Disclaimer: I hold no rights to the series. I just manipulate them to my will.

Warnings: n/a

A/N: Foreshadowing? Maybe, but what would I really know, in the end -shrugs- Not much to be said about this one; I just wrote whatever came to mind and sounded Michiru-like, and went from there.
fallenxfate, Ickiakki and MegamiKarin: Thanks for reassuring me that I, you know, don't actually suck ;)

Locked in a Cage
15
(Pour)

Michiru watched as the day passed by; closer, forever creeping closer to that time. Slowly, eventually, the sun sunk below the horizon, the sky cloaked in shades of pink, orange and purple.

So beautiful and perfect.

It was hard to believe that the end was looming over them.

He tried to think of it differently, though (he had gone through worst, after all), and tried to take a different view on what was to happen. They were reaching an end, yes, but they were also caught in a cycle – which meant, in essence, there would be a beginning.

Nothing could stop what was to come, and what would happen after that, save maybe death itself. And, well, Michiru had no intention of dropping dead anytime soon.

Especially with so much left unsaid and untouched. He couldn't afford to even consider the possibility of not getting out alive. Then again, it wasn't like he would be facing the 'end' alone.

"Are you just going to sit there and stare out the window all day?"

Michiru turned, smile in place; "It's amazing, though, isn't it? Don't times like these make you appreciate how important everything we take for granted is?"

"Yeah, but…" his guest shrugged, "I don't know. I just don't like the thought and worry of what will happen to us. And if you keep all those feelings to yourself, you'll end up regretting it."

Still smiling, Michiru turned back to the window and watched as the sky darkened, before he moved away; the decision of facing the situation as it came (rather than worrying about it) in mind.