Of Hearts and Holes

He spun around, watching a heart break.

"Oh my love!" He whispered, a tear staining his golden complexion. He sobbed convusivly as the sorrow settled on his chest. Crushing his rib cage and limiting his breath intake.

He clutched her to his chest. The weight of his lids growing more and more with every tear that fell. He howled in remorse, carrying the body further away from civilization.

When a heart breaks

And tears make eyes ache.

He stroked the hair off her pale flesh, "How could they do this to you?" He screamed in rage, pushing his fist into the dry, cracked earth, "I wasn't strong enough to save you! I- I couldn't be there."

The child at his side flinched, blood shot eyes tore into the deepest part of his soul.

'I can't look the Runt in the eyes. I can't face that.' The tears welled up anew, 'I can't do this any more.'

He pulled the limp female close, stroking the enlarged abdomen.

'My child...' He layed his head on the bulge of the dead body.

Life is dark, and weary, and shallow

When in your sorrow you will wallow.

But stay you must, for in this pain

Is a world so familiar,

You swore to never wander a'gin.

He sobbed for the loss of a child. The loss of a wife.

'And the next day...' He laughed bitterly, the salty tang of wetness touched his tounge as he licked his lips, 'The next day we will move on and forget that this happened. We will forget the time I fell in love, the time I almost had a pup... everything will be forgotten.' His remorse turned to anger as he glared at the white wolf.

Though, the animal did not notice, for once again, he was in his own dream world.

But wander you did.

And the colors- oh so beautiful!

You learned to trust, to love, to live.

But everything good must come to an end.

That's when your heart broke,

That's when you soul shattered

That's when you fell into that hole-

And only deeper in where you'll go.

He placed a single, four-petaled, white flower in the dried, old dirt mound. He took a deep breath- touched the headstones, and let it out slowly. He removed his hand, though it still shook everytime he came to see them. He turned and walked away... a little amazed at how easy that was, how he was beginning to forget.

No tears now,

No pain now,

I said only deeper you'd go- emotions are no more

And you can almost feel

The cold hand of the one you buried

So long ago.

AN. This was Tsume after his mate died, and a little bit of during (hint: see first line, that's when she's shot off the building).