Title: Thinking
Author: doctorfemur (life's lush lips)
Theme: #9 photograph
Fandom: The World Ends With You
Pairing: Shiki Misaki/Eri
Disclaimer: The World Ends With You belongs to Square Enix and is not mine. Unfortunately.
Author's Note: This just kinda babbles and has little to do with the theme and the ending is semi-rushed but meh :I I kinda like it. Also this might be OOC but I'm not sure; I can go in and fix that if anyone thinks it's majorly so.
Shiki flips her phone open, again, the light from her screen piercing the darkness and stinging her eyes. She stares sadly at the background image. First she loses Eri, and now she can't find her partner anywhere. Granted, Neku isn't gone forever; he's probably wandering around in the dark somewhere. But still, she can't forget the suffocating loneliness when he's not around.
She's not gone forever either, Shiki reminds herself. She's fine. I'll see her again when this week is over.
That's not really what she's worried about, but she hopes that focusing on that will make this hellish Game just a little bit easier.
Shiki snaps her phone shut. She needs to go find Neku.
She wonders how much Eri really misses her. Sometimes she'll be looking at the picture on her phone, praying for a little hope, and it crosses her mind that maybe Eri doesn't care.
When the thought makes itself known, Shiki just shakes it from her mind because she needs to be strong, needs to win the Game so she can get back.
Because she never told Eri her secret.
Shiki is still thinking about this when she finds Neku, who apologizes for his behavior the day before. Shiki hadn't thought much about it, honestly; she was too busy thinking about Eri. She forgives him; she understands exactly why he did it.
Neku heads for the exit, and Shiki kisses the picture on her phone, right where Eri is. Her little secret comes to mind, the one thing she needs to tell Eri, and she whispers it to the photo so she'll know.
"I love you, Eri."
Maybe, just maybe, Shiki can say it to her face when this is all over.
