Never Again

Fandom: Romeo x Juliet

Summary: Hermione is anguished when she realizes that Romeo does not love her. She sits in the middle of the field. Tybalt passes by. Hermione/Tybalt.

Disclaimer: I do not own Romeo x Juliet.

Hermione continued to stare out in the nearly vacant field, as Tybalt's words sunk in.

Romeo's horse...? For Romeo and Juliet's love to be so powerful, anyone could notice it, even animals. But of course, Cielo was linked to Romeo. There was a profound connection between them.

She sighed sadly. "Yes, but it still doesn't make much sense to me, why he would love her."

Staring at him again, Hermione realized that this was the man who rebelled against the Montagues, the side she had sworn her allegiance to, when Lord Montague had arranged her to marry Romeo. She'd known that Lord Montague had treated the village people of Neo Verona very unfairly but she had already fallen in love with Romeo, then.

…But what would it even matter to be a Montague, if Romeo wasn't hers anymore? Throwing the now ruined pink rose away from her, she took a deep breath and said in a hesitant tone, "Alright, I'll come back to town with you."

Tybalt gave a smile to her that Hermione interpreted as one that seemed a slight warmer than the last. He called his horse over, which until now, had been grazing on the grass as he and Hermione were talking. Hermione noticed the horse was also a Ryuba, just like Romeo's except that this one was almost pitch black.

The horse immediately started to gallop over, stopping in front of them in a few seconds. Tybalt's horse wasn't as impressive Romeo's horse Cielo was but it still had beautiful bird-like wings, which enabled it to fly anywhere Tybalt wanted to go. Before Juliet entered Romeo's life, Hermione could always see Romeo flying in the air with Cielo. She never joined him, because she thought it would be a frightening experience to be above the clouds.

Tybalt climbed onto his horse with remarkable ease, and then waited patiently for Hermione to go on. She eventually climbed onto the back of the horse with a bit of difficulty, behind Tybalt. He told her, "We should go, then. It's close to nightfall and it is near impossible to enter Neo Verona at that time."

A/N: Ryuba- Flying horses which are Neo Verona's most popular choice of transportation.