shiroi no ato de
After White

Dedicated to: To-chan and Bombay-chan XD

...It has been awhile, Bombay...

...Since that last time...

...It doesn't matter now...

...All the restraints, yours and mine are dead...

...All of them...

...Are you afraid now?

I killed all of them, just for you, always you, only you. I used my power up to the point where I grasped onto that last string of life. For you see, if I died, I would have no one. I'd be alone... However, if I continued to live I could find you and return the one like me into my possession. You don't believe you ever belonged to me, do you? We'll fix that. I'll make you someone new. I'll keep you until you die.

For you see, Bombay, you and I are the only ones left. Schuldig, Crawford, Farfello...Siberian, Abyssinian, Balinese...all are dead... You won't know they died by my hands... You won't know that the blood dripped from them for hours as the rocks from the earth blew it upwards. The moon seemed red that day...or was it blew? Such irrelevant things used to stick out in my mind the most because all of that which seemed the most important no longer held value to me. But now, however, but now...now it's all changed. Neither of us are who we used to be.

Or...at least...I am not. I haven't seen you for years. I know not whether you are still happy or if the weight of the world has come crashing down. I don't care. We're free... I'm free... I will put you back where you belong soon. I care for you, as best as I can. I fear for you, the best that I can.

Not at all. I couldn't care for you at all. I couldn't fear for you at all. That is not who I am...at least not anymore. It isn't who you are either, is it? You've blocked everyone out. You've kept to yourself... You'll never notice that they're dead. Poor boy, not a clue in the world... It'll all be all right soon. Just give me some time...and I'll show you... I am all you'll ever need.

I am all you'll be allowed to need.