Pairing : DouWata

Disclaimer : ...mine? I wish...

Author's Note : Done right after I watched episode 12. It was just too juicy to leave alone! This story comes in a pair, since a Doumeki must have a Watanuki with it. Kinda like a "Buy 1 Get 1 Free" sales gimmick by a pushy sales(wo)man. Hope you like it!


Ienai Kotoba : Doumeki Side

Say "Save me".

No matter how many times I tell you to, you will never say it. Your stubbornness, your pride won't let you depend on anyone else, after so many years of having only yourself to depend on. When will you realize that you're not alone anymore, that you have others around you that you can depend on? That woman, she may be a little flighty and her motivations somewhat shady but at least she'll see to it that you're well taken care of. After all, she's put you in my care, didn't she?

What will it take for you to say it? When breathing becomes a labor? When blood drips off you like water? When you find yourself on the verge of death? Or not even then? Even so, I will still save you, whether you say the words or not. I will give my all to protect you, so that you are safe from harm. That is what I have decided, the path I chose to take.

It would be nice to hear those words every once in a while, to show that you acknowledge my existence, that I mean something to you. I am, after all, only here to protect you and there is nothing else I would rather do. I cannot imagine a life without you in it and so, even a little, I do what I can to prevent that from happening.

But you take everything upon yourself and I have to pay close attention to you to make sure you don't go off doing something dangerous like saving others. Why do you save others when you can't even save yourself? Let them handle their own business, it is none of yours.

I tell you that and you get that stubborn look in your eyes, the one that says you're going to do it anyway and nothing on this earth can possibly change your mind. And so you go and I follow, to make sure an idiot doesn't injure himself.

Even after all's said and done, even if you don't say those words for the rest of our lives, I will still save you. Because I know, inside you are calling.

-TBC-