Princess Tutu Fan Fiction ❯ Ever after ❯ One-Shot

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

He looks at her reflection in the rippling water and sees someone she’s already not.
He sees her as she was and as he wants her to be.
He asks her “Will you return to me?”
And in his dreams she answers “Yes.”
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She looks up at him and he is different.
She can’t remember why it was important to be with him.
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He writes down pages and pages. And although things do not change, he tries again and again.
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One day she forgets his name.
Another day she forgets her own.
And next day she forgets to return.
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He dreams of what is not possible.
And with every day it is more difficult to stop living in a dream.
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She feels sad because something is missing – but she can’t remember what.
And with time, she forgets what it is to be sad.
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“You came back?” he asks his dream.
“Yes”.
And he forgets to return too.
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