Fulfilling a promise (Megumi and Seraphim)(Complete)

There were so many things about Megumi that Seraphim had forgiven. The words she said to her in their first match. The fact that her Post Traumatic Stress had begun acting up because of her. The pain she put herself through almost daily just to make herself a better person. Even White Gale; the entire organization she had made, it was because Megumi had changed Seraphim. She tore holes in Seraphim, but also found new ways to fix them, and slowly helped Seraphim become a better person. Sure, she had friends, some really close like Sharaiya, Sindel, Minerva, and Tracy. But Megumi… the girl was everything to Seraphim. And this… even though Seraphim had forgiven so many things between them, this was beyond unforgivable.

Seraphim stood there for a few seconds, absolutely stunned as she was still hovering over Megumi, looking down at the idol of her life. Her arms began to tremble, and her lips quivered as a look of pain came to her face that looked like someone had stabbed her with a dagger in the back. “No…” She sounded weak, her whole body feeling like it was giving out on her, and slowly she shook her head as her crimson eye started to water. “No-no-no-no! I-I canâ€t.. I w-wonâ€t believe it!” Tears started to flow from Seraphimâ€s eye, as Megumi would feel it fall from Seraphimâ€s eyelid, and trickle onto the idolâ€s cheek, truly making the girl see and feel the pain Seraphim was in. She could feel herself breaking down, her whole body wanting to just collapse, curl into a ball, and cry. But the poor girl actually forced a smile through her pain, suddenly begging, her hands gripping Megumiâ€s shoulders like she was clinging on to her last bit of hope before it all broke apart. “Y-Youâ€re joking, right? Th-Thatâ€s it, isnâ€t it?” Her painful grin and desperate attempt to find an answer was a clear sign of how she was on the edge from hearing this, her entire world shattering before her at this truth, refusing to accept it, even though in her broken heart, she knew it was true.

Megumi felt Sera's tear drip onto her cheek, and wished she hadn't told her. "But what would be more painful?" Megumi thought, "Not telling and letting her find out on her own? Or just telling her?" She looked up and saw the desperation in Sera's eyes. She closed her own, unwilling now to look at the damage she caused. "Dear god, what have I done?" Megumi thought. She began to regret ever doing this thing, this entire affair. Certainly she respected Sera, she even loved her a bit after the girl came and saved her life. But she never should've let Sera get this close. She never should've tried to heal her broken self. Megumi knew that in the end, it had to end. She wasn't the one who can do it, not when she had others who needed her. Not when she had need for someone else.

"I-" Megumi said, then shut her mouth and turned her head aside, unwilling to answer. She knew that Sera was probably going to snap and resort to violence to get her feelings out, and resigned herself to it. She just hoped that Sera wouldn't hurt her too much.

Seraphim's mind constantly raced with for some sort of explanation. She wanted to find an excuse, a reason, an answer, just some way to make this seem like it was a lie, and that somehow, everything would be okay. She gave all her trust to Megumi, and she beleived that no matter what, the two would be together, she loved her, she poured her heart out for the girl and had truly tried her best to change and become a better person, all for her. But... the silence and guilty look in Megumi's eyes, Seraphim knew that it was a that was a sure sign that no matter how much Seraphim wanted to deny it, their relationship was over.

The world she wanted now crumbled at her feet, and Seraphim couldn't even feel anything in her body as went completely limp, taking one slow and shaky breath. And then finally, she could no longer hold it back when she realized she could never be loved back by Megumi the same way she did for her, and she began to cry heavily. Her whole body trembled as she sobbed and let her tears drip down like a waterfall, her vision becoming nothing but a murky, wet blur as she slid off of Megumi like the girl was painful to the touch. She didn't even look at the girl, she couldn't find the willpower to, she just sat on the edge of the bed, a hand coming to her face, pathetically trying to hide her sadness as the room filled with her cries. Seraphim didn't even have the desire to hurt Megumi even though she felt like she was lied to. In the end, even though Megumi told her the truth, she still cared about her, she still couldn't bring the desire in her broken heart to harm Megumi in any way. But, as her other hand balled into a loose fist around the bedsheets and she pulled her shaky hand away from her eye, Seraphim brought her knees up to her chest, finally burying her face into her arm that wrapped around her knees, curling up and crying out loud like she had just lost the only thing that gave her meaning.

"I'm sorry," Megumi stammered to Seraphim. She didn't know what to do now. Her friend had retreated to a corner, crying and sobbing. Megumi knew that she should try to comfort Seraphim, that it was the right thing to do, but how could she do it? Would Sera let her do anything, now that she had probably broken Sera's fragile heart? Megumi did not know.

She sat back up, her eyes never leaving Sera. Tears began to form on the corners of her eyes. Slowly and tentatively, she began crawling over to Sera. She did not speak, but just slowly got up to Sera's side. She didn't touch Sera or talk, but hoped that Sera would know her presence.

"Sera..." Megumi said, "I'm sorry, I never should've done this."

Though Seraphim did not say a word, she was anything but quiet. Her crying filled the room, expressing her endless sorrow over what she was told as she remained in the corner, a complete mess and broken to pieces over what happened. Seraphim did all she could to make this work between them... she really, truly tried. She had even met someone else she had feelings for, Phoebe Porter, and despite how happy they could have been, Seraphim declined. She gave up her perfect chance of love for Megumi, and now, that sacrifice and so many others all seemed pointless, like all her pain meant nothing now, the truth just destroying everything Seraphim stood for.

When she heard Megumi trying to apologize though, getting closer to her, Seraphin didn't want to hear it. There was no longer denial, she accepted the brutal truth, but she still couldn't handle hearing Megumi right now. The voice that was once the angel to her now becoming hollow... worthless to her. She didn't know what to think of the girl. Her love gone, she didn't have any more feelings, she could not love, she could not hate... she felt nothing her. Megumi had just died in her heart, and Seraphim couldn't accept anything in between. After her feelings became rejected like this, it was hard to discover another outlet to being with Megumi. Knowing she couldn't carry these feelings, knowing nothing would be returned, knowing that all of between them was worthless, Seraphim had nothing else left.

When Megumi came closer, Seraphim suddenly got up, her naked body still shaking from head to toe, tears staining her left cheek as she choked back all the pain as best as she could. Struggling, but being as quick as she could, Seraphim slipped on her black leather pants, not even bothering to put on her panties as she just grabbed those and her shirt and bra in a wrinkled mess, practically jumping into her pants to put them on. Her white hair fell forward, covering her cleavage which was all she needed, seeking to get out as fast as possible, like she didn't have time to put on her shirt. And with a few shaky breaths, not looking back, she headed for the door, knowing she was going to break down and cry some more any second. As she forced the door open though, nearly tearing it off its hinges, she stopped, taking one last slow, shaky breath, never looking at Megumi as she gave a blunt, cold reply to Megumi's apology. “No… Iâ€m sorry.” Hoping she choked on those words, letting Megumi know she regretted even trying in the first place, Seraphim slammed the door behind her, tears streaming down her face again as she faded away, hoping to never see Megumi again.

Megumi didn't stop Sera. She didn't even try. She only watched silently, sadly, as Sera once again ran away from her, this time not because she was afraid of being hurt, but because she actually was. A few tears flowed out of the corners of Megumi's eyes as well. She had done something terrible, she knew. She had given someone hope, then rudely snatched it away. Even she felt guilty about it, but what can she do? It was not her fault that Sera actually became attracted to her. But that was just a rationalization. In the end, Megumi knew she was to blame, and she was willing to accept it.

"I am a fool," Megumi thought, as she lay back down upon the bed.


Meanwhile another girl was walking up the hall, a girl with short purple hair, wearing a green t-shirt. She was humming to herself rather happily as she headed towards her dressing room. Right as she turned to open the door, however, a white-haired girl brushed past her. She felt something strange for a second, something familiar. She turned, but only saw a flash of white.

"What was that about?" Chigusa wondered.