In honor of my second favorite Code:breaker pairing - Kouji/Rui. Go read Chapter 73. Go. GOOOOOOOO.
Also, I don't own Code:breakers. Please.
Walking away from him broke her heart, but she put one foot in front of the other, and never looked back. She tried to focus on the snowflakes melting on her eyelashes, but all she could think about was the broad stretch of his back, firmly turned towards her. All the things she could not say. All the things she prayed he knew.
Don't lose, she had begged him. He had assured her. I will never lose to anyone. She hadn't said the words she really meant, but losing so often meant death, and he must know what she meant. Don't lose, don't die, and I love you. They were all the same thing, when you boiled it down. And maybe his purposeful acquiescence meant he felt the same. He would stay by Sagishimono, and she both understood and respected his decision. Someone needed to stay by him, for Rei's defection had done more damage than he could have ever guessed, and although she too was leaving him, it wasn't because she had lost her respect for him. She simply had no choice.
Yet oh gods, she didn't want to leave Kouji. He was so calm and steady, with a respect for life that was so rare among their kind. Yet so graceful and deadly on the battlefield…he was a pleasure to watch, to know, to live and to fight with. If they weren't what they were, death seekers to the end, she would have considered herself blessed to spend the rest of her life with him. She had recognized and appreciated both sides of his beautiful psyche, and it was almost physical pain to leave it behind.
As she walked through the snow to her new life, Rui let her heart break. Just a little. She would need all her concentration and strength to protect what must be kept safe, but this transitory snow would bear testament to her pain. Tomorrow, the memory of his dark eyes would not make her heart quiver, and neither would the reassuring cadence of his smooth voice. Yet tonight…tonight she would cry herself to sleep, thinking of the warmth of Kouji's arms, gaze, and heart.
She wished she could have kissed his scar, just once.
Now, I don't know if it's just me, but I love the Kouji/Rui bits. I mean, dang. They're older, and he looks a bit like Kyo from SDK (I about had a heart attack when he finally showed up…I mean, who wasn't waiting for the Kyo look-alike?) and he's oh so sexy when he kicked Toki's ass (although I love Toki too, so their entire interaction was like my birthday came for 4 chapters in a row).
Also, I'm pretty sure she didn't leave after Ogami, but as we still don't know what it is she has to protect and when she actually left, here is one idea.