Teardrop
Song by Massive Attack, from the album Mezzanine

Love, love is a verb

[Kurama tilts Hiei's face upwards gently]

Love is a doing word

[Kurama and Hiei locked in an eager kiss]

Fearless on my breath

[Kurama speaks of his love to Hiei as they lie entwined together on a bed]

Gentle impulsion

[Hiei is grudgingly coaxed into replying in kind]

Shakes me makes me lighter

[A dazzling smile evokes a reaction in its recipient]

Fearless on my breath

[Kurama laughs joyfully, while Hiei tries to conceal his tiny smile]
 

Teardrop on the fire

[An older Kurama faces Hiei somberly]

Fearless on my breath

[Hiei shakes his head in shock and denial at Kurama's explanation]
 

Limelight of my tear

[Hiei looks down from concealment in a tree]

Black flowers blossom

[Kurama kneels in the garden, cradling a black rose in his hand]

Fearless on my breath

[Kurama calls out to Hiei, tossing the black bloom to him, his eyes hopeful]

Black flowers blossom

[Hiei stares at it, shuddering, before destroying the delicate flower]

Fearless on my breath

[Hiei turns his back on Kurama, words of negation floating behind in the air as he leaves]
 

Teardrop on the fire

[Kurama gazes after him longingly]

Fearless on my breath

[The red head bows in acceptance, and slowly the red is bleached to white]
 

Water is my eye

[Yukina is sitting by a pond; she reaches over, touching her fingers to the surface.]

Most faithful mirror

[The surface reflection shows Hiei watching Yukina from an overhanging tree briefly, before ripples from Yukina's fingertips disrupt the image]

Fearless on my breath

[Yukina calls for her brother; Hiei hangs his head and flits away]

Teardrop on the fire of a confession

[Yukina deliberately cries a single tear, clenching it in her fist]

Fearless on my breath

[The teargem is left with a note saying it's for Hiei]

Most faithful mirror

[Yukina's determined expression is doubled by reflection in a wall of ice]

Fearless on my breath

[Yukina whispers her condemnation of the Koorime]

Teardrop on the fire

[Hiei picks up his sister's teargem, clenching it in his fist as his eyes widen.]

Fearless on my breath

[Yukina smiles, her lips mouthing a goodbye as the island freezes over, then crumbles]
 

You're stumbling in the dark

[Hiei staggers a few steps in the darkness, falling to his knees before a young girl with light blue hair and emerald green eyes, her cupped hands held close to her breast]

You're stumbling in the dark

[Yui stretches out her arms to him, opening her hands to reveal the pale teargem she has shed.  A matching dark tear slides down from Hiei's anguished eyes.]
 
 

May 99

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