The Star Gazer
Calmly. Quietly. Thats all it took. I tiptoed across the smooth wood floors trying not wake Laxus. I held my bag and shoes close to my chest as I crept towards the door that I had left ajar. Once I got to the door and slipped out of the room, I slowly shut the door. Putting my ear to the door, I listened for any sounds of movement. All that could be heard was the sound of him snoring. How I could sleep at all was a mystery.
I was about to turn and run down the hall when I heard the door being whisked open and felt my arm being grabbed. "Oi. Where are you going at-" he glanced at the clock on the wall "3 in the bloody mornin'?" I look up at my brother with my saddest puppy eyes and whisper "the hill... oh please let me go ni-san!". He just looked away with a grimace. "Lucy. You know what the old man said. No more going out in the middle of the night." I yanked my arm away. My eyes brimming up with tears. I could feel my sadness welling up inside. I started to head back to our room when I felt a warm embrace surrounding me. I looked up over my shoulder to see Laxus giving me one of his bear hugs. I gasped in surprise when I noticed tears running down his face. "Ni-san..." "Please- just please don't cry... I want to go too but- just please." He was begging me. I had never seen Laxus beg anyone for anything. He spoke again, this time in a softer whisper "I miss her too..." I dropped my bag and shoes on the floor before turning swiftly and burying my face into his chest. We both dropped to the ground, sobbing our pain and sorrow away. I started to calm down a bit and noticed that Laxus was trying to pick me up. I curled into him and closed my eyes. I felt the cold of my bed on my back and the absence of his warmth. I whined and soon felt him holding me from behind. As I started to drift off to sleep I heard him whisper a poem that I knew all too well.
"Some from the moon. Some from the sun. The elephants are marching one by one. To the stars above and the ones they love..." I drifted away into a deep sleep and dreamed of the moon, sun, and the brilliant stars...