(Cue Dramatic Trumpet Solo!)
-Hokuto Sumeragi's School of Flight-
Disclaimer: Clamp owns Tokyo Babylon and X/1999, and probably a bit of my soul too.
Warnings: Avoid further reading if you have fear of the following: Bishies, Angst, Flying Hokutos, Humor, Fictional Water and/or Reading.
Note: This had initially been intended as a comic I lost motivation to complete and is the love child of both serious and crack writing formats. I am hyper.
This is dedicated to Nori-chan, to whom the comic was initially for! Better late than never?
Lesson One: To those without wings- fly in your dreams!
She extended her hand to him, gracing him with a bright, inviting smile he exchanged with a look of concern. He was unconvinced, as many years of pessimism, solitude and woe had taught him to be. She held her had out more firmly, determined to win the silent argument.
"Come on, it's really easy, Kakyou!" she insisted, proudly displaying the sizeable distance her feet hovered above the rocky ledge. The crashing waves directly below her beckon him to their watery depths. "Not today, impending death!" he wanted to say.
"But..." the frail blonde man tries to argue, a losing battle. She was right, it should be easy; it was a dreamscape, after all. A soft breeze hints at the feeling of flight– the radiant sun would beam down on them and tingle against their skin as the warm salty air would whip around them as they defied gravity in absolute freedom– yes, it should be easy.
The stern glare coming from the girl shakes him from his thoughts, a kind of ominous glare that would make Kami-sama shift uncomfortably. After the man flinches, her features contort to a rather convincing pout, surely something she had practiced and wielded in drastic situations. Though, both methods were unnecessary, he had already began yearning for even the briefest feeling of freedom with her. He offers her a nervous, forced smile as he is unfortunately unable to produce any other type of smile. Long story, very tragic. His hand clasps hers and her brilliant smiles greets him again.
"Ohohoho!" she releases a kind of mix between a scoff and a giggle, rather strange but purely Hokuto. "I knew you would see it my way!" she boasted, "Now, just think happy thought and they will take flight!"
Happy thoughts?
The very idea of flight to him would be excess the needed. His entire life he had been bound in his own body like a caged bird. Without hope, without joy, without love, and without the motivation to live each day to any extent. A thrill ran up his spine as they neared the ledge, holding her had, the angel that had brought him more happiness in dreams than he had ever felt in any other moment of his life. For her, for this moment, he would sacrifice everyth–
KERSPLASH!!1
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"Well, it worked for Peter Pan..."
Sky: 0
Sea: 1
Notes:
Bishies: (Bishounen) "Beautiful Boy" (aka Feminine)((aka Kakyou)).
Dreamscape: The landscape of dreams.
Kami-sama: God.
I truly adore reviews, really. When was the last time you reviewed someone's ff? Come on, now, let's show some appreciation! For Sei-chan's sake?
Seishirou: "I...you?"