All right now, this fic: Tsume's POV. Basically just Tsume beating himself up over what he never said or did with Toboe.
Concrete Angel
She walks to school with the lunch she packed/
He's gone. He's really gone.
Nobody knows what she's holdin' back/
I can't believe.... This can't be real. It just can't be.
Wearin' the same dress she wore yesterday/
But it is real. I can tell. His body's cold against mine.
She hides the bruises with linen and lace/
The blood from his wound's starting to dry. He's already gone.
The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask/
If he could have lasted, just a few more moments....
It's hard to see the pain behind the mask/
I would have told him.
Bearing the burden of a secret storm/
I never got a chance- no, I just couldn't say it.
Sometimes she wishes she was never born/
I should have said- Ah, I'm such an idiot.
Through the wind and the rain/
Everything we went through, together....
She stands hard as a stone/
I always pushed him away.
In a world that she can't rise above/
I had chances, time and again. I could've..... But I didn't.
But her dreams give her wings/
At least- I shake my head, trying to clear it. At least he doesn't hurt anymore.
And she flies to a place where she's loved/
He's safe now. Nothing can hurt him. So why doesn't that make me feel even the slightest bit better?
Concrete angel/
Oh Toboe....
Somebody cries in the middle of the night/
No, I know why it doesn't make me feel better. All the times he curled up against me, shivering,
The neighbors hear, but they turn out the lights/
And I got up and moved. Heartless.
A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate/
Lord knows what I broke. His spirit, his heart, both for all I know.
When morning comes it'll be too late/
Oh God, why didn't I think?
Through the wind and the rain/
All the pain I might have caused.....
She stands hard as a stone/
But he never said anything.
In a world that she can't rise above/
But I should have seen, should have known....
But her dreams give her wings/
I should have noticed when he was down,
And she flies to a place where she's loved/
and helped him back up.
Concrete angel/
But I never did.
A statue stands in a shaded place/
There was so much that I never did. And now it's too late.
An angel girl with an upturned face/
Idiot. Should've told your angel you love him,
A name is written on a polished rock/
while you had the chance. I'm so sorry, Toboe.
A broken heart that the world forgot/
I should have paid so much more attention to him.
Through the wind and the rain/
So much I should have done. Now I'm out of time.
She stands hard as a stone/
I missed every chance he gave me, again...and again.
In a world that she can't rise above/
And now he can't give me any more.
But her dreams give her wings/
With just one more chance, I'd tell him everything.
And she flies to a place where she's loved/
I'll tell you now, Toboe. Just to say it, to you, just once.
Concrete angel......
I love you.....
Chaos: So what'd ya think? Sad? Yes. Set right after everybody else leaves Tsume alone with Toboe's body, for those wondering.