I guess there are some minor spoilers for the first season. It deals with episodes 3, 7, and 15 mostly. All cool Fuu/Ferio eps. ^_^
Words of the Heart -- Fuu
by Rb
My heart aches.
Ferio...why? Why, now, do you not want to be with me?
You told me to concentrate on the important things. The important things?
Yes, saving Cephiro is important. But the heart's needs are important, too.
I never understood the words of the heart before. I was always logical, not emotional. A scientist, not a romantic.
Closed off to the world around me, truly. I was never cold, purposely, but I was quiet and rational. Not even my sister, Kuu, truly understands me.
When trying to relate to to others, I would always feel awkward. They would talk of a world that I was not part of, could never be part of.
Even when I met my dear friends, Hikaru-san and Umi-san, I was quiet around them, too. They seemed like they were of a different flesh than I was. Too different to relate. Or was it I that, as always, was the different one?
Then you appeared, handsome and mysterious. I hope you forgive me for being skeptical when we first met. We were in a forest of monsters, and are not some humans simply another breed of monsters?
Hikaru-san was, and is still, after so much traveling, too naive to be a good judge of character, and Umi-san's weakness is her vanity. I was the only one, I thought, capable of seeing past your charm.
I was wrong, though, was I not? You were not the monster I had feared, but a true companion. Or, maybe, even more.
You gave me this orb, a magical item that would communicate with you. It was proof that you had said the truth, for the first time, though you lied about what it was. It must have meant so much to you, coming from Emeraude-hime. I kept and treasured it because it came from you.
Ferio? Was it true? Did you really care about me in the way you said you did? I doubted. I was still cynical. I would not admit, even to Hikaru-san and Umi-san, how much you meant to me. Umi-san suspected, though, and teased me endlessly, although not in a malicious manner.
After you tricked us in the deset, with the huge monster...I did not know what to think of you. Were you lying, once again? Had you been lying? Had you lied about why you gave me the orb? I could not sleep all that night, wondering. It hurt me, Ferio.
That was why I came to rescue you, to find the truth, although it may have hurt me. I was strong, I believed. I could hae withstood another lie. But oh, how happy my heart was when you tried to save me. Worried and happy and frightened for you, all at once.
Ferio? You said you do not want me to think of you because of the danger. You have put yourself in danger for us, though, so many times, have you not? Is there not danger involved for you? Is it just because you want to help us beat Zagato and rescue Emeraude-hime? Or is there more?
When you came to the cave, with the woman, Sera-san, I was envious. I have rarely been envious of anyone in my life. I was jealous, it is silly, but... I was jealous that you had affection for Sera-san. It is silly, no? Silly and stupid. Before I came to Cephiro, I would have never worried about such a thing.
I would have never had anyone to worry over, either.
You were sick today, very sick, because of Sera-san -- or should I say, Inouva-san? It hurt my heart badly to see you so sick, yet I was able to seperate my feelings and make the correct choice. Why did it have to hurt so much? Seeing you there, so sick and fevered...I was afraid for you, Ferio. Especially when Inouva-san tried to make me pick between you and my destiny. No offense, Ferio, but there was truly no choice, although I was tempted for a moment.
No matter, Ferio. I got to -- what is the proverb? -- have my cake and eat it too. I was able to save you and my friends, and I was also able to revive Windam, the Mashin. Only I did not, because you do not want to see me anymore. Ferio...
I...I care for you, Ferio. I can care for you, and I can become a Magic Knight, too...right? I hope so. Because I do care for you, and I fear I shall never be able to stop.
Kore wa...koi?
Ferio, I know, in my heart, that we will meet again. I can feel it. Like Hikaru-san said, Cephiro is a world where the heart reigns supreme. And like you said, Ferio, if I believe, anything can happen.
I believe I will see you again. I know it.
In my heart.