Title: But You Didn't (Viewfinder version)
Author: syhrain
Pairings: Asami x Akihito
Spoiler: from the beginning of the manga
Warning/Rating: angst (character’s death). PG-13
Disclaimer: All Viewfinder characters belong to Yamane Ayano. The short fic is based on a poem titled “But You Didn’t” written by Merrill Glass.
Author’s note: So I found about this poem from the internet and after I read it I just wanted to write a viewfinder’s fic based on this poem. Not sure if anyone has done this before. I hope that you will enjoy this short fic.
Remember the time we first met when you pursued me because I captured you in my viewfinder?
I thought you would kill me…
But you didn’t.
Remember the time I was betrayed by someone I trusted?
I thought you would taunt me for being blind…
But you didn’t.
Remember the time I was imprisoned by the Chinese?
I thought you would leave me alone since I had sent you the disc…
But you didn’t.
Remember the time I sold you out so that I could save my friends?
I thought you would hate me…
But you didn’t.
Remember the time you were shot by Feilong and I was brought to Hongkong due to my whim?
I thought you would abandon me…
But you didn’t.
Remember the time you learned about my trauma that I almost drowned because of it?
I thought you would deem me as weak…
But you didn’t.
Remember the time after everything was finally over?
I thought you would soon forget me…
But you didn’t.
Remember the time I couldn’t come on time to watch the fireworks with you even though I was the one who suggested it?
I thought you already left for work since you were busy…
But you didn’t.
Remember the time I ran away because I could not understand why you kept me around?
I thought you would let me…
But you didn’t.
Remember the time I wanted to help you and in the end I was captured by Sudoh that you had to save me again?
I thought you would say that I was useless…
But you didn’t.
Remember the time I arrived at your club drenched from the heavy rain and your rich patrons snickered on me?
I thought you would ignore me…
But you didn’t.
Remember the time I told you that I loved you in the heat of the moment and I was too embarrassed to face you afterward?
I thought you would throw me away since our cat and mouse game had ended…
But you didn’t.
Remember the time I woke up with a ring on my finger then realised it matched the one on your finger?
I thought you were joking as it was too good to be true…
But you didn’t.
There were plenty of things you did to put up with me,
To keep me happy,
To love me,
And there are so many things I wanted to tell you,
When you returned from one of your ‘business’ meeting…
But you didn’t.