Disclaimer: I do not own the characters.
Author's note: This is my first Wish fan-fiction – please let me know what you think!!!
Oh, and personally I always thought that the angels and demons were female and male, so I'll just stick to it: Touki, Hisui, Ruri, Hari and Kohaku are female, the rest is male.
It is rather short, and takes place after the books end, and features Touki and Ranshou.
Not for the world...
Touki definitely was in a bad mood today, even compared to her usually foul temper,Ranshou, archangel of the Earth, observed grinning inwardly. He wondered what had made her that upset...because he sure hadn't approached her in the last few hours.
Touki was hovering above the water of the nearby stream, swirling around so that waves kept building up in a circle. She was nearly hidden by the wall of water rising higher and higher, but her face was still visible above the circular stream. Her eyebrows were intensely drawn, and her eyelids near closed, while the rest of her features remained in neutral lines. It was a sure sign of her distress, a rather rare sign at that, who knew so well how to hide all emotions.
Ranshou sneaked out of his hiding spot where he had watched her for a good time and casually walked closer to greet the archangel of the water. He greeted her in his usual friendly and loud manner, which caused her startle and come to a sudden stop which then caused a giant splash of water to hit Ranshou, leaving her blushing and him drenched. He took it good-humouredly and smiled at the petite angel now hovering to face him, her now intense gaze trying to make out from his ever handsome features what he wanted...
He in turn inquired about her well-being, and her day, and her work.... and little by little tried to find out about the problem she was obviously having, but in vain. He knew a direct question wouldn't work, only leading to her denying everything and then fleeing from him as soon as possible. He had been there already. So, a lot of questions way around the actual topic should prove more successful. Touki was by far too closed up with such things, as she was with almost everything. She certainly was the most unapproachable creature in heaven, which was slightly odd given her high position. Then again, her element sure was the coldest. Little did Ranshou know that she knew quite well what her problem was, and that she had sworn to herself that HE should be the last to know....
To find out about what she had been missing ever since having seen Hisui and Kohaku so happy...
His questions lead to no results, and Ranshou had to admit defeat when it came to breaking her icy barrier. At least for now, anyway. He then laid out the plan why he came in search of her: he was to go down to earth, look after some business details, as he called it, and was then to stay over the night in the Kudo house - he had spoken to Hisui, and Shuichiro, overhearing the communication, made the offer. They would be glad to see them again, and although he thought that taking Ryuki would not be a very good idea, as he was still still pining over the loss of Hisui and threatening the demon who took her at any given chance, Touki might be happy to see her friends again.
Secretly, he had to admit that he hadn't even bothered to ask the archangel of fire simply because he sensed an opportunity for being alone with Touki, who, knowing this, would have rejected his offer faster than gravity would pull a stone down.
But she didn't know, and feeling a responsibility towards her friends on earth and the secret and somewhat self-destructive desire to verify again that they were happy and she was not, she agreed to accompany Ranshou on his mission and his holiday. She just had to make sure that her diagnosis was not wrong, that she really wanted what they had. Jealousy was a sin, and before it ruined her conscience, she had much better double-checked the symptoms.
He would never have believed to get her approval that easily, but there was yet something in her eyes which he could not figure out... was it hope or pain?