Author's note: I'm gonna try and make this a 30-shot drabble. (yeah, it's gonna be a stretch!)
WITH MORE THAN A HUNDRED WORDS EACH. yikes. i wanna have it centered around yoko and kamina, but i might throw in a couple about simon, too. : )
Theme: False bravado.
Rating: K
Pairing: Kamina only.
He was never as strong as they thought he was. Never as brave. As hopeful.
But he tried, and that was what mattered.
Real men didn't back down anyways, right? Hell yes. Kamina made sure to put his back on all those leering faces, and decided to just screw what they thought. The surface had only ever been so far away... Just a few feet. Just a little higher! So whenever they reached it, he'd know he would feel right spitting on those old farts. They were the reason Simon doubted himself so much. Why there was so much distance to the sky in the first place.
He was gonna show them all how wrong they were.
''Sh-it!''
''Aniki..?''
''Huh? Oh! Hey, bro! You ready?''
That grin will only get him so far, and he knows it. But Kamina won't let that dissapoint Simon today, or let him falter in these tireless lies. A pat on the back is usually what it takes, and Simon's already flushing with excitement.
''y...yeah!''
''Alright!''
That day had changed everything so easily. They'd never even thought twice about it. Up here though, in the surface world.. you couldn't think too much. Kamina turned toward the sun, hand cupped over his brow to offer the only shade in this absent world.
''I'm finally coming, dad.''