Secrets and Lies
By Youko Alexandra
Part One Of The Midnight Room Series
A/N: I'm back with a new kind of YYH fic- for me, anyway. An angsty little piece. Probably a one-shot, but if I get enough reviews I might follow it up.
NOTE: "sayanora wa mirai no hajimari" means "goodbye is the beginning of the future".
++++++++SECRETS AND LIES+++++++++++
She watched him as he lay, helpless, on the bed. She could not help him, she hadn't been able to. Her ruby eyes filled with tears at the sight of him.
Slowly he raised one hand to his stomach, and gave a bitter half-smile.
"There's.. a lot of blood.. isn't there?" He speaks slowly, as though with great effort. A single tear escaped his eye, sliding down his cheek to land on the bedspread, which in the area around his stomach and lower chest was covered in blood.
She just about lost it right then and there, started crying, but she didn't. She knew that if she did she would never be able to stop crying.
"Why are you.. so sad..?" He asked her, and then she lost control of herself. The tears came and trailed down her cheeks, sobs beginning to overtake her.
"I'm sad because you're..." She trailed off into sobs again. His red eyes, usually so indifferent, registered sympathy and, perhaps, regret.
"Don't be sad.. because of me.." He told her finally, his voice soft and kind, so different from his usual tone. "I promised that I'd help you... find your.. brother.."
That was how it had all started. When she had asked him to help her find her brother. Then, while looking for a man they thought might have information, they had been attacked by an S-class monster who wanted to sell her teargems. He had protected her, gotten both of them back to this place, but this was the price of it.
"I didn't want you to die for me!" She almost shouted. Her sadness and frustration were adding up. She didn't want him to die, no..
"I'll be... fine.." He replied stubbornly. "Just need... rest.."
She took his hand in hers and gripped it tight, as much to reassure him as to reassure her. He squeezed back weakly.
"I found.. your brother..." He said after a moment. She stared at him. He was dying, but yet he still found it important to tell her who her brother was?
He smiled slightly, the smile of a man who would die happy. The smile of a man who knew that he was dying and was determined to take it in good humor. Or perhaps he was simply smiling at the irony of the situation. She would never know for sure why he smiled like that.
Another breathless moment later, he reached up with one hand and touched her cheek, brushing away a tear as he did so.
"Hiei-san..?"
He blinked at her slowly, and she was surprised to see that his ruby eyes were filled with tears.
"Now.. I'm.. sad.." He told her, and now he was smiling and crying at the same time, and his voice was hoarse. She became quite sure that he was going to die now. All she could do was make him comfortable while it happened.
"Don't be sad, Hiei-san.. you'll be fine.." She knew that he knew that she was lying to him, but she didn't want to worry him. She wanted to reassure him, give him a little love in the last moments of his life.
"No.. I won't.." He said frankly, but he was still smiling and he was still crying. "Don't lie.. to me.."
"Hiei-san, please, don't go.." She sobbed, "don't leave me.."
"Yukina-chan.. sayanora wa.. mirai no hajimari.." He said slowly, "I won't ever leave you.."
"But you're leaving me right now, Hiei-san...! Please don't go!" She knew her crying was useless. She knew it was too late.
"I will never leave you... sister.."
And then he was gone.
By Youko Alexandra
Part One Of The Midnight Room Series
A/N: I'm back with a new kind of YYH fic- for me, anyway. An angsty little piece. Probably a one-shot, but if I get enough reviews I might follow it up.
NOTE: "sayanora wa mirai no hajimari" means "goodbye is the beginning of the future".
++++++++SECRETS AND LIES+++++++++++
She watched him as he lay, helpless, on the bed. She could not help him, she hadn't been able to. Her ruby eyes filled with tears at the sight of him.
Slowly he raised one hand to his stomach, and gave a bitter half-smile.
"There's.. a lot of blood.. isn't there?" He speaks slowly, as though with great effort. A single tear escaped his eye, sliding down his cheek to land on the bedspread, which in the area around his stomach and lower chest was covered in blood.
She just about lost it right then and there, started crying, but she didn't. She knew that if she did she would never be able to stop crying.
"Why are you.. so sad..?" He asked her, and then she lost control of herself. The tears came and trailed down her cheeks, sobs beginning to overtake her.
"I'm sad because you're..." She trailed off into sobs again. His red eyes, usually so indifferent, registered sympathy and, perhaps, regret.
"Don't be sad.. because of me.." He told her finally, his voice soft and kind, so different from his usual tone. "I promised that I'd help you... find your.. brother.."
That was how it had all started. When she had asked him to help her find her brother. Then, while looking for a man they thought might have information, they had been attacked by an S-class monster who wanted to sell her teargems. He had protected her, gotten both of them back to this place, but this was the price of it.
"I didn't want you to die for me!" She almost shouted. Her sadness and frustration were adding up. She didn't want him to die, no..
"I'll be... fine.." He replied stubbornly. "Just need... rest.."
She took his hand in hers and gripped it tight, as much to reassure him as to reassure her. He squeezed back weakly.
"I found.. your brother..." He said after a moment. She stared at him. He was dying, but yet he still found it important to tell her who her brother was?
He smiled slightly, the smile of a man who would die happy. The smile of a man who knew that he was dying and was determined to take it in good humor. Or perhaps he was simply smiling at the irony of the situation. She would never know for sure why he smiled like that.
Another breathless moment later, he reached up with one hand and touched her cheek, brushing away a tear as he did so.
"Hiei-san..?"
He blinked at her slowly, and she was surprised to see that his ruby eyes were filled with tears.
"Now.. I'm.. sad.." He told her, and now he was smiling and crying at the same time, and his voice was hoarse. She became quite sure that he was going to die now. All she could do was make him comfortable while it happened.
"Don't be sad, Hiei-san.. you'll be fine.." She knew that he knew that she was lying to him, but she didn't want to worry him. She wanted to reassure him, give him a little love in the last moments of his life.
"No.. I won't.." He said frankly, but he was still smiling and he was still crying. "Don't lie.. to me.."
"Hiei-san, please, don't go.." She sobbed, "don't leave me.."
"Yukina-chan.. sayanora wa.. mirai no hajimari.." He said slowly, "I won't ever leave you.."
"But you're leaving me right now, Hiei-san...! Please don't go!" She knew her crying was useless. She knew it was too late.
"I will never leave you... sister.."
And then he was gone.
