Tasogare no Umi
By Any Unborn Child
(Disclaimer: TRC is not mine. I really love this pairing, though.)
Whenever Sakura looked at him, Fai always felt warm.
So warm, his insides quickly and seemingly imploded with a remarkable feeling of joy.
Something he hadn't felt in a long time.
There was something about her eyes.
They were so round and bright with kindness.
Flickers of elation.
Innocence.
Unbridled happiness.
Hope for the future.
Also things he hadn't felt in a long time.
These feelings felt very strange.
Very foreign.
As if he wasn't supposed to experience them.
Experience even the dullest emotion.
He was supposed to be dead.
On the inside.
He was supposed to not exist anymore.
On the inside.
As if he was never to love anyone again.
His curse did not enable this.
His curse had no effect on his feelings or his emotions.
Just his magic.
But that same curse held onto much more than that
If they ever got too close…
If he ever got too close…
The inevitable would happen.
They would die.
Something catastrophic would happen to them.
And they would die.
And it would be his fault.
Just like those other times.
Just like the other times.
He didn't want that to happen to any of his new friends.
He didn't want any of them to die.
Not Kurogane.
Not Syaoran.
Not Mokona.
Not Sakura.
Not Sakura.
Not Sakura.
Sakura-chan…
Sakura-hime….
He wouldn't let anything happen to her.
He couldn't.
The scenarios that played out in his head turned out to be too great.
He didn't sleep much as a result.
He tried to hide the worried glances that his friends gave him with an instinctive smile.
The smile that he had put on for so long.
The smile that had come so naturally to him.
The smile that he knew Sakura would find genuine at first.
He didn't want to worry her with his troubles.
His worries.
She had her own to think about.
He didn't want her to worry about anything.
If he could, he would take care of her forever.
If he could.
If nothing happened in future.
If nothing bad happened.
Only time would tell.
Sakura-chan…
Sakura-hime…
Tasogare no umi ni dete
Futari wa nido to mou meguri
Aenai no
Sabishii manazashi o
Kasanete nemutta yoru mo kiete
Sailing out into the sea of twilight,
The two of us shall never again
Cross paths,
And the nights of falling asleep
Looking into your lonesome eyes will disappear.
Fin