I don't own these characters. Not one bit. Trust me. This relationship would be more than just hinted at if I were in control.

The Shade of Poison Trees

Did it hurt you? Did I hurt you? I can't imagine I did.

You are so strong. And I... I am so weak.

All of my feelings were always out in the open. I never tried to hide them, but everytime you pushed them away, I laughed it off. Carefully I covered them with a smile and proceeding with caution the next time...

Until I finally broke. My feelings dragging me into a place I wanted so badly to never see again. To a memory I've always longed to forget.

The memory of being... alone.

You didn't pull away from me that time. You let me hug you, touch you, kiss you, taste you. You gave me everything I wanted. And when I whispered those three words, you whispered them back. And though I know they were hollow, I will hold them to me forever. Keep them in my mind.

I woke before you did.

And I left.

I left before you could awaken and regret ever opening your arms to someone like me. Broken. Damaged. Useless. A nothing.

My heart felt so full when you said those words to me... but after... it shattered. Knowing you could never mean them as I did. Knowing you could never truly feel them as I felt it echo through my body and soul, my heart and mind.

I'm ready now. I followed the desire I couldn't leave without trying to fullfil one last time.

Thank you.

The words go unheard as the steam billows from my mouth in this abandoned land of ice.

Kurogane... Thank you for saying those words at least once. Now... now I can die with a smile on my face. No longer the hollow one I wore everyday... but the real one I only showed you once.

The companion to Possession.

Fai's POV of the event that happened in Possession.

Named after the Dashboard Confessional song The Shade of Poison Trees. Seriously. Go to youtube and listen to it! Because that song... is so sad and beautiful. Like how DC sounded before "Vindicated" came out. They were so much better then in my oppinion. Very heartfelt music. -sigh- I think I might have to do a sequal for these sad little drabbles... because it breaks my heart to leave it like this. But I just might leave it like this anyways. I love KuroFai...