Mabudachi Trio Drabbles

by The S

This is a collection of drabbles featuring everyone's favourite Handsome Blossom Trio. Each chapter will feature a different drabble. Updated 10.22 with the chapter: When September Ends. The last straw propels Shigure on his course to break Akito.

3. What We Lose

Title: What We Lose
Characters: Hatori/Kana, Ayame, Shigure

Rating: T
Genre: Angst/Shounen-ai

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What We Lose

Ayame closed the door. They would never know he'd seen, lost in the passionate kiss that shut out the world around them.

Passion. Fire. His cool Dragon...his Tori-san...
No longer his.

Ayame slumped against the door, grief pulling him slowly downward.

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Arriving late for the Trio's lunch date, Shigure found Ayame lying there like a broken doll, gold eyes lifeless, staring at nothing.

Damnit.

He swept Ayame into his arms, carried him outside, away. The inevitability of this didn't make it hurt any less.

"I'm here, Aaya." Shigure stroked his hair, held him tight as the tears began to fall.

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Author's Note: The title of this drabble is taken from a line of "Eli's Song," a poem featured in Peter S. Beagle's The Last Unicorn. For the curious, the intact stanza follows:

Who has choices need not choose.
We must, who have none.
We can love but what we lose—
What is gone is gone.

I encourage you to check out the original in its entirety; it's a wonderful piece.