Disclaimer: Nope. Don't own Wolf's Rain. Not yet, at least. -evil laugh-

Author's Note: Okay, I'll admit, it's been a while. A really long while, but that's beside the point. I'm back and I've brought with me a decently writtenchapter. My style has evolved more. It's become more practical and more based on thoughts than happenings, however, that does notmean the plot will not progress. Oh, it will. It will. So, now that I'm back, I bring you a Hige and Blue romance.

Eternal Loyalty

Humming an old tune she had once heard (its roots of origin unknown but its soft melody alluring), the delicate fingers of Blue's right hand traced the outline of Hige's brow line while her free hand combed back his chestnut hair. His complexion was blatantly pure, a seemingly delicate balance of life and death. Peace was what initially came to mind. However, now, with his current circumstances...pain mingled with subconscious desperation was all she noticed.
Still, those intricate digits soothed the damaged male, rubbing into his skinthe liquid droplets that periodically hailed from above. The tears that fell from the indigo eyes of the hardened half-breed.

Right now, Blue didn't care whether or notshe made it out alive. Hell, for all she knew, Paradise didn't exist and they would all be wiped out in a matter of time, but if there was to be one survivor...well, that survivor would be Hige. That was the only promise she would take to the grave.
And as she continued to stare at the brute, an epiphany of realization hit her. It wasn't the first time such an emotion overwhelmed her, it was just the first time it became clear.

Moving her right hand behind his head, sliding it down his back upon the soft cotton that was his sweatshirt, she lifted him to her chest and held him against her.

Part of loyaltyis being the supporter.

Allowing her shoulders to heave in contractions that could only be associated with sobbing, Blue found she was incapable of controlling her emotions. It was one extreme or the other. Apathy or empathy.

It was sudden impulse. His pain, her own, he being unaware of his surroundings, this hellhole, her failed purpose. It all became apparent at once and the only idea that caught the attention of the jet female was to plant her lips upon Hige's lightly parted ones.

Her cheek temporarily melded with the male's. Her tears were his for the runnels fell from face to face. Pale to slightly tanned. And in a sudden instant, azure met copper. From the corner of her eye, Blue noted the half-ajar lids of her lover, the smirk upon his lips.

"I love you too," he whispered, witnessing the slow withdrawal of his female companion as she noted he had been silently watching her breakdown the entire time.

"You bastard. Don't die on me, please," she replied just as softly, barely able to produce her articulations without choking on her tears.

"I can't promise."

"I-I...if you die, so do I."

"Just stay with me."

The alabaster flakes scattered around them, melting upon the heat produced by the two isolated wolves in their human illusion. They continued to cover the terra firma, to hide the bloody evidence of the events that took place, to destroy any hope of finding the weapon activated to aid Toboe's demise. In a sense, this purity, this was Paradise.

From her position but meters away, the Flower Maiden watched with concern, her own hands continuously rubbing the temples of the unconscious Runt. Her thoughts of Kiba currently suppressed, crimson eyes glanced down at the sleeping pup and a puff of air resembling a sigh was released.

"This one believes that you are the reason Toboe. The reason for all of this."