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For You Will Still Be Here Tomorrow, But Your Dreams May Not.

From the song 'Father and Son'.

I gasp. "This train…"

I was standing in a train that looked oddly familiar. It was the train...where Yuri had died. I looked down at the floor, tears pricking my eyes. I even knew which area of the train I was in, which seat I was standing in front of. I walked forward.

Yes. There was Yuri. He was sitting in the seat, slumped over, like he was asleep…or…no.

Oh no, not again…

I reached out a hand towards him. He opened his eyes and sat up.

"Alice," he said, smiling in that old familiar way. My heart skipped a beat, the way it always did. "I…I guess I fell asleep," He hit his head with the palm of his hand, shaking the sleep away, the way he always did.

"You…you did? Oh…" I sat down opposite him. I couldn't say much else. If I had said much else I'd have broken down.

"Was it hard for you?"

"Huh?"

"To get here?"

"Uh…no…well…a little,"

He smiles at me. "I'm proud of you,"

I look back into his eyes, nervous suddenly, but pleased too. "C-can I sit next to you?" I ask him.

"Yeah, sure," he says. I stand up again and sit down next to him. He has the window seat, like always. He always gets motion sick if he can't see out. Like on the boat, so long ago…

Yuri takes my hand. He startles me a little.

"Alice," he says.

"Yuri…" I begin. I don't want to ruin this. But there's something I need to ask. "Yuri…"

"Yeah?"

"Yuri, what did you die of?"

He looks down, still holding my hand, stroking my palm with his fingers.

"It was my fusion power," he says. "The masks inside my head. They came for me,"

"Masks?"

He looks up at me, straight into my eyes. "Margarite," he says. "Ask Margarite,"

I nod. I shut my eyes, and let myself rest against his shoulder, the way I did before. When we were happy. I should be happy now, but I know we do not have long, and the thought of leaving him again terrifies me. I do not want to think of the bad things while I am here.

He seems to sense this, squeezing my hand. I wallow in the sensations. The feel of him, warm against my side, his hands on mine, the smell of him…he turns to me, and I feel his breath, warm, on my forehead.

"Alice," he says. "I…I love you,"

I open my eyes. "I love you, too," I reply. And now I am happy. I don't care what happens now. This moment is enough.

Then I remember. The curse. My soul, my memories. Everything. Gone forever. I will forget him, forget our happiness. He will be alone forever. Like he was afraid of.

Yuri senses my emotions. "Alice…Whatever the curse is, I don't mind,"

I look down at our entwined hands.

"You know, Yuri…If there really is a god…and if he'd grant me just one wish…" I look up at him. "I'd go back…back to the day we met…"

He nods, looking down into my eyes. "Yeah…then we could take our trip together again," he grins. "That was some trip all right,"

"Yeah," I smile, giggling a little. Then I stop and stand up. I know that I must go.

"Are you leaving?" He asks, standing up with me.

I nod. "Yes. I have a few things I…I need to take care of,"

He nods. "I'll be here, waiting for you,"

I smile. "Really?"

"Yes," he says. "I'll never leave you again,"

I nod and start to leave.

"A bientot," I say.

See you soon.