Not All Miracles Are Impossible
Cezille07
Years after a good marriage with Elena, Zick contemplates on whether he had really lived out the dreams he had once only wished for…to find that a more wonderful miracle was on its way.
Note to readers: This story has slash content.
Disclaimer: Trivia question, who created Monster Allergy? I'll save you the trip to Wikipedia. For sure, it's not me. It was Alessandro Barbucci, Katja Centomo, Francesco Artibani, and Barbara Canepa.
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Chapter 1.
So this was what frozen meat felt like. The snow was building even on the windows, half-covering it with frost and little white flakes. He was sure he wouldn't be able to open the door later on. He had to get out of the house now, while he can, to see Elena.
Being with her taught him a valuable thing. Not all miracles are impossible. They had one child to prove that. The mere act of procreation was a miracle. Getting her to the bed was another. Marrying her was the third. Buying the ring, preparing everything...those were miracles. He got through them with no trouble.
The trouble was, those weren't the miracles he was hoping for. Walking along the slippery sidewalks, he could see a not-too-faraway house sitting in the middle of a quiet street, where the true love of his life was perhaps waiting. He blinked for a moment. It was just a bit of snow in his eye, he forced himself to think, but the effort was painstaking. He couldn't resist the thought—Teddy was the one who was always there. Teddy was his real best friend. Teddy was his older brother, his mentor, his idol. Teddy was everything to him.
He shook his head violently. Just go to the school for Emitha, stop by the office for Elena, and go back home. Live on with his custom life. Forget Teddy. No, no, not the last part, he could never do the last errand. He could never forget Teddy.
That day, he decided to change his routine. He strode by the large house as casually as he could, trying to peer in through the frosted windows with difficulty as he passed by. No signs of life. He hung his head. His only attempt to break the monotony of daily life, down the frozen drain.
Then a snowball hit the back of his head, fairly shaking him. He spun.
"Zick! Snowball fight!" hailed Teddy from behind a nearby tree.
His yellow head was covered by a thick cap, as was his hands in gloves and the rest of his body in two layers of jackets. Zick couldn't sustain his blank expression as he beheld the object of his fascination. "Not all miracles are impossible," he thought again. He smiled. A real one, perhaps the first real one after all these years with Elena. He stooped to gather some snow in his bare hands and posed to throw them at his fellow Tamer. "I missed this," he said breathlessly.
Teddy was confused—with either the snowball or the statement. "What do you mean? We can always meet at the Armory."
Zick smiled again. He ran for cover behind another tree and let out a ceaseless laughter.
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A/N: Emitha is my original character; she's Zick and Elena's daughter. You can find out more about her when I publish "The Endless Dream", a sequel to "Ten Years". (The story "Monsters in The Closet" by Jaeh includes Zeph, another of my OC's, Emitha's younger brother.)