Tears To Shed
(Based off the song 'Tears To Shed' from the Corpse Bride :3)
Courtney smiled as she twirled in Yami's arms.
"Yami.. I-"
Yami interrupted her. "I know love, I know."
The two soon shared a kiss, but what they didn't see was the lone ghost of a girl.
Obviously she was once a beautiful young woman who breathed air just like everyone else. But now, after death, she was a shadow of her former self.
"It seems you've moved on my love.." Her ghostly voice whispered, sounding like bells to the couple who were merely meters from her.
Then she floated off, to her tree in the woods.
There she found her friends, Malika and Mariku.
"Kiyra, what ever is the matter?" Mariku asked, seeing Kiyra's upset expression.
"He... He's moved on. I was too late!" Kiyra wailed slightly.
"Yami? You were...?" Malika stuttered in shock.
"Don't you get it Malika?! He loves that tramp now!" Kiyra yelled bitterly.
Malika got a little angry at this fact.
"What does that whispy little brat have that you don't have double?" She sang.
Mariku gathered Kiyra into his ghostly arms and cooed/sang to her. "She can't hold a candle to the beauty of your smile."
Kiyra pulled away and scowled. "How about a pulse?" She said sarcastically.
"Overrated by a mile!" Malika exclaimed.
"Overbearing!" Mariku added.
"Overblown!" Malika and Mariku both said at the same time, blinking when they realized it. But they knew they had to continue to help their friend.
"If he only knew the you that we know..."They both sang, grabbing their friends pale arm.
They frowned only to find their efforts useless. Kiyra was sighing and a ghostly tear ran down her face.
"And that silly little creature isn't wearing his ring!" Mariku exclaimed, gesturing to the old ring on Kiyra's finger.
"And she doesn't play piano or dance, or sing!" Malika said.
"No she doesn't compare."
"But she still breathes air!" Kiyra muttered in frustration.
"Who cares?" Malika asked.
"Obviously he does.." Kiyra muttered, but she wasn't heard over her friend's antics.
The two other ghosts were dancing with each other.
"If only he could see
How special you can be
If he only knew the you that we know."
While they were distracted, Kirya attempted to sneak off, but was stopped by the couple.
Kiyra sighed.
"If I touch a burning candle I can feel no pain
If you cut me with a knife it's still the same
And I know her heart is beating
And I know that I am dead
Yet the pain here that I feel
Try and tell me it's not real
For it seems that I still have a tear to shed."
Malika frowned and pulled her friend closer to her as if to snap her out of her trance-like state.
"The sure redeeming feature from that little creature is that she's alive." The ghost sang.
Kiyra sighed, not even paying attention to her ghostly friends.
"Everybody know that's just a temporary state which is cured very quickly when we meet our fate."
"Who cares?" Malika asked.
"Unimportant!" Mariku declared.
"Overrated."
"If only he could see
How special you can be
If he only knew the you that we know."
Kiyra had finally succeeded in sneaking away while the two were occupied.
She had went to the tree where she had killed herself all those years ago. It still had that noose hanging from it.
She floated over to it and traced her fingers along it.
"If I touch a burning candle I can feel no pain
In the ice or in the wind it's all the same
Yet I feel my heart is aching
Though it doesn't beat it's breaking
And the pain here that I feel
Try and tell me it's not real
I know that I am dead
Yet it seems that I still have some tears to shed.."
Kiyra sighed. It's time to move on.. Now.. now that he's over me...
She floated up in the tree and proceeded to hang herself like she had done all those years ago.
She closed her eyes and soon she was gone.
But what she didn't see was the man hiding behind the bush.
His eyes widened in despair when he saw her disappear, the only thing remaining of her was her old wedding ring.
Yami ran up to the tree, falling to his knees next to it.
"Why did you leave...? I..I remember now... I'm sorry..." He sobbed.
Then he looked up at the noose and climbed up the tree.
I will join you now my love. So that.. That I may apologize to you. I love you.
Those were Yami's last thoughts as he died.