Title: Eraser
Pairing: Koumi
Based on: Smile Empty Soul - Eraser
Notes: I decided to write a new list, so I'm back on track now. I wish a happy song would get chosen; I like writing happy things better than sad things.
Mimi goes to the clubs and the parties alone because Koushiro's always too busy with his computer. She can't remember the last time they had a conversation that didn't end with her shouting and him silently and calmly retreating to his study. The only sounds she can hear throughout the day are the steady tapping of fingers on a keyboard and the frequent clicking of a mouse where there should be laughter and interaction. She doesn't even bother to slam the door when she gets sick of it and leaves anymore.
She thought he was the one.
Am I expecting too much?
Koushiro spends all his time online because every second spent with Mimi is a battle he'd rather not fight. He used to try and calm her, to make her feel better, when she was angry with him; he has long since stopped trying as nothing seems to have an effect. He's tired of protesting against her nagging, of the struggle with her constant anger, of the impossibility of doing right by her. He hates that it has come to this, but he hates the stress of it more.
He thought he loved her.
What am I doing wrong?
It had been so wonderful in the beginning; they had been so happy. Neither knows how they have arrived where they are, standing on opposite sides of a closed door, taking deep inhalations between erratic breaths, stinging words and painful silences still hanging in the air and ringing in their ears. They don't want to fight, but they've run out of other options.
How do we fix this?