AN: I still don't own Slayers. I'm on a roll, strangely enough…I think I'm sugar-high from finishing Royal Blunders. This is a poem about Lina—or, rather, from Lina's point of view.
I Never Knew
The day I met you was the beginning.
I can't remember too much in detail before then.
It was the first day I found a direction.
But haven't I always had a plan?
I had never met anyone quite like you before.
I never knew I could tolerate it.
The days that followed were filled with danger.
More than I had bargained for.
Yet it was the danger that kept this new circle of people together.
But how did we all end up saving each other?
I had never received such loyalty before.
I never knew I could have friends like these.
The days went quickly.
I had grown so used to your idiocy.
Before I knew it, you had become almost like a part of me.
But how could you stay with me?
Me…didn't you deserve better than me?
I never knew you were too goodhearted to leave.
The days that just passed, they had me dazed.
I realized you were more important to me than I thought.
My friends constantly reminded me of that.
But what more did they think you and I had?
Everyone was pushing me to 'stop denying it', because we had 'something more.'
I never knew that they could be right.
The days that are now are wildly bewildering.
I feel so many things at once that it…hurts.
My friends all wear a knowing smile when I begin to choke on my words at the sight of you.
But what else can I do when I see you—the man who has been with me countless times?
I scorned you, accepted you, saved you, cared for you, nearly died for you…
I never knew I could fall for you.
End.