Of All Things That Must Come To An End

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters. Just the plot. Blah, blah, blah…

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Chapter One

Zidane

"Zidane!" Blank called out from the crowd. "That's Dagger, ain't it not?"

I squinted at the sunlight to have a better look. It was Dagger, all right. And what's worse, she's hand in hand with Kuja, who is accompanied by his bodyguards.

She has become more poised and elegant than the last time I saw her.

That face. That sweet smile I once knew.

Blank waved his arms in front of me. "Are you still there? It looks like you are, but your mind is not."

"I was just thinking…"

"Thinking of what?" Blank demanded, settling on a spot beside me.

We were on top of some rooftop, sitting on the exact same spot that we usually took up whenever we were watching the plays. As usual, we didn't have any money to be able to afford a ticket and therefore, get a decent seat.

"I don't know," I said, my gaze fixated on the seat where Dagger sat. "Maybe I…"

Blank followed my gaze. "It's Dagger, isn't it?"

I nodded.

"How many times do I have to keep on telling you that it's all over?" Blank asked. "I mean, Dagger already told you flat-out that she be better without you."

"Word has it that Kuja and Dagger are already engaged even though I'm sure that it's just another one of those false gossip. Anyway, she'll be crowned queen once she does so." Blank added.

"I know," I said, sighing. "It's just that, it's like all those times we've spent together has been put to waste."

"I don't know Zidane." Blank said, dusting the dirt off his sleeve.

I tried focusing on the on going play but their voices were nothing but a blur in my head. I just couldn't concentrate.

"Do you still love her?"

I cringed at the question not because I don't, but because it came unexpectedly. "I-I'm not sure." I said. "But I have a feeling that I still do."

"I don't know with you, Zidane. But I think that some things are just meant to stay the way they already are."

I disagreed at the thought.

Things needn't stay the way they are unless you did something to make what you want happen. And I have a weird feeling that I might be able to do just that.