Last Night by SunsetMiko

Cheat

For Riku Ryuu's Random Prompts on the Dokuga forums.

Cheat - 325

"You are none of those things. Do not allow the hanyou's vile words to poison your mind. You are the most beautiful creature I have ever laid eyes on. Your scent is more soothing than any I have ever experienced. You are not weak and you should not doubt your strength. You have more power in your little finger than the clay miko has in her entire body, even when she lived, and you only cannot control it because you have not fully accepted it. Once you do, you will never need to be rescued again. Until then, I am more than willing to protect you.

"Please do not question the honesty of my words, words that I have ached to say to you for so long. I would never lie to you. I would never betray you. If you were to accept me, I would never lay with another. I would never even so much as look at another. I would honor you above all others, above myself even, as you are deserving of such. You are an angel sent to walk the earth and I only ask that you allow me to walk by your side."

He watched as a single tear slid down her cheek and fear gripped him. Did he just bare his very soul, not just for her but in front of everyone, just to be rejected? Would she return to the one that caused her such emotional injury that she thought so lowly of herself? Would she choose, after all that, to be with the one that abandoned her time and time again to be with one that wasn't even among the living? Surely, she couldn't. She wouldn't. She deserved so much better, and while he was certain she did in fact deserve better than him as well, he would willingly spend the rest of his life trying to be that man, the one that truly deserved her love.