Kiss Kiss
By Lady of the Ink
Pairing: Kyou and Kagura Sohma
Fandom: Fruits Basket
Theme: #16- Invincible/Unrivaled
Disclaimer: I don’t own Fruits Basket, but you knew that . . . I
hope. But I do own this story and all the twists that it takes.
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Kiss Seven
Last Goodbye
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The stone was the purest
white
in the morning light
on that sad day.
Kyou knelt slowly at its side
letting the silence ride
as was his way.
Flowers he had carefully
assembled
within his palm trembled
and betrayed him.
He blamed it on the breeze
blowing
all the while knowing
there was no wind.
Kyou eased them onto the
ground
the perfect place found
to wilt and die.
His eyes with their crimson
hue
were tinted strangely blue
he would not cry.
Her name was carved in
letters bold
the meaning clear and cold
she was no more.
So simple and sparse were the
facts
marking one life passed
his throat felt sore.
Their last meeting replayed
in his brain
no farewells exchanged
he hadn't known.
They'd talked of the simplest
of things
the troubles life brings
no hint had shown.
With vague plans to meet in
future days
they’d gone their separate
ways
for the last time.
He remembered her laugh and
smile
like memories on file
safe in his mind.
Was it hard for her to be at ease
or had she found her peace
some way, somehow?
He never got the chance to
ask her
and would get no answer
not ever now.
The call that day came as a
surprise
he’d wished that they were
lies
spoken to him.
Hearing that she was gone so
soon
mocked the bright afternoon
it all went dim.
Although they’d loved in
different ways
he’d wanted her to stay
always happy.
He’d worried for others but
not for her
she was so much stronger
she’d had to be.
His fingers brushed lips and
then cool stone
hard and dry like old bone
not yet worn smooth.
He knew that he had made an
unfixable mistake
and would live with the ache
nothing could soothe.
He’d loved his family and
friends
knowing that all things end
but life is cruel.
He’d thought she’d be the one
to have it all
the one who’d never fall
invincible.
By the time he realized he
was wrong
that no one’s always strong
it was too late.
Kyou held tight to the memory
of her face
as he left that lonely place
with his heartbreak.