What is love
If it is enough?
Love is nothing
If it is not everything.
Crying oneself to sleep
Such an expression
Strange
And sad
The first step
Towards a cliff
Despair.
Hindsight is always
Better than foresight
Only in the end
We look back
To realize
What we could have done
What we should have done.
No dreams tonight.
No nightmares either.
The latter
Was out loose
Threatening to destroy her
And take away
Everything she loved.
Nothing as lovely
Nor sweet as nectar
As wine
From a broken jar.
She hoped
That she was everything
To him.
Because he was everything
To her.
