weeee...the epilogue! now I can go back to my other ficcie! Thank you for those who reviewed especially Kurai Himitsu! Now that i finished this , you gotta finish Sakura Snows!

Maa, I'm disgressing. Anyways, on to the story...

Would You Please Say You Need Me

Epilogue

"He's fading." Hatori looked panicked for the first time.

In that instant, Yuki realized how much his brother meant to him, how much he needed him around even to babble nonsense and make outrageous advances to "strengthen their bond"

"Niisan, please stay with us. We still need you!" he could feel crystalline tears flowing down his cheeks but he could not care anymore.

"I still need you…"

"They hate you, don't need you around. Why, then, do you still linger around then?"

No, it's not true! It can't be….

I hugged myself, suddenly very much aware of the cold and the pain emanating from my wounds and…wait, wounds?

All of a sudden, images and memories rushed through my mind, burning yet cooling and comforting.

Yuki...strike…blood…Akito..he had drawn blood…before I knew it, I had intervened…hitting me…shouts…pain…darkness…

I know what this is now. It's Death. I'm dying, that is, if I'm not dead already…they don't need me around anyway…I'm just a nuisance…

"We still need you…"

What the…who's that, screaming like that…am trying to sleep…tired…Yuki? Is that him? What did he say? Can't remember…

"I still need you!"

He still needs me…he still needs me…he needs…me.

My eyes shot open.

Yuki!

"Yuki…"

"He's gone…I never told him…" I closed my eyes, clenching my fist.

"Yuki…"

"My fault…"

"Yuki…"

A flare of irrational anger swooped through me.

"Stop it! Stop calling my name!" I yelled.

"No…look…"

There was a tone of amazement and relief laced with attention that caught my attention.

I opened my eyes and looked straight into tired amber gold eyes.

"Niisan…"

"Yuki…"

Thank the gods, he's alright.

I smiled at him, not caring about the tears streming down my face, or the audience around us, and as he returned it with a small, tired but genuine one of his own, I know.

Even as Hatori erases his memory of me as Akito had ordered, I'll be there for him. No matter what.

I know… it'll be fine.

- The End -

(cries in amazement) OMG! it's finished!

okie, please review k?

(whistles and hurry off to finish 'Words of A Broken Core' )