Title: Don't Ever Leave Me

Author: windowlight

Story Type: Fanfiction – Angelic Layer

Genre: Romance, Tragedy

Rating: PG-13 ('cuz it's shoujo ai)

Chapters: I have no clue…

Disclaimer: I do not own Angelic Layer. A talented all-girl manga team called CLAMP does.

Summary: Sai had Kaede. And she was her everything… But nobody can have everything. Shoujo ai. SaiKaede

Author's Notes:

1. Umm… the third chapter so far is the shortest. It's just about one scene that won't stop spinning inside my head.

2. I'm deciding whether to put any sexual contact between Sai and Kaede or not. Please help T.T … They would be very OOC if I did, but it would be less fun if I didn't

Special thanks to my two classmates and long-time friends Marie-chelle and Ara for editing! Luv ya!

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CHAPTER 3: "To Make You Happy, My Everything"

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Sai and Kaede had just finished practicing at the local Piffle Princess and had gone straight to a nearby restaurant. The place was western, with classical tables and chairs, beautifully decorated cream-colored curtains, human-size ornamental plants, and small golden chandeliers dangling from the wooden ceiling. But Kaede had suggested taking one of the tables outside so as not to waste the good weather they were having. The bright afternoon sun was out, without a single cloud blocking its rays.

"The sky seems to be very clear today," Kaede looked up through the shadows of the large umbrella over their table, "Ne, Sai-san?" She shifted her head back down to Sai.

"Of course Kaede-san…" Sai replied, resting her back on the chair, "What would you want to eat?" She said, seeing a waiter approaching their table.

"Anything would be fine." She smiled, knowing that Sai would again insist on paying for both their meals.

Sai ordered and told Kaede what she had been expecting. Kaede didn't know why Sai always did that. She just accepted her offers, knowing how stubborn Sai can get sometimes.

"Is there something on my face?" Sai said as she noticed Kaede staring at her, a palm under her chin and soft feminine fingers over her cheek.

"Gomen Sai-san." Kaede smiled at her, not feeling embarrassed or such, "I didn't mean to stare. It's just that you reminded me of something."

"What? What did I remind you of?"

Kaede smiled warmly and put her other hand under her chin, "The spring."

Sai stared at her, a bit confused of the connection between spring and her eating.

Kaede had just replied with a smile.

Spring. Sai had never thought of comparing her self to spring. Spring means happiness. It comes after the cold harsh winter, which was the exact thing she can compare her self to.

If spring was to be compared with someone, it should be none other than Kaede. The White Angel who melted the Ice Machine's heart. The one who brought spring to Sai, teaching her how to be happy once again after loosing everything, how to live again after she had once died.

"I don't understand why you always tell me things to cheer me up."

"I don't understand why you always pay for my bill to make me happy."

They stared at each other for a long time. The wind blew across their table, caressing their hair and skin. Kaede smiled. The full force of Heaven's smile. Calm, yet in a way, very intense. Sai couldn't feel any happier. Another silent yet comforting company with her was all she needed. She smiled back, an action only Kaede had ever seen.

Everything else in the world did not matter.

Because Kaede herself…

…is more than everything to me.