AN: Hi! This is the last short segment I think; one from Curio. Curio and Francisco are two of the Capulet allies I favor. I'm a sucker for unrequited love stories. I add Curio's segment because I didn't want to leave out an important character. I had to watch the show a second time to see how significant he was to the cause of peace and prosperity in Neo Verona. Actually the scene that readily struck and stuck to me was the scene in the final episode, where we see him working on the streets. That touched me in a strange way and gave me this idea about how he felt about Romeo. I pictured he had this hate-love idea of Juliet's lover. Tell me if it's confusing. It's not supposed to be easy to get the first go around. Thank you for reading!

Inori: 100 Thematic Drabbles

By: MistyWing

Word Count: 500

Theme: Scar

Character POV: Curio

The scar on my right eye reflects the scar in my heart. These scars are connected in the way that our destinies have always been connected. We do not see the invisible strands of connectivity, but I feel it. Your passing has made the connection no less taut, so I feel your unwavering conductance. You spur me to keep living and to keep working. I continue to rebuild Neo Verona as you have wished.

The sound of your name works like a prick to the scar and the heart bleeds again. This is a sign that shows my weakness. This embarrassing side of me is what I wish to show you in front of Romeo because I love you. I love you more than Romeo loves you. I'm as certain of this as I am certain of everything else I do.

You are my weakness and you are my strength. You don't know how many times you have helped me beat my own cowardice and face my fears. You don't know how many times you have made me want to drop to my knees and kiss your feet. That's a kind of love I'm sure Romeo can never show you.

Neo Verona will heal because of your sacrifice. However, there are some things that will not heal. Scars never heal. They stay forever as a reminder of our mistakes and our forbidden wishes. Things change or shift; I grow weary with unencumbered qualms. I know you love Romeo, but I will keep regretting the day I didn't punch his face in front of you at the dry village. I know you love Romeo, but I will keep beating myself up for never telling you that noblemen are foul and strong men like me are keepers. I know you love Romeo, but I wish I warned you how incompatible and imperfect the two of you are as a pair. I think it most important that you know with all your imperfections and incompatibility the two of you are one unit.

The scar breaks once in awhile to let out some black blood. I do know that I might have fallen out of love with you if you hadn't followed your own heart that takes you to Romeo. I know I would see you as weak and all those years protecting you wasted because you, in the end, did not make your decisions based on fair truth as you have politically made decisions on pure truth. I smile, remembering you donning the red hat and red cape and becoming the new red wind that blew in Neo Verona. For Romeo I did not expect you to don that attire, but I did expect determination. Determination is strength. You are flawless strength as the black blood drips. I am pleased, you did follow your heart and my time spent on you and my time spent pining over you has not been wasted. I love you for you have the courage to love Romeo.