Title: My Angel, My Savior
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I own nothing, it all belongs to the amazing Murkami Maki! All praise her like the goddess she is! *bows and grovels* However, the plot is mine and Aya, Mio, Migel...all belongs to me. ;)
Notes from Nori: I had a lot of trouble writing this chapter for some reason. It's more drawn out than I wanted it to be. I've had more headaches in the past month that I've ever had in my life. However, I'm back in Australia and away from my siblings who are the cause of my migranes so things should be looking up for me! ^^
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Mio rolled over in bed, face now buried in silky brown locks of hair. She smiled and snuggled down so she could see Ryuichi's face. He was asleep, blissfully ignorant of all that surrounded him. Closing her eyes Mio habitually slid closer to the warmth of Ryuich's body and buried her face in his chest. She let out a low sigh and allowed herself to drift in and out of sleep. She was so tired and confused, but she couldn't seem to register what she wanted. Sleep was nice and she was so tired, but she couldn't sleep with all this on her mind; all of this confusing mess she had been through. So she settled for somewhere in-between deep concentration and partial unconsciousness.
Her mind wandered over everything that had happened over the past 24 hours. The news of Aya, staying with Ryuichi for a while, meeting Eiri and relearning how to trust. Aya had broken her promise, like everyone else had done. Her parents and every other person she ever stayed never followed through and now Aya had let her down too. Unaware of it due to her semi- sleeping state, a single tear cascaded down her cheek, falling into Ryuichi's nightshirt. Now he was asking her to trust him. To let him make up for what his sister left undone, but how could she? She had trusted so many people before and they always let her down. How was Ryuichi any different from any of them? He was giving up so much for her, he seemed so sure about this. Could it really be different this time? Could Ryuichi really be the one who set her free from this nightmare? She could only hope with all her heart. The tiny blonde shivered despite the heat that radiated from Ryuichi's warm body. She pulled the blankets high and subconsciously clung to Ryuichi.
'Be my savior, Ryuichi. Please don't let me down.' she thought before sleep claimed her.
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Ryuichi blinked as the sunlight poured into his window. He blinked, adjusting to the bright lights that filled his room. He yawned and tried to sit up, but found himself held down by a pair of tiny, yet very powerful hands. Mio clung to Ryuichi as if her life depended on it and Ryuichi lay back down without so much as a sigh. He wasn't sure who fell asleep on whom, but it was nice to wake up in a platonic little cuddle with somebody close. He brushed a wavy blonde lock from her face and smiled.
"I know that feeling, Mio." He whispered rubbing her hands, which held him close. "I'm not going anywhere."
As if she had been Sleeping Beauty, just receiving her kiss of true love from the prince, Mio's opened and she stared at Ryuichi with question. Deep sapphire pools met cool emerald colored orbs of sincerity and the two just stared. Loosening her grip ever so slightly, Mio watched Ryuichi.
"Promise?" she pleaded, voice pitching slightly high at the end. "Would you promise me that??"
He wanted to, dear God did he want to promise her nothing, but an eternity together so they'd never have to be alone again, but he couldn't. Sometimes things don't work out, no matter what happens.
"I won't promise you, Mio." He said quietly. "It's better that way."
She smiled and finally her grip from his shirt was gone, suddenly engulfing him into a hug.
"Thank you."
Ryuichi smiled and pat Mio on the back gently. She pulled back and sat up, stretching a bit as she did so. Major bed head made Ryuichi chuckle and Mio wrinkled her nose at him. The vocalist sat up and pat her hair down gently, running his fingers through it to get it to lay flat. Once it looked halfway decent Ryuichi smiled brightly sand tilted his head.
"Is Mio excited about shopping with Shu-chan today?" he asked excitedly, bouncing a bit.
"Oh yes," she said with an enthusiastic nod. "it'll be a lot of fun, I'm sure. Shuichi-san seems so very nice and so does his......koibito? Eiri Yuki-san."
This remark surprised the vocalist and he tilted his head curiously at the girl, his eyes wide with curiosity.
"Yuki? Very nice?" he asked. "Nice, nice, nice...... Eiri Yuki?"
Mio blinked back at him in return and nodded her head slowly. "Yuki was very nice to me last night, we even have a bit in common."
With that said, Ryuichi couldn't help, but burst into spiels of laughter. He grabbed Kumagoro from off their pillows and hugged his bunny to his chest as he rolled along the bed. Mio's cheeks burned in a light blush and she let out a loud 'hmph!' at the older man. She stood up and bounced a little before pouncing on Ryuichi after he paused in his movements.
"What's so funny!" she demanded with a small giggle. "Yuki-san is a very kind person."
"Eiri Yuki? He's always so grumpy and acts so cold! Yuki's not nice, Mio- chan!" Ryuichi chortled.
The brunette rolled over, pinning Mio to the bed and smiled innocently at her. Waving Kumagoro at her he jumped up and bounced on the bed before hopping towards the door. Mio rolled up and over onto her knees letting out a sigh.
"Well Eiri Yuki was nice to me."
Ryuichi tilted his head at her, his bangs falling into his big innocent eyes as a smile formed on his lips. He opened the door and shrugged.
"That's really rare, Mio, you should be sure to keep his friendship." He advised. "Not many people can do that."
"Really?" she asked, worrying her bottom lip.
The vocalist let out a tiny laugh and winked at her.
"I'm going to take a shower, Mio. Shuichi's coming by around 10 o'clock, ok?"
"Alright, Ryuichi." Mio said with a small smile to him.
The vocalist nodded and exited the room, leaving Mio sitting cross-legged on the pile of pillows and blankets on their bed. She made a small noise of thought and rolled over, picking up Kumagoro who had been lost in their playful fight. Wriggling the bunnies ears a bit she frowned.
"Everyone has some speck of decency in them right, Kumagoro-san?"
Realizing she had just respectfully addressed a stuff bunny she sweat dropped and her eye twitch slightly. Tossing Kumagoro to the side she grumbled to herself quietly.
"I'm going crazy." She sighed, flopping down onto the comfy bed. "Ryuichi is so..."
Mio frowned and paused, hugging a pillow to her body. Rolling over again she picked up Kumagoro and held him before her before hugging him into the pillow already in her arms. She continued to hug the pink plushie, twirling her finger around it's ear. Letting out an audible sigh, Mio stared at a photograph on Ryuichi's dresser.
"He was a cute kid," she said off handedly to Kumagoro. "Not saying that he's not attractive right now, but he's a bit old for me. I don't think cradle robbing is Ryuichi's style anyhow."
She looked to the bunny and bit her lip before continuing to ramble. "Of course it could be and I'd never know, would I Kumagoro?" she asked sadly. "How do I know I can trust Ryuichi to take care of me? He acts like a little kid himself and, no offense Kuma-san, but he still talks to stuffed animals. Isn't that a little odd for a man of Ryuichi's age? I mean come on, isn't he -at least- in his early twenties? I don't know, Kumagoro, it seems too off."
Tossing the pillow down she tucked Kumagoro under her arm with a sigh and went to inspect the photo closer. She stood on her tiptoes and reached up to the frame, careful not to drop it and looked it over. Her breath hitched and her emerald colored eyes widened in disbelief. It was....
"Aya...." she breathed, letting the pink plushie fall to the floor.
The irony of the situation and seeing this picture would have made Mio laugh had she not been in complete devastation. It showed about a ten-year- old Ryuichi and little Aya in his lap, holding his rabbit friend, Kumagoro. Aya was looking at the bunny skeptically and Ryuichi seemed to be trying to persuade her to talk to it or something. The look on Aya's face in the photo was one she always gave Migel when he said something unbelievable or that she knew he was lying about.
Feeling her eyes begin to tear up, Mio went to set the photo back up when suddenly the door opened and Ryuichi greeted her loudly. Jumping slightly, Mio accidentally dropped the picture in her hand and it fell, shattering at it hit the ground. Mio looked at Ryuichi apologetically and Ryuichi smiled sadly.
"G-gomen nasai, Ryuichi!" she cried, bending down to pick up the photo and Kumagoro from the glass shards. "I-I didn't mean to, I-"
"No, no Mio-chan, it's ok." Ryuichi assured her, coming to her aid and shooing her hands away from the mess. "No harm done, it's partially my fault for startling you, right?"
He flashed her a small smile and looked over at the photo in Mio's hands. His small smile quickly diminished and his bottom lip trembled for a moment. He bit down on it lightly and turned his eyes back to the glass on his floor.
"I forgot I had that up."
Mio looked at the picture and up at Ryuichi as he picked up the larger pieces of glass from the ruined picture frame. Suddenly her hand was caught and she jumped again. Looking up through his slightly damp mop of hair, Ryuichi smiled the sadness still evident in his beautiful sapphire eyes.
"You got cut." He said, opening Mio's palm where a small trickle of blood lay. "Come on to the bathroom and I'll get this cleaned up for you."
Mio hadn't even noticed that she'd been cut until he pointed it out to her. She still held Kumagoro and the picture in her other hand as Ryuichi lead her around the glass and down the hall into his bathroom. It was still a bit steamy due to Ryuichi's quick shower and he laid a dry towel on the sink counter before setting Mio up there. She watched as he opened a cabinet above the toilet and brought out some ointment, a cotton swab, and a bandage for her hand. Pulling up the clothes hamper Ryuichi took a seat on it and put some ointment on the swab.
"This may sting just a little na no da, so if you scream, it's ok." He assured her with a small smile before opening her hand and applying the swab.
'Sting just a little' was an understatement and she yelped at the burning sensation that hit her cut. Simply reacting to the sudden pain she pulled away, but Ryuichi held her hand firmly out before him. He then put the bandage over it and ran his thumb over it lightly. Looking up at her he tilted his head.
"Ok, Mio, all done na no da!" he informed happily, standing up and putting his arms out to help her get down.
Jumping into his arms Ryuichi set her on the ground gently and then opened the door for her. Mio exited the warm bathroom and sighed. Ryuichi came out behind her and scratched the back of his head.
"Mio, may I.......may I see that picture, please?"
Nodding mutely Mio held the picture out in her palm to him and clutched Kumagoro tightly as he took the picture slowly. His small frown grew as he looked at it and after a moment he closed his eyes tightly with a sad sigh. Mio watched him sadly and then lowered her gaze to the floor.
"Were you very close to Aya?" she asked almost inaudibly.
Ryuichi looked down at Mio and smiled a small, sad smile as he gave her a nod.
"We were as close as we could be." He answered. "We were both very busy people?........"
~______ Ryuichi's POV co-written by Baka ________~
As I spoke those words I had several different urges at once. I wanted to scream, I wanted to just let everything that had hold of me take me down. Let it screw with my mind and just overwhelm my being so completely. I needed to release it; I wanted it to break me right then and there. I wanted to feel so lost and overtaken by these feelings that were inside me. Scream is what my heart did in place of mouth as I spoke those words to the girl before me. It screamed; echoing in my ears, the most deafening sound I've ever known.
I also was in dire need of a breakdown. Another one of those urges to just have everything hit me, consume me and break me from the inside out until I couldn't fake anything. Until I was stripped of what little salvation I had left and just lose it all. Breakdown and cry, just cry everything away. Let it slip from my system through my tears and grief. Perhaps if I cried enough, I'd drowned in the salty liquid that I cried. Maybe I'd choke on a sob and suddenly things would be over. I could only hope for something so sudden.
My last urge, which seemed to include details of each one before it was a quick release from -everything-. I just wanted to lay down and die. I wanted everything around me to be gone from my sight, my grasp and I wanted it gone from my mind. Each memory, each photo, each murmur of her name burned me, scarring my head and heart. Something quick and painless that could put me out of my misery forever.......
~I was jerked into reality as Mio stood on her tip toes and wiped a tear from my chin. I hadn't even realized I was crying and was quick to wipe my face of any other tears that may lay there. Mio smiled sadly and made a funny little sobbing noise that made me smile as well. Leaning back against the wall I sunk to the floor and put my arms out for her. She complied quickly and rushed into my arms, putting her head into my shoulder with a sob. Murmuring comforting words to each other I vaguely wondered who was raising who. Letting out a small sigh-sob, I ran my fingers through her hair gently, letting the silky waves of sand colored hair fall through my fingers.
"We need to stop crying like this." she murmured into me. "Shuichi will be here in an hour."
Letting out a sigh I nodded and Mio pulled back. She tilted my chin up and wiped my eyes and down my cheeks, in an oddly mother like fashion. She sniffled and smiled at me as she finished, brushing still slightly damp fringe from my face. I sighed deeply, not seeming to get enough breath into my lungs. Once my ragid breath had settled I wiped her tears away in turn. Letting her too rare of a smile touch her lips she hugged me again. I sigh again and hug back, she's like an angel. My little guardian angel..........
"Thank you."
"No, thank you." I replied.
"I remember," she began softly. "That when Migel would have nightmares, that Aya would always cry with him and hug him. The three of us were like our own little family............I miss them both."
As I listened, a plan slowly developed in my head. Smile spreading over my features I pulled back and looked at Mio. Seeing my bright smile she tilted her head in question.
"Nani, Ryuichi-kun?" she inquired.
"Get dressed, Ryuichi has an idea!"
Today was going to be very exciting.....................
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Oh dear, what is Ryuichi planning? Hint: it involves everyone's favorite 'mini Shu-chan', Migel! Hehehehe. Review, review, review please! Oh and a big thanks to those who reviewed the last chapter! *hugs Sachiko and does a dance around Autumn* You guys rock my socks! -Nori PS: My brother wrote a song for My Angel, My Savior and it's posted up in my journal: http://www.ujournal.org/users/chibinorichan (Damn I need to update that thing!)
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I own nothing, it all belongs to the amazing Murkami Maki! All praise her like the goddess she is! *bows and grovels* However, the plot is mine and Aya, Mio, Migel...all belongs to me. ;)
Notes from Nori: I had a lot of trouble writing this chapter for some reason. It's more drawn out than I wanted it to be. I've had more headaches in the past month that I've ever had in my life. However, I'm back in Australia and away from my siblings who are the cause of my migranes so things should be looking up for me! ^^
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Mio rolled over in bed, face now buried in silky brown locks of hair. She smiled and snuggled down so she could see Ryuichi's face. He was asleep, blissfully ignorant of all that surrounded him. Closing her eyes Mio habitually slid closer to the warmth of Ryuich's body and buried her face in his chest. She let out a low sigh and allowed herself to drift in and out of sleep. She was so tired and confused, but she couldn't seem to register what she wanted. Sleep was nice and she was so tired, but she couldn't sleep with all this on her mind; all of this confusing mess she had been through. So she settled for somewhere in-between deep concentration and partial unconsciousness.
Her mind wandered over everything that had happened over the past 24 hours. The news of Aya, staying with Ryuichi for a while, meeting Eiri and relearning how to trust. Aya had broken her promise, like everyone else had done. Her parents and every other person she ever stayed never followed through and now Aya had let her down too. Unaware of it due to her semi- sleeping state, a single tear cascaded down her cheek, falling into Ryuichi's nightshirt. Now he was asking her to trust him. To let him make up for what his sister left undone, but how could she? She had trusted so many people before and they always let her down. How was Ryuichi any different from any of them? He was giving up so much for her, he seemed so sure about this. Could it really be different this time? Could Ryuichi really be the one who set her free from this nightmare? She could only hope with all her heart. The tiny blonde shivered despite the heat that radiated from Ryuichi's warm body. She pulled the blankets high and subconsciously clung to Ryuichi.
'Be my savior, Ryuichi. Please don't let me down.' she thought before sleep claimed her.
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Ryuichi blinked as the sunlight poured into his window. He blinked, adjusting to the bright lights that filled his room. He yawned and tried to sit up, but found himself held down by a pair of tiny, yet very powerful hands. Mio clung to Ryuichi as if her life depended on it and Ryuichi lay back down without so much as a sigh. He wasn't sure who fell asleep on whom, but it was nice to wake up in a platonic little cuddle with somebody close. He brushed a wavy blonde lock from her face and smiled.
"I know that feeling, Mio." He whispered rubbing her hands, which held him close. "I'm not going anywhere."
As if she had been Sleeping Beauty, just receiving her kiss of true love from the prince, Mio's opened and she stared at Ryuichi with question. Deep sapphire pools met cool emerald colored orbs of sincerity and the two just stared. Loosening her grip ever so slightly, Mio watched Ryuichi.
"Promise?" she pleaded, voice pitching slightly high at the end. "Would you promise me that??"
He wanted to, dear God did he want to promise her nothing, but an eternity together so they'd never have to be alone again, but he couldn't. Sometimes things don't work out, no matter what happens.
"I won't promise you, Mio." He said quietly. "It's better that way."
She smiled and finally her grip from his shirt was gone, suddenly engulfing him into a hug.
"Thank you."
Ryuichi smiled and pat Mio on the back gently. She pulled back and sat up, stretching a bit as she did so. Major bed head made Ryuichi chuckle and Mio wrinkled her nose at him. The vocalist sat up and pat her hair down gently, running his fingers through it to get it to lay flat. Once it looked halfway decent Ryuichi smiled brightly sand tilted his head.
"Is Mio excited about shopping with Shu-chan today?" he asked excitedly, bouncing a bit.
"Oh yes," she said with an enthusiastic nod. "it'll be a lot of fun, I'm sure. Shuichi-san seems so very nice and so does his......koibito? Eiri Yuki-san."
This remark surprised the vocalist and he tilted his head curiously at the girl, his eyes wide with curiosity.
"Yuki? Very nice?" he asked. "Nice, nice, nice...... Eiri Yuki?"
Mio blinked back at him in return and nodded her head slowly. "Yuki was very nice to me last night, we even have a bit in common."
With that said, Ryuichi couldn't help, but burst into spiels of laughter. He grabbed Kumagoro from off their pillows and hugged his bunny to his chest as he rolled along the bed. Mio's cheeks burned in a light blush and she let out a loud 'hmph!' at the older man. She stood up and bounced a little before pouncing on Ryuichi after he paused in his movements.
"What's so funny!" she demanded with a small giggle. "Yuki-san is a very kind person."
"Eiri Yuki? He's always so grumpy and acts so cold! Yuki's not nice, Mio- chan!" Ryuichi chortled.
The brunette rolled over, pinning Mio to the bed and smiled innocently at her. Waving Kumagoro at her he jumped up and bounced on the bed before hopping towards the door. Mio rolled up and over onto her knees letting out a sigh.
"Well Eiri Yuki was nice to me."
Ryuichi tilted his head at her, his bangs falling into his big innocent eyes as a smile formed on his lips. He opened the door and shrugged.
"That's really rare, Mio, you should be sure to keep his friendship." He advised. "Not many people can do that."
"Really?" she asked, worrying her bottom lip.
The vocalist let out a tiny laugh and winked at her.
"I'm going to take a shower, Mio. Shuichi's coming by around 10 o'clock, ok?"
"Alright, Ryuichi." Mio said with a small smile to him.
The vocalist nodded and exited the room, leaving Mio sitting cross-legged on the pile of pillows and blankets on their bed. She made a small noise of thought and rolled over, picking up Kumagoro who had been lost in their playful fight. Wriggling the bunnies ears a bit she frowned.
"Everyone has some speck of decency in them right, Kumagoro-san?"
Realizing she had just respectfully addressed a stuff bunny she sweat dropped and her eye twitch slightly. Tossing Kumagoro to the side she grumbled to herself quietly.
"I'm going crazy." She sighed, flopping down onto the comfy bed. "Ryuichi is so..."
Mio frowned and paused, hugging a pillow to her body. Rolling over again she picked up Kumagoro and held him before her before hugging him into the pillow already in her arms. She continued to hug the pink plushie, twirling her finger around it's ear. Letting out an audible sigh, Mio stared at a photograph on Ryuichi's dresser.
"He was a cute kid," she said off handedly to Kumagoro. "Not saying that he's not attractive right now, but he's a bit old for me. I don't think cradle robbing is Ryuichi's style anyhow."
She looked to the bunny and bit her lip before continuing to ramble. "Of course it could be and I'd never know, would I Kumagoro?" she asked sadly. "How do I know I can trust Ryuichi to take care of me? He acts like a little kid himself and, no offense Kuma-san, but he still talks to stuffed animals. Isn't that a little odd for a man of Ryuichi's age? I mean come on, isn't he -at least- in his early twenties? I don't know, Kumagoro, it seems too off."
Tossing the pillow down she tucked Kumagoro under her arm with a sigh and went to inspect the photo closer. She stood on her tiptoes and reached up to the frame, careful not to drop it and looked it over. Her breath hitched and her emerald colored eyes widened in disbelief. It was....
"Aya...." she breathed, letting the pink plushie fall to the floor.
The irony of the situation and seeing this picture would have made Mio laugh had she not been in complete devastation. It showed about a ten-year- old Ryuichi and little Aya in his lap, holding his rabbit friend, Kumagoro. Aya was looking at the bunny skeptically and Ryuichi seemed to be trying to persuade her to talk to it or something. The look on Aya's face in the photo was one she always gave Migel when he said something unbelievable or that she knew he was lying about.
Feeling her eyes begin to tear up, Mio went to set the photo back up when suddenly the door opened and Ryuichi greeted her loudly. Jumping slightly, Mio accidentally dropped the picture in her hand and it fell, shattering at it hit the ground. Mio looked at Ryuichi apologetically and Ryuichi smiled sadly.
"G-gomen nasai, Ryuichi!" she cried, bending down to pick up the photo and Kumagoro from the glass shards. "I-I didn't mean to, I-"
"No, no Mio-chan, it's ok." Ryuichi assured her, coming to her aid and shooing her hands away from the mess. "No harm done, it's partially my fault for startling you, right?"
He flashed her a small smile and looked over at the photo in Mio's hands. His small smile quickly diminished and his bottom lip trembled for a moment. He bit down on it lightly and turned his eyes back to the glass on his floor.
"I forgot I had that up."
Mio looked at the picture and up at Ryuichi as he picked up the larger pieces of glass from the ruined picture frame. Suddenly her hand was caught and she jumped again. Looking up through his slightly damp mop of hair, Ryuichi smiled the sadness still evident in his beautiful sapphire eyes.
"You got cut." He said, opening Mio's palm where a small trickle of blood lay. "Come on to the bathroom and I'll get this cleaned up for you."
Mio hadn't even noticed that she'd been cut until he pointed it out to her. She still held Kumagoro and the picture in her other hand as Ryuichi lead her around the glass and down the hall into his bathroom. It was still a bit steamy due to Ryuichi's quick shower and he laid a dry towel on the sink counter before setting Mio up there. She watched as he opened a cabinet above the toilet and brought out some ointment, a cotton swab, and a bandage for her hand. Pulling up the clothes hamper Ryuichi took a seat on it and put some ointment on the swab.
"This may sting just a little na no da, so if you scream, it's ok." He assured her with a small smile before opening her hand and applying the swab.
'Sting just a little' was an understatement and she yelped at the burning sensation that hit her cut. Simply reacting to the sudden pain she pulled away, but Ryuichi held her hand firmly out before him. He then put the bandage over it and ran his thumb over it lightly. Looking up at her he tilted his head.
"Ok, Mio, all done na no da!" he informed happily, standing up and putting his arms out to help her get down.
Jumping into his arms Ryuichi set her on the ground gently and then opened the door for her. Mio exited the warm bathroom and sighed. Ryuichi came out behind her and scratched the back of his head.
"Mio, may I.......may I see that picture, please?"
Nodding mutely Mio held the picture out in her palm to him and clutched Kumagoro tightly as he took the picture slowly. His small frown grew as he looked at it and after a moment he closed his eyes tightly with a sad sigh. Mio watched him sadly and then lowered her gaze to the floor.
"Were you very close to Aya?" she asked almost inaudibly.
Ryuichi looked down at Mio and smiled a small, sad smile as he gave her a nod.
"We were as close as we could be." He answered. "We were both very busy people?........"
~______ Ryuichi's POV co-written by Baka ________~
As I spoke those words I had several different urges at once. I wanted to scream, I wanted to just let everything that had hold of me take me down. Let it screw with my mind and just overwhelm my being so completely. I needed to release it; I wanted it to break me right then and there. I wanted to feel so lost and overtaken by these feelings that were inside me. Scream is what my heart did in place of mouth as I spoke those words to the girl before me. It screamed; echoing in my ears, the most deafening sound I've ever known.
I also was in dire need of a breakdown. Another one of those urges to just have everything hit me, consume me and break me from the inside out until I couldn't fake anything. Until I was stripped of what little salvation I had left and just lose it all. Breakdown and cry, just cry everything away. Let it slip from my system through my tears and grief. Perhaps if I cried enough, I'd drowned in the salty liquid that I cried. Maybe I'd choke on a sob and suddenly things would be over. I could only hope for something so sudden.
My last urge, which seemed to include details of each one before it was a quick release from -everything-. I just wanted to lay down and die. I wanted everything around me to be gone from my sight, my grasp and I wanted it gone from my mind. Each memory, each photo, each murmur of her name burned me, scarring my head and heart. Something quick and painless that could put me out of my misery forever.......
~I was jerked into reality as Mio stood on her tip toes and wiped a tear from my chin. I hadn't even realized I was crying and was quick to wipe my face of any other tears that may lay there. Mio smiled sadly and made a funny little sobbing noise that made me smile as well. Leaning back against the wall I sunk to the floor and put my arms out for her. She complied quickly and rushed into my arms, putting her head into my shoulder with a sob. Murmuring comforting words to each other I vaguely wondered who was raising who. Letting out a small sigh-sob, I ran my fingers through her hair gently, letting the silky waves of sand colored hair fall through my fingers.
"We need to stop crying like this." she murmured into me. "Shuichi will be here in an hour."
Letting out a sigh I nodded and Mio pulled back. She tilted my chin up and wiped my eyes and down my cheeks, in an oddly mother like fashion. She sniffled and smiled at me as she finished, brushing still slightly damp fringe from my face. I sighed deeply, not seeming to get enough breath into my lungs. Once my ragid breath had settled I wiped her tears away in turn. Letting her too rare of a smile touch her lips she hugged me again. I sigh again and hug back, she's like an angel. My little guardian angel..........
"Thank you."
"No, thank you." I replied.
"I remember," she began softly. "That when Migel would have nightmares, that Aya would always cry with him and hug him. The three of us were like our own little family............I miss them both."
As I listened, a plan slowly developed in my head. Smile spreading over my features I pulled back and looked at Mio. Seeing my bright smile she tilted her head in question.
"Nani, Ryuichi-kun?" she inquired.
"Get dressed, Ryuichi has an idea!"
Today was going to be very exciting.....................
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Oh dear, what is Ryuichi planning? Hint: it involves everyone's favorite 'mini Shu-chan', Migel! Hehehehe. Review, review, review please! Oh and a big thanks to those who reviewed the last chapter! *hugs Sachiko and does a dance around Autumn* You guys rock my socks! -Nori PS: My brother wrote a song for My Angel, My Savior and it's posted up in my journal: http://www.ujournal.org/users/chibinorichan (Damn I need to update that thing!)