We Might As Well Be Strangers - Umi x Rui - Oneshot
Title: We Might As Well Be Strangers
Chapters: Oneshot
Author: paranoiascreams
Genre: angst
Warning: Un-Beta'd
Rating: PG - 13
Pairings/Characters: Umi x Rui
Synopsis: I looked outside the misty window. By the looks of it, it has been snowing all night. I sighed. I looked around the room and to the corridor leading to the living room, evidence of what transpired last night is still there. Broken picture frames, broken mirrors, broken promises, broken hearts.
Disclaimer: I do not own Vistlip, story is mine. ALL MINE.
Comments: Written for 50stories, theme set 001: #050. Winter.
I woke up alone in bed. It seems Umi didn't join me after another heated argument ensued. It's been the third time in a week. It's becoming a routine.
I looked outside the misty window. By the looks of it, it has been snowing all night. I sighed. I looked around the room and to the corridor leading to the living room, evidence of what transpired last night is still there. Broken picture frames, broken mirrors, broken promises, broken hearts.
I walked outside to see him drinking his morning coffee. We said nothing. I prepared my own cup and sat across him. It was an awfully cold morning.
"We're no longer going to work, Rui." He said, not looking at me but to the snow that's still falling outside.
"...Maybe you're right." I agreed immediately for reasons I'm not really sure of. I mean, I've been in love with him for five years, this isnt the first time we broke up, but saying these now came easily, in the past I would cry and cling onto him to never leave me.
"You can stay here in the apartment and I will move out. You love this place and you chose this for us, it's best you keep it."
"It's best I look for another place too."
"Why?" He finally looked at me, wide - eyed. I touched his cheek, he touched my hand.
"I need to leave this place too, all our memories are here... I love you too much Umi."
"I love you just as much."
I smiled, "See? we love each other too much that we forgot we have our own lives too. We argue not being able to do what we want. Like, I want to drive around and travel, you'd love to paint. You're not into travelling and i'm allergic to paint." I pulled my hand away, he smiled at me.
"Yeah... simple things like these tell us how different we are."
"... I still love you though."
"I do too. Shall we be friends?"
"..Let's not be Umi. We cant be friends. We love each other too much to be friends. You know how weak I am with you, if I let my defenses down for a minute, even as friends, i might run back to you in a heartbeat." He snickers to what I just said, blushing. I ended up blushing too.
"Shall I greet you on the stret when we run into each other?"
"Just smile for me, Umi. I'd do the same."
"We might as well be strangers."
"Exactly."
"Then I'm gonna have to pack now..." He walked to the bedroom we shared. When he closed the door, i saw myself crying. I said those words easily but I knew my feelings wouldnt want him to leave. I walked towards the bedroom after wiping off my face, but decided not to come in when i heard him sobbing as he pack his clothes. I stayed by the doorway, started crying again, trying my best to not be heard. After ten minutes or so, he walked out, caught me shedding tears too. I felt his arms around me. I locked him in mine.
"... Be happy Rui..." He kissed me one last time, it lingered for how long, I forgot. I think time stood still when he laid his lips on mine. He broke free amd walked out the door to the snow - filled street.
The lover I've been with for a long time is now a stranger when he left our home and walked out of my life. It will be a longer and colder winter.
I looked on the calendar behind the door.
One day spring will come.
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Author's Notes: I dont think i gave enough justice to the prompt but i like how this turned out. Comments are love! ^_^
Chapters: Oneshot
Author: paranoiascreams
Genre: angst
Warning: Un-Beta'd
Rating: PG - 13
Pairings/Characters: Umi x Rui
Synopsis: I looked outside the misty window. By the looks of it, it has been snowing all night. I sighed. I looked around the room and to the corridor leading to the living room, evidence of what transpired last night is still there. Broken picture frames, broken mirrors, broken promises, broken hearts.
Disclaimer: I do not own Vistlip, story is mine. ALL MINE.
Comments: Written for 50stories, theme set 001: #050. Winter.
I woke up alone in bed. It seems Umi didn't join me after another heated argument ensued. It's been the third time in a week. It's becoming a routine.
I looked outside the misty window. By the looks of it, it has been snowing all night. I sighed. I looked around the room and to the corridor leading to the living room, evidence of what transpired last night is still there. Broken picture frames, broken mirrors, broken promises, broken hearts.
I walked outside to see him drinking his morning coffee. We said nothing. I prepared my own cup and sat across him. It was an awfully cold morning.
"We're no longer going to work, Rui." He said, not looking at me but to the snow that's still falling outside.
"...Maybe you're right." I agreed immediately for reasons I'm not really sure of. I mean, I've been in love with him for five years, this isnt the first time we broke up, but saying these now came easily, in the past I would cry and cling onto him to never leave me.
"You can stay here in the apartment and I will move out. You love this place and you chose this for us, it's best you keep it."
"It's best I look for another place too."
"Why?" He finally looked at me, wide - eyed. I touched his cheek, he touched my hand.
"I need to leave this place too, all our memories are here... I love you too much Umi."
"I love you just as much."
I smiled, "See? we love each other too much that we forgot we have our own lives too. We argue not being able to do what we want. Like, I want to drive around and travel, you'd love to paint. You're not into travelling and i'm allergic to paint." I pulled my hand away, he smiled at me.
"Yeah... simple things like these tell us how different we are."
"... I still love you though."
"I do too. Shall we be friends?"
"..Let's not be Umi. We cant be friends. We love each other too much to be friends. You know how weak I am with you, if I let my defenses down for a minute, even as friends, i might run back to you in a heartbeat." He snickers to what I just said, blushing. I ended up blushing too.
"Shall I greet you on the stret when we run into each other?"
"Just smile for me, Umi. I'd do the same."
"We might as well be strangers."
"Exactly."
"Then I'm gonna have to pack now..." He walked to the bedroom we shared. When he closed the door, i saw myself crying. I said those words easily but I knew my feelings wouldnt want him to leave. I walked towards the bedroom after wiping off my face, but decided not to come in when i heard him sobbing as he pack his clothes. I stayed by the doorway, started crying again, trying my best to not be heard. After ten minutes or so, he walked out, caught me shedding tears too. I felt his arms around me. I locked him in mine.
"... Be happy Rui..." He kissed me one last time, it lingered for how long, I forgot. I think time stood still when he laid his lips on mine. He broke free amd walked out the door to the snow - filled street.
The lover I've been with for a long time is now a stranger when he left our home and walked out of my life. It will be a longer and colder winter.
I looked on the calendar behind the door.
One day spring will come.
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Author's Notes: I dont think i gave enough justice to the prompt but i like how this turned out. Comments are love! ^_^