Author's Note: This is another one of those fan fictions I didn't know I had written but then to my utter surprise had been found in my locker. Alas, I have found out that I write particularly well in school, especially in boring classes (Haha!). This one-shot was supposedly to be published for the second issue of the school paper to which I belong, but I didn't hand it in quick enough so I guess I'll just have to wait for the next issue for this to be read by my schoolmates (hehe…). Anyways, when I read this, I had a feeling that I wrote this because I was writing too much Hermione point-of-view angst stories and it was getting too déjà vu-ish. So here's a different one – one with a male point-of-view. Oh, and yeah, it is one of my itty-bitty short fanfics. :)

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All Fades
By Cerulean Sapphire

I could never have you. I have realized that many times before. You and I are different…very different from each other. Fusing our lives together as one would be impossible, and it would only cause disastrous results that would affect not only you and me but also our loved ones and acquaintances as well. I never expected for us to go well…but I never expected for this to end so quickly, either. Maybe I was asking for too much, but…I wanted to be with you for even a short amount of time. Whenever I'm with you, I seem to become a different person. I feel appreciated, I enjoy the way things are, I see things in a different perspective. But most of all, I felt I was loved. Believe me, I never felt how love is…but you showed me love. You made me become a better person, and when I'm with you, I feel like I need nothing else but forever with you.

But reality is different. We have just been living an imaginary life made up with all the beautiful things in this world, with no worries, anger or pain. But our dream world was too impossible. It could never be, even if we tried. But we still tried living our dream…no matter what happened. And after a few months of happy daydreams and sweet promises of tomorrow, it all faded. Nothing lasts, I'm sure. But our lasted much too short…I was hoping for more, you know, because I loved you…truly I did. And to think we ended because of the people around us. I suppose half of it was my fault for believing that we could never last, but you never knocked me back into consciousness. You left me afterwards. Maybe I scolded you, ordered you to go away…but if you loved me you would have resisted and never listened to my words. Yet you did. And now where would I be? Here…strolling, wandering off to nowhere…looking around, wondering if I could find you. But I was never lucky. You were never there…I never found you.

Where you are right now, I can never guess. All I can do is wish for you to be happy. Love sure has its ups and downs, but just remember that you will soon find that rightful man only destined for you. He may be tall, short, redhead, blond or black-haired, I will never know. But one thing is certain: that 'someone' for you is someone who can and will love you forever without any doubts. He will protect you, fight for you and die for you. You will never shed another tear for anything at all. He will be that perfect one for you…and you will need nothing else but him and his love.

I just wish…

It could've been me.

Fin

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