Moonlight Dance
"Amarant?" Lani's voice was soft and tired. She was still half asleep.
"What?" His tone was harsher than he meant it to be. He was under a lot of stress. He had just seen children slaughtered before him. He was to busy saving his own skin to help. All he could feel was guilt.
"Are you alright?" Lani sounded slightly hurt.
"I just couldn't sleep," Regreting his snappish attitude, his answer was softer this time.
"You know what?" Lani sounded awak now.
"What?" Amarant muttered.
"We need to lighten up," She said, laughter dancing in her voice.
"Lighten.... up?" Amarant asked.
"Yes, we need to have some fun," Lani grinned.
"Fun...?"
"Come on! Let's dance!" Lani took Amarant's hand.
"I don't dance," Amarant growled, but let Lani pull him into the open space, "Look, this is dangerous! We could both be killed! What if the Nine come? Al-" Amarant cut himself off.
'She's really.... Beautiful...' The forbidden though ran through Amarant's mind. He let his eyes wander. Her her was like silk, flowing in the wind. Her hair was silver, or so it seemed as it caught the moonlight. Her eyes were large and smiling up at him. Her small, ruby lips were grinning. No, her lips were deeper than ruby. They were crimson, like blood, like fire. His gaze lowered, she- Amarant had gone too far. He pulled away from her. That's when he heard it. A low growl.
"Amarant? What is it?" Lani asked.
"Zidane!"
~ยค~
Lani died that night.
It was my fault.
I could have stopped her.
I never got to tell her how I felt.
Not that I would have, though.
She was slaughtered before my eyes.
I did nothing.
Nothing...
Lani...
You somehow managed to worm yourself into my heart.
My heart which I put walls of ice over.
You shattered the ice and melted my heart.
If just once, even for the briefst moment...
If your perfect lips would merely brush over mine...
I would die a happy man.
They weren't kidding when they named you the most beautiful bounty hunter...
For that is but an understatement of your unmaskable beauty.
Or at least, in my eyes...
Damn, look at me. Gettin' all mushy over a dead girl.
The girl I loved.Come back to me, Lani...
Please...
I'm begging you.
I don't love you just because you're beautiful.
It's more like you're beautiful to me because I love you.
If it weren't for you, I would have given up on this war long ago.
And I would have died.
Thank you, Lani, for filling the hole that was in my soul...
..and for breaking the ice around my heart...
...I think I'll spare a few emotions every now and then, eh?
Thank you, Lani...
...and, Lani? If you can hear me...
I love you.
