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Meltdown

"Always have to steal the show don't ya Jack? Couldn't have kept your stupid mouth shut could ya? No, far too proud for that. You stroll in like a God and tell the two with a deep and burning rivalry. He loves me you said with a disgustingly self-satisfied smirk. You're an idiot you know. If you ever read this than I just want you to know that. I hate you. I hate the fact that every single thing you do is more important than me. I was going to ask Yuusei to be my best man. I was getting married but thanks to you being a selfish little prick that didn't happen. I hate you. Do you know how long I cried at your funeral? Do you know that Yuusei had to pull me off that damn tombstone that was the largest in the graveyard? Do you know that I tried to kill myself for you? Do you know anything at all? Or are you really as fucking stupid as everyone says you are? You made Brave cry. He cried cause while on a roof with two unstable men you pushed your luck and they pushed you. If you're really that dumb then it's great that you died. Let's call it natural selection shall we? Fuck it, I'm crying right now. I swear that if you don't get this I will die to give it to you than resurrect myself so I can fucking laugh about it. I hate you. Take good care of Yuusei you Yandere."

The letter I brought to the proud man's grave reads.

"It's his fault anyway." I mutter.

Brave shakes his head.

"Crow for one it wasn't and two you need to stop with the letters, he isn't coming back." He says with a soft voice.

"Oh no, I know he can see them. Stupid prick isn't one to die so easily. If he died in his sleep without a word then I wouldn't have cared, get it?"

"No, not really."

On the car ride home Brave's crazy friend keeps staring through the mirror at me. Dumbass.

"I heard that you've been sending letters to Jack. Has he answered by any chance?" The soft-spoken man questions.

"No, do you think I'd keep going back if he answered?" I snarl.

Harald stops the car in the middle of the road.

"He's moved on. The letters are pointless." Dragan mumbles.

I glare at them. Brave glares at them as well.

"If Crow says he hasn't then he hasn't." The treasure hunter pouts.

Harald sighs. A chorus of horns and buzzes and screams of 'Move out of the way fucker' comes from behind. Harald starts the car up again. I stare out of the window. When did it start raining? It's a terrible day for rain. Harald pulls the car into my driveway.

"I don't see why we have to cart them around town like we're their parents." Dragan grumbles.

"We are." Harald smirks. "I'm the father and you-"

"I dare you finish that you pointy nosed freak." The dark man growls.

"Are the mother." The lighter one smiles.

I get out the car. Their arguments are so childish. I hate them. I seem to hate everyone. That's not true, I don't hate Brave.

I take out my key and open the door to the cold garage. Ah yes I forget, Yuusei's dead. It's raining in here too. I take out the pen I've started always keeping on me.

"Jack answer me this time will ya? Me and Brave are getting real close. Do you see it? I've started hanging out with his crazy friends too. Not as fun as you and Yuusei are though. You dumbass, hurry up and come and see me. I'm sorry I said I hated you I was just angry. Couldn't believe you were dead. You made me cry. Do you remember when you told me about the five stages of grief? Have you ever been in grief? Yuusei went through them all ya know. So there's nothing left to say really except that if you come home I promise I'll never fight with either of you again 'kay?"

I put down the pen and walk into the empty room, Jack's room. I rest my head on his pillow. Why won't it stop raining? It smells like pride.

Fuck I fell asleep in Jack's room again. The more I sleep in there the less it smells like pride and the more it smells like me. What do I even smell like? Probably bird. Letter's still there. Guess Jack's giving me the cold shoulder. I said I was sorry didn't I? I did, I did. Obviously still holds grudges. Stupid old Jack. My phone rings. I hold the small object to my ear.

"Hey there black bird." Brave's voice chirps.

"Hey, what's up?" I ask the other trickstar.

"Nothing bored. Harald and Dragan are bickering and the TV got thrown again."

"Ow, is Harald alright?"

"Course he is, he's the one that threw it."

"Damn. It's not safe to stay with them. Come to the garage."

"Nu-uh. I've got stuff to do when Harald puts the knife down."

"If you come than I'll do whatever you want."

"Whatever I want black bird?"

"Yeah."

I clean up the room enough so it looks presentable for him. He's got a spare key right? Three knocks come against my door. That was fast. I open the door. Brave stands there with a smile.

"Hey black bird." He winks.

"Yeah hey, I cleaned." I mention.

"Hmn, it still looks like crap."

"Why are you tall Nordic types always so rude?"

"We're European, rich and sexy Crow, we can afford to be rude."

"Wait you actually have money? I thought you two just mooched of Harald."

"You really think so lowly of me black bird?"

"No-"

I'm silenced by a kiss.

"Now black bird you said anything."

Brave smirks and pushes me onto the floor.

"Anything means anything right?" His voice is barely a whisper in my ear.

He fiddles with the zipper on my pants. Nice job at foreplay. I fucking hate European customs.

"Yeah Brave I guess it does. Are you really going to do it so quickly?"

"Well I have to, I have work at home."

"Isn't it our first time?"

"Yours maybe and ours as a couple sure."

I twitch.

"Don't you want to make it special?" I ask the other trickstar.

"No not really, making things special is always too long for me. I just wanna do things spontaneously. Don't you?"

"Yeah but I don't want you to rush on us."

"I'm not rushing. Look if you don't want to then we don't have to."

He sits up and pouts. Not gonna work this time.

"Well I do but you don't seem to care about how we're gonna do this."

"Well how do you want to do this?"

"First off on a bed, second of foreplay is a thing you know, three I swear if you fuck me and walk off then I'll rip off your balls."

"Fine, as you wish black bird."

Brave nuzzles my neck and carries me to the bed. I wriggle in his arms. He smiles and lays me down on the bed. I laugh and allow him to remove my pants.

"Heh, you look adorable." He comments.

He kisses my neck and starts slowly running his hand though my naturally tangled hair. His phone rings. He stands up.

"Just let me get this black bird." Brave smiles.

I sit up as well.

"Oh my God you idiot! Why would you do that?" Brave asks. "I don't care if it was an accident, you could have hurt yourself."

"What is it?" I ask him.

"Dragan jumped out the window." He sighs.

"Leave him be, he's an adult." I frown.

"Not that easy black bird, as you used to say about your team, they are my bonds."

I smell pride. Oh shit, we were gonna fuck on Jack's bed. He'd be so pissed. I wrap his pillow around my head. I feel like I'm cheating on Brave sorta. I grab a pen and begin to write again.

"Jack you're dead aren't you? You moved on. I accept that now. Just when I die let me go with you. I think that I'm in love with your memory. It's stupid isn't it? I'm in love with my memories of you, the scent of your pride, these letters that you can't ever answer. Please Jack if you are in some kind of afterlife let me come too. It's a terrible day for rain isn't it?"

I drop the letter onto the bed. A shimmer of chill passes through me. Aki walks in.

"Sleeping on Jack's bed again I see. It's alright I've been sleeping on Yuusei's." She smiles sadly.

"It's a terrible day for rain isn't it Aki?"

"Crow is hasn't rained for months."

"It's a terrible day for rain."

"Ah."

She sits by me with rain falling on her face as well. The bed doesn't smell like pride anymore. It smells like grief.