• A kiss. A single kiss is all she and I have ever wanted, but we've never been able to share that due to her curse. It's not fair, so many people just like us can share that gesture of love, but we are denied it's joy. If her lips weren't poison, oh I'd give her everything her heart has ever desired. I kiss her in the morning, at night, after work, and I'd even steal kisses from time to time and I'd make her blush.
    I look down into her eyes. They seem more dim then usual. Oh she looks so frail. Her skin has never been quite this shade before. Her cheeks are flushed and her mouth is stained red, but it's not from her lipstick. She's never been this weak, and it scares me to see her like this. My love, my sweet, dear-heart is dying.
    She coughs and I cringe. The sounds of her struggling to hold onto life is killing me. I know now I only have moments before she leaves me, but I'm not letting her go alone. I'll join her in death. I won't let my love die a lonely death, nor will I let her go without giving her what we've been denied so many times. I smile at her, telling her death won't be so bad, and she smiles back weakly. She's put her trust in me.
    I cup Sumiko's face in my cold, bloodstained hands. I stroke her cheeks with my thumbs gently as I stare into those beautiful pools of emerald. "I love you..." I manage to say. She can only mouth the words now -this is it. My lips press softly against her's. Oh what zeal! My heart soars and every fiber of my being crumbles in seconds. A burning sensation flows through my body -the poison is spreading and I crush my lips harder against her's. I swear I'm not letting go until Death himself rips me away.
    She grows heavy in my grasp, and I feel my body giving out. I won't let go! I don't want to, not yet. But everything is getting so dark, I feel dizzy and weak. I don't know how much longer I can last like this, but I mustn't let go. I love her too much. I've desired her for long. I've waited for this kiss since the beginning of time. I won't let her go.
    There is a silence, and then darkness, but I didn't let go.