An Off-Topic Drabble
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onepieceyaoi100... My heart hurt when I was writing this. It still hurts. This drabble is really doesn't fit the topic, but it jumpkicked me when I saw some of the Water 7 arc.
Oh, and if you can find the song, listen to it. The drabble is that much more powerful with the music.
Title: I'll Remember You
Word Count: 299
Rating: PG
Pairing: Sanji/Usopp
Spoilers: Water 7 Arc
Tomorrow, he has to be strong. When the dawn comes he’ll have to be calm and collected again, but for now he can cry. He can sit and stare at the Going Merry and its lonely crew of one. He can let the tears roll down his cheeks, and he can let his heart break into more pieces than he could ever pick up again, and he can just see Usopp’s body laying sprawled out on the deck.
He never had real friends before joining the Straw Hats. He never had a real lover, someone he wanted to wake up beside morning after morning. Now he’s lost both, and he doesn’t know how to deal. He didn’t know he was so afraid of losing this precious thing between them until it was gone. The wind is numbing him to the bone, and he can’t bring himself to move. He can’t tear his gaze away from the motionless sniper.
He wants to go down there and rest his head on the bandaged chest, wants to hear the gentle heartbeat that he loved so much. He wants to hear outrageous stories from the lips that were so soft to kiss. He wants to run his hands through the dark tresses and wrap his arms around the slender body… but he can’t.
Dawn tints the horizon gray, and he has to be strong. He’ll tell the others he was watching for Robin – it’s not entirely false, but she never showed up and he didn’t look very hard. He scrubs the tears from his face and casts one last look at the Going Merry. Usopp hasn’t moved. He commits the image to memory. It’s all he can keep. It’s all he can ever keep.
He can never go back, but he can remember.
(I apologize for sharing my misery.)
Oh, and if you can find the song, listen to it. The drabble is that much more powerful with the music.
Title: I'll Remember You
Word Count: 299
Rating: PG
Pairing: Sanji/Usopp
Spoilers: Water 7 Arc
Tomorrow, he has to be strong. When the dawn comes he’ll have to be calm and collected again, but for now he can cry. He can sit and stare at the Going Merry and its lonely crew of one. He can let the tears roll down his cheeks, and he can let his heart break into more pieces than he could ever pick up again, and he can just see Usopp’s body laying sprawled out on the deck.
He never had real friends before joining the Straw Hats. He never had a real lover, someone he wanted to wake up beside morning after morning. Now he’s lost both, and he doesn’t know how to deal. He didn’t know he was so afraid of losing this precious thing between them until it was gone. The wind is numbing him to the bone, and he can’t bring himself to move. He can’t tear his gaze away from the motionless sniper.
He wants to go down there and rest his head on the bandaged chest, wants to hear the gentle heartbeat that he loved so much. He wants to hear outrageous stories from the lips that were so soft to kiss. He wants to run his hands through the dark tresses and wrap his arms around the slender body… but he can’t.
Dawn tints the horizon gray, and he has to be strong. He’ll tell the others he was watching for Robin – it’s not entirely false, but she never showed up and he didn’t look very hard. He scrubs the tears from his face and casts one last look at the Going Merry. Usopp hasn’t moved. He commits the image to memory. It’s all he can keep. It’s all he can ever keep.
He can never go back, but he can remember.
(I apologize for sharing my misery.)
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Date: 2006-01-31 08:18 am (UTC)It was just sad! D:
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Date: 2006-01-31 10:15 am (UTC)Usopp leaving was just so sad:(
The last line of your fic...*sob*
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