Disclaimer: I don't own Christian, Satine, or anything associated with Moulin Rouge. Oh and I stole the title from the song "learn to be lonely" from the phantom of the opera.
Learn to be Lonely
He was alone now. His love was gone forever and there was nothing he could do.
Christian sat alone in his garret overlooking the Moulin Rouge. He sat staring out the window, looking at the elephant where he had sung to Satine and where they had argued in song together. Where he had convinced Satine to love him, and where they had shared their first kiss.
He let another tear slip down his face as he thought of the kisses they would never again share. They would never again sing Come What May together. The tears were now falling freely. It had only been last night that he had been reunited with her after he thought she had truly left him for the duke. They had been through so very much in such a short time. He knew he could never truly let her go. He loved her until the end of time. Come what may. Her death changed nothing. He had made her a promise and he would stand by it, he loved her more then life itself and would never stop.
"Come what may," he whispered to himself.
He thought of her final request. That he write their story.
"How can I write, Satine? Tell me…how can I write without you here? You were my muse, my inspiration. So how do you expect me to write our story without you?" For an instant he blamed her. She had left him here alone. It was her fault.
His tears of loss slowed, and his brief anger at his lost love shattered as he realized that she had not wanted to die, it wasn't her fault.
"I love you Satine, my sparkling diamond. Now I just have to learn to be lonely and live without you."
He tore his gaze away from the deserted elephant and the Moulin Rouge, and stood. He then made his way over to his bed and lay down.
As Christian fell into a deep sleep he smiled, knowing that at least in his dreams, he could be with her once more.
AN: This is my first Moulin Rouge fic, so let me know how I went. If it sucked I'll just run back to my Labyrinth fics lol. So review and leave me a pressie please.
