Disclaimer: Ummmmm... yeah... don't own...
Warning: Does it even need an actual warning? *shrugs* YxY.
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Love... Adoration... Desire...
Tear-soaked pillow... Large eyes fluttering open... blinking... A slow gaze over the room... straying to the wastebasket... A crumbled letter of sorrows...
A soft sob... A broken soul crying out for help... A gently probing mind detecting nothing...
An expected answer not existing...
A loud wail... A realization of mistakes, too late... Much too late...
A soft hand, picking up a sheet of paper from a room across a hall... And crying... crying...
I still remember... so long ago... I was lonely, scared, pained. They were all picking on me, even those who are now my friends. That was when I made a wish; a wish upon your puzzle. That was when you granted my wish.
Safety. Strength. Friendship.
You represented all those qualities. Whenever I was in trouble, you would come out, saving me. Whenever I was in doubt, you would be there, supporting me, keeping me strong. Whenever I was lonely, you would appear, holding me close and whispering that you will always be there.
Where are you now...?
I felt anger and hatred towards you, so terrifying, so misplaced... You did not argue. You did not fight. You... left...
Have I paid for those mistakes with what I care about most?
Everything good I have, have been given by you. You were always there. Everything you did was to help me. I could not see it, so blinded by my own sadness. I wanted to blame someone... and you were the easiest target to find... you, who was always by my side. My victories, I owe to you. My friends, I owe to you. Even the fact that I am still alive... I owe to you...
It feels so empty here... in this house, and in my heart. It feels wrong without you, other half of my heart...
A shadow, strolling across emerald grass, under the sapphire sky... Nothing seen, nothing heard, nothing... cared...
A feathery leaf fluttering from a branch, dancing upon the wind at the end of its life... The shadow staring, staring... turning away...
A pond, azure calm... a flower, pastel lilac... a ray of light, topaz gold... Unseeing, unseeing...
Confident eyes glancing under a tree... a couple embracing, holding on to each other for love... for hope...for life itself...
A proud head turning away, turning down... Fractured memory displaying sweet what-once-was... A crystal droplet, a quicksilver trail... from cold eyes of blood...
You rescued me, so long ago... Do you remember? I was alone, cold, with nothing but memories for company. The events of millennia ago... they fade, and are gone forever... That was when I heard your voice, calling out of the darkness, calling me to the brilliant sunlight. That was when you freed me.
Innocence. Kindness. Companionship.
You showed me those long-lost dreams could still exist. Though the world was so cruel, you never lost your purity. Though they hurt you, you would protect them even with your own self. The friends you have are loyal and true, bound by so much more than necessity, and I was fortunate to be one.
Why did you push me away...?
I wanted to help you, to protect you. I wanted to repay you for freeing me from the prison of eternity. You no longer wanted me there. I live by your command... and left...
I will return once this pain lessens... to protect you, as always...
Everything I had, I gave to you. There was not much, but I gave you myself. You felt such pain, I know... I have tried to take part of your burdens. Throw your anger at me; I will bear it. I will remain by you, always. You have but to ask. Because... you have given me something more precious than life... life long gone... You have shown me what true strength was. You have given me a hope and a peace I had not thought possible.
Here, surrounded by people, I feel so alone... I was never a part of them. I am yours... alone... other half of my soul...
Soft patter of feet... heading across carpet, heading across grass...
The pond, azure calm, glimmering...
A ripple...
A ripple through water... through time...
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See? Not AS sad as before. Of course, that's not promising the last chapter won't make you cry. :P
