I've been waiting for days to finally post my first fanfiction ever on the internet! Whoo!
What is this exactly, Infidel Pumpkin?
This is the start of a long collection of tiny drabbles I write when I get the feeling, usually when I'm listening to Yiruma or some other classical composer. At the start of each one I'll say what song was listened to/ should be listened to should you have the chance while reading the drabble posted.
WARNING: THIS IS POST-SERIES!!! I despise all-capitals but whatever gets your attention. Many of my other coming drabbles are also post-series.
In this particular drabble I surprised myself by writing Kallen. I never liked her much, I don't know why, and most certainly not KallenxLelouch, and so I conclude that this is not a KallenxLelouch one-shot, this is a post-series drabble. I like to believe that Kallen has come to accept Lelouch's passing beatifully in the end, and this is how I conveyed it in my mind, as acceptance- not a romance.
(Wow, the author's notes in this are almost longer than the actual drabble.)
Without further ado, please do enjoy.
Song used: 'Moonlight' by Yiruma.
Our Early-Autumn Waltz
Kallen Kouzuki tiptoed through the hallways of her mother's apartment, careful not to wake her still-recovering biological mother as she sidestepped her bedroom doorway, passed the small kitchen, and proceeded out the door.
A wave of fresh, whipping air blasted her face in a way that tickled her soul. She laughed softly. "Good morning to you too, Lelouch." She responded, and let the wind caress her face for just a moment before pulling her light jacket up over her neck and chin.
The sun was just barely peaking over the horizon at the moment, and Kallen picked up her pace as to make it to her destination on time. Though it was just barely fall in Tokyo, the winds had picked up early this year. Kallen liked to believe it was Lelouch who was speaking to her in song, through the whispering winds and blasting gusts of autumnal weather, and as if it were completely normal, she'd taken her own liking to talking back. Though in a hushed whisper, her conversations with the wind were legit and real.
Reaching her destination—the park—Kallen slowed herself nearly to the point of stopping. The rush of people beside her was not yet present, and the pathway was all to herself now.
The winds—or Lelouch—grabbed a handful of effervescing colorful leaves and hurled them into the sky, throwing them up so very high, then gently guiding them back down, swaying back and forth in the rocking cradle so natural and pure.
Kallen closed her eyes as a particularly large gust of chilled air weaved between her body, sending her hair back as she inhaled the deep scent of life, and she chuckled to herself yet again.
Pausing where she stood, Kallen's mouth twitched into a serene smile, and, eyes still closed, she spun in a single circle, her arms spread out wide and full, as leaves swirled around her figure, and she laughed to the wind. The wind smiled and laughed back, holding her face in its chilled arms once more before dying down as she concluded her twirl on the pathway.
The sun was now just barely among the clouds, and the wave of people had begun to travel her peaceful wind-swept path. "Time for school, I suppose." She told the wind with an apologetic tone, and the trees nearby shuddered in agreement.
Turning on her heel, Kallen headed in the opposite direction from which she came, a smile on her face, with the wind dancing 'round her almost skipping silhouette on the brick road. "Until next time, Lelouch."
And with that, she walked off, leaving the wind to play on its own, until next time.
Kallen Kouzuki and everything else (c) Sunrise/CLAMP/Taniguchi/whoever else is responsible for the anime that so blesses my dreams each night.