Note: Written for the Pain challenge at the yuridrabbles livejournal community.
Pairings: ClaudinexMaura, ClaudinexCecilia, ClaudinexSirene
Warning: Spoilers for all of Claudine.
Disclaimer: Claudine is copyright Ikeda Riyoko and Shuueisha. I am using the characters for non-profit entertainment purposes only. The title of this drabble is from the Robert Shaw translation of Bach's St. Matthew Passion.Claudine has lost many people throughout her life, perhaps more than her fair share.
Maura was the first; The first she loved, and the first she lost. The first person whose life she utterly ruined through her own folly. Oh, Claudine, you shouldn't have! See what you have done?
The pain, it stings.
Then came Cecilia and Auguste, a double blow in more than one sense. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that they shook the very foundation of Claudine's world, and sent her packing for better places. She loved them both, and they both betrayed her. Death to the perfidious pair!
The pain, it throbs.
Then there was Sirene. Oh, sweet Sirene, Claudine's angel. She did not lose Sirene to the Grim Reaper, but rather to her own flesh and blood. Another love lost to a family member-- do we see a trend? Damnable, treacherous, Sirene, who loved her and left her.
The heart, it bleeds.
And now Claudine is the one to bid farewell. To the loved ones she has left, and the world in general. Her heart in pieces, her grief too much to bear, she pulls the trigger. Oh, Claudine, our fair hero, has your tale come to such a grievous end?
The heart, it breaks.