Title: Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Author/Artist: Norrowa
Fandom: Bleach
Pairing: Hinamori Momo-centric, with sideways Shuuhei and Izuru and implicit Hisagi Shuuhei/Kira Izuru/Hinamori Momo
Theme: Snow's Theme, #3: Price
Rating/Warnings: G. Angst. Bizarre.

The love that you find here you borrow / You cannot keep it long, it seems

See the girl? The one with the adorable big eyes, and soft mouth, and dark hair in that cute little bun? Step right up and name your price. She's easily bought, easily sold! She's a bit used, mind you, a bit worn and battered—but I assure you, she's still top quality.

... well, all right. She's a bit worn-down. But I'm sure that with a bit of fake love she'll be as right as rain. Are you interested? You, sir? The one with the blonde hair and the blue eyes? Or you, with the scars and tattoos? Perhaps both of you—then you can split the price between you. She's pretty cheap as it is. All you have to do is hold her hand, stare into her eyes, and draw her close.

Run with her. Talk with her. Laugh with her. She'll love you. She'll love you the way a flower loves the sun. Stupid girl. Kiss her. Go on. The pretence isn't that much of a price to pay, is it? Hold her, the both of you. That's all you have to do to buy her. Like I said, she's cheap.

Stop complaining! So yes, she's a bit used, a bit worn and torn. A bit smudged and faded, here, with a couple of frayed corners and some bad patching—she did that herself, what can I say? True, she's one owner away from new, and that owner didn't treat her too well. But stop pestering her like that about it. She can't help it. She wishes she was new, too. With time, though, you can heal her. It's not that difficult, and the price is low. It'll even out in the end. She'll give you a lifetime of devotion, and you can remake her so that she's stronger. Better. I'm sure she'll thank you for it. Well, at least until you throw her away again. And you will. I'll tell you a secret, because I really have no fondness for the people running this show: she's a bit boring. Gets old fast.

See the girl? The boring one, yes, the one with the sweet look and the devotion in her eyes. Her price isn't high. She's affordable, especially for two gentlemen like yourselves—you look a bit run-down, if you'll pardon me saying. Maybe she'll offer you some comfort until you can get yourselves on your feet again. You name the price. The lower the better, even.

See the girl? The one who's crying in the middle of the night, silently, so that her lovers don't hear? The one who's wondering when she's going to be thrown away again? The one who wishes she was free but is caught somewhere where she can't get out? The one named Hinamori Momo?

That's me.