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Chapter 3
Sophie leaned against the wall beside the door to the apartment wondering, hoping, that Hiei would actually come.
"Hiei…" She smiled as he walked up to her.
"So what is it you wanted me to see?" He growled.
Sophie opened the door and gestured. "Go on in it's not going to bite you."
Hiei sneered as he went inside the apartment. "What's this?" He asked as he stared at the painting that sat right in front of him with the stuffed version of him with a sword.
"That would be the gift Mattie wanted me to give you…" Sophie answered as she leaned against the doorframe. "She gave everyone gifts, but you're the only one with a computer chip from her." She pointed at the painting. "I put it on the back."
Hiei touched the painting lightly.
"I think you should take it…"
Hiei's hand clenched before he sighed. "Fine…" He grabbed the items and turned to the door, Sophie moved into his way. "Move."
She held out another doll, this one looked like Mattie. "I'm sorry…" She murmured. "I was going to keep it if you didn't come get your stuff…" She held it out to him.
Hiei growled as he grabbed the doll and shoved past her.
I wonder if he'll look at it… She thought.
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Hiei walked into his apartment and switched on the thin black laptop he had and smiled slightly at the background picture. Mattie had made Sophie hack the laptop to place the picture of their "first kiss" on his computer. The picture had been taken at just the right moment, right as she kissed him and just before he reacted. Putting the chip in he sat down and waited for it to start up.
"Hello Hiei…" The pink haired girl said as her image popped up on the screen, the image flickered slightly. "I'm sorry if it's a little damaged, it might have been scratched in the process of getting Sophie's attention." She smiled at the screen. "I'm hoping this is coming to you after we've discussed the 'if you were angry with me or not' thing and I assume it is or you wouldn't have gone to pick up your gifts. I wanted to check up on you, make sure you were moving forward in your life like you should be, but I'm betting you're not." Mattie sighed but smiled. "I wish what we had could have lasted forever but it didn't… We had an amazing love and it was short lived, but that doesn't mean that you get to sit here and wallow in self-pity. You have so much life ahead of you, hundreds upon thousands of years left! You can't always be upset about my death." She kissed her fingers and put them against the screen, Hiei's hand went up automatically to cover her's. "I love you Hiei. I will always love you and one day you can be here with me again but you better get your arse in gear now and live your life!" She smiled as the screen flickered again. "You have so much left… Try to smile again that smile I love so much. Show someone else just how amazing that smile truly is. I will never forget what we had together and I know you won't either, but it's time to move on…" A tear fell down her cheek as she smiled at him. "I love you Hiei and… goodbye…" The image of her disappeared.
Hiei's hand clenched in a tight fist as he stared at the background until he realized the chip had pulled up a folder. Upon opening it he saw tons of pictures that she had somehow taken of them together along with one of a concept art of what he assumed was going to be another tattoo for her. It was of a tribal dragon and a female holding its face with a smile; he smiled at it. Then he noticed several song files most of which he recognized, Mattie had sung them at the bar but two he didn't recognize so he clicked on the first one;
"You
You
You are still a whisper on my lips
A feeling at my fingertips
That's pulling at my skin
You leave me when I'm at my worst
Feeling as if I've been cursed
Bitter cold within
Days go by and still I think of you
Days when I couldn't live my life without you
Days go by and still I think of you
Days when I couldn't live my life without you
Without you
Without you
You are still a whisper on my lips
A feeling at my fingertips
That's pulling at my skin
You leave me when I'm at my worst
Feeling as if I've been cursed
Bitter cold within
Days go by and still I think of you
Days when I couldn't live my life without you
Without you
Without you
Days go by and still I think of you
Days when I couldn't live my life without you
Days go by and still I think of you
Days when I couldn't live my life without you
Without you
Without you
Without you
Without you
Without you"
He sat back and chewed on his lip realizing that Mattie had given him that song on purpose and the other one was probably the same but he clicked on it anyway.
"Without you, the ground thaws
the rain falls
the grass grows
Without you, the seeds root
the flowers bloom
the children play
The stars gleam
the poets dream
the eagles fly
without you
The Earth turns
the sun burns
but I die, without you
Without you, the breeze warms
the girl smiles
the cloud moves
Without you, the tides change
the boys run
the oceans crash
The crowds roar
the days soar
the babies cry
without you
The moon glows
the river flows
but I die without you
The world revives
colors renew
but I know blue
only blue
lonely blue
Without you
Without you, the hand gropes
the ear hears
the pulse beats
Without you, the eyes gaze
the legs walk
the lungs breathe
The mind churns
the heart yearns
the tears dry without you
Life goes on
but I'm gone
'cause I die, without you
without you
without you
without you....."
He sat there in silence with a sad smile on his face. You were always two steps ahead… He reached over and touched the small stuffed version of Mattie. I wish I were there with you…
His phone rang and he pulled it out of his pocket. "What?" He answered.
"We've got a problem…"