"Are you challenging me?"
Pairing: NicoMaki
Throughout their lives of being together, there were many tears shed while bickering, many tears shed when one side relented, and many shed when one side forgave.
It became their routine after a while, it was this push and pull that attracted them to each other. Their daily bickering, their daily nitpicking, was what made their relationship. It was their way of showing their love.
"Are you challenging me?"
"Yes I am. Are you up for it?"
It was precisely this that made their old life interesting, Nico had thought.
Who knew she could be stuck with this idiot for 60 years?
It had been a very long one indeed, and she was feeling very tired.
Throughout the years, Maki had learned that Nico was one that tend to give in to her whims.
The protective side of Nico never really faded.
And she wished that just for once Nico wouldn't let her win.
"Don't give up." She had cried silently by her bedside at night, when Nico was asleep.
And everyday Maki had lived with the fear of having no challenger to her whims.
When Nico had finally gave in one last time, there was nothing left to hold them together.
What is a magnet without its other half?
The machine on the bedside made a final beep and the magnet was no more.