Coming Unglued
They were supposed to be together.
They were supposed to last forever.
They never got the chance...
^^^
She could not believe it.
Even as she stared at his sightless eyes, warm blood still pooling from his gaping wound on his side, she could not believe it.
She knelt down beside him, her fingers a gentle caress against his still-warm skin. The blood smudged on her fingers, leaving them sticky.
He was still warm and she could still see him breathe. Therefore, he could not be dead.
How could he? He promised her a lifetime of happiness, even in this war-torn world. So how could he?
Tears glistened in her eyes and she willed them not to fall.
He was not dead, and therefore, she would not cry.
Yet the tears continued to pool, and he became a blurry mess of red and pale in front of her eyes. Hurriedly, she blinked, wiping the tears with the back of her hand.
She would not allow him to disappear before her. She would not allow him to leave!
"Kendel! Zoe! What are you doing?" She screamed hysterically, eyes never daring to leave him. "Get over here! He needs help! Kendel!"
She could hear hushed whispers, and then, awkward silence.
His skin was becoming cold and the blood freezing to her skin. She stared at his chest, felt his pulse, rubbed his frozen fingers - all in desperation.
"Please!" her face scrunched up in grief and fat tears rolled down her cheeks. "Please! You promised. You promised. You can't just leave me here. Alex...please." She broke down into sobs, her entire body shaking - only this time, there was no one to hold her, no one to tell her everything was going to be alright. Because it wasn't going to be!
He was dead.
Her knight in shining armor, her captain, was dead.
Alex was dead and there was nothing she could do about it!
"Aki." The voice was low and rather hoarse, and it was laced with sadness. She ignored it - the voice was not Alex's, and therefore inconsequential.
He had died to save her.
It tore at her heart - she being the one that killed him. She was his undoing. Even his superiors had warned him against her, and yet he did not listen. He should have obeyed his orders, for least, he wouldn't be dead.
She had never told him how much he meant to her, and he too, never forced a confession. And now, he would never know. Even more so since their last conversation ended horribly.
She had the sudden urge to laugh, and she wondered if she was going insane.
She told him she hated him. A flash of hurt crossed his eyes before it was replaced with that tender look she never saw him give anyone else.
"I still love you anyway." He fixed her with those knowing eyes, a warm hand coming up to caress the side of her face. Until she turned away - and then the touch was gone.
And all that was left was ice.
That, and the blank look in his eyes, the metallic tang of blood and the tears still coursing down her face.
(c) blade 2006
Inspired by Final Fantasy X's Sudeki Da Ne.
How spastic is it to cry at your own inspiration? Coz this wasn't the first time it happened. Kinda sad really. [I'm real sleepy right now, so pardon my linguistic errors]
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