By the time the sun began peeking it's rays over the horizon, we were both exhausted. Half a day and a full night of it would tire anyone out. But we both refused to stop our dance. As partners, we made a silent agreement to not stop till the brink of death. With a slight nod from me, he charged in again, sword poised to strike.
Stumbling as I attempted to dodge, I tossed my sword aside as I fell, not willing to stab myself as I crashed to the ground with a groan. Immediately, he was upon me, his sword to my neck. I spit in his eye and pushed him off, wrestling the sword out of his grasp and tossing it aside before drawing his dagger from the sheath at his hip.
I pinned him down and he made no move to escape. Dagger poised above his heart, I caught my breath while gazing down into his eyes, the fiery glare of battle dimming from them.
"Give up...."
"You are my enemy, I do not give in to the enemy."
Oh, the way he kept his voice cool even through the fear of death infuriated me. So I slammed the dagger down, and smiled down at him as he groaned in pain.
"So be it."
I twisted the dagger before sliding it out, the blood dripping off the metal back down into the fresh wound.
"..I... love you.."
"What?"
I couldn't help the words from coming out. Him, loving me? His enemy? Impossible.
"I love you... Tomiko..."
But here he was, admitting his love. And it was only then that I realized he was not the man I thought he was. And the tears that streamed down my cheeks were accompanied by the wails of a pain far greater than that of the cuts of battle that we both had received over the past twenty four hours combined.
And it was that grey morning I buried my only love.
Queen Momo Ferno · Thu Mar 20, 2014 @ 11:56pm · 0 Comments |