You better run baby run

by Kelpie the Thundergod

You better run baby run (from the noise of the street and the loaded gun) "Once you realize what exactly you're in the process of delivering to Knives, what kind of weapon it is – and Vash is so, so painfully naïve, the embodiment of what you'd call a good man if you had ever met one – once you realize that, you know you're screwed."

4. (Don't) reach for me baby

4. (Don't) reach for me baby

Disclaimer: Lyrics are from Pony Pony Run Run – "Notorious Lady."

A/N: I blame this one entirely on the music.

Why don't you kill me
Kiss me and I'll be fine
Kiss me and I'll be fine

A dream of dying wakes you from an uneasy sleep.

Your heart hammers away and you're out of breath, shaking.

(But it's not the first time, and it's not the dying in itself that has you in that kind of panic, of fear)

Vash is hovering near you, concerned, a hand on your shoulder that seems too heavy to you, too warm and too close.

(He's saying your name, "Nick," but you don't answer)

It's not the dying you're afraid of but the dying alone, the eternal darkness and the cold pushing in, and then you'll be alone and damned forever.

"Nick, please."

(Oh please, kill me, you don't know, you don't know me)

You're weak and angry, so angry with yourself, because you're afraid and because there's that part of you that wants to be held, clutched tightly, that wants –

(Kiss me, Vash, don't let me think – )

You sit bolt upright and shrug Vash off, roughly, ignore everything he says, brush his hands off, snatch your clothes and your gun and leave. Get out of the room, out of the hotel and search for some booze and for some thugs to beat up.

(Your strength is that you don't run and your weakness that you always try too hard to do so)