IS THIS LOVE?
A Eureka Seven FanFiction
Why is my heart pounding like this?
Could this be love…?
I don't know what love is…
I don't know many things about this world
I don't remember anything before all of this
I don't even know who I was before he found me…
All I know is that is that I can trust his word…
I can believe in him
He's never lied
Never broken a promise
Never hurt me
He's the only one I can trust
Maybe this is love…
Her heart raced faster and faster as she ran through the hallways of the Gekko.
Earlier that day Eureka had consulted Mischa about love. Mischa had looked at her strangely then smiled and told her that love was when two people cared a lot about the other. Still confused she asked Gidget, only she said she wanted the all the "dirt" the who, what, where and when of everything. Confused because Eureka knew she didn't have any dirt gave Gidget a blank stare and left quietly.
Then when she asked Renton he turned bright red and stuttered something incoherent.
"L-love?"
"Is this love a bad thing? Should I not talk about it?" Eureka replied
"W-well, no it's not bad, but … why all of the sudden you were giving me the cold shoulder… I didn't think that you felt that way… I feel that way too…mumble…mumble…."
"What?"
"Nothing!!!…I have to stop talking out loud"
"Why do you have to stop talking out loud?"
"Ahh!! I'm sorry, so sorry"
Renton then hit his head violently on one of the Nirvash's arms as he scrambled at least 12 feet away from Eureka. At this point he had turned an even darker shade of red.
Eureka clutched her stomach and started laughing her sweet, soft almost musical laugh. When Renton turned around to see her laugh all he saw was a smile that made his day, perhaps his life. Maybe he couldn't be as cool as Holland but he could maybe, just maybe make her smile and laugh, even if it meant he had to break all the bones in his body. He wouldn't mind, as long as she was happy.
Renton was let on board The Gekko because they needed him as a mechanic/co-pilot for Eureka and the Nirvash. Eureka had noted that the child seemed to focus much better when he was next to her in the cockpit almost like the child was happy or smiling.
He's acting strangely too; maybe he doesn't know what love is either.
"Oh well, thank you anyways Renton, you tried your best" Eureka turned and started to walk away
"Oh…wait! You wanted to know what love is?" Renton asked
"Yes, do you know what it is?"
Renton stalled momentarily and then began explaining what he thought could best describe love.
"You see, love is when you think someone's good looking, or when you get that feeling in your stomach. You know they call them butterflies."
Eureka only seemed more confused at this statement
"You know you can trust that person. You respect that person, you believe in them…You know?"
A feeling you get? To respect that person?….to trust?
Oh! To believe in that person!
"Oh, yeah thank you Renton" Eureka replied excitedly
Eureka turned and ran to the exit not thinking to say goodbye to Renton.
"Say Eureka?"
Renton now had his face stuffed into the Nirvash's cockpit pretending to fix something while actually trying to protect Eureka from seeing his blushes.
"Is there, by chance, anyone you might…you know…L-love? … Eureka?... Eureka? Where'd you go?" Renton cried out only making the hanger echo dully.
Eureka turned abruptly causing a loud squeak to emit from her boots. She ran down the hallways. Breath panting, heart thumping, mind racing.
It must be love