Illusion?
Author's Note: I just love the Mukuro Chrome pairing! So cute XD So I decided to write this one-shot about the two ;) Enjoy!
She found herself in a grassy plain, where a coldly blank hospital ward once was.
"Where... am I?" Nagi glanced around, dark hair swirling in a cool breeze.
"Kufufu..." A strange laugh wavered in the air. Looking around more urgently, her eyes widened frantically.
"Who's there?" Suddenly, mist enveloped her body, and a man appeared before her. Her eyes widened even more, and she turned, pushing bare feet off the grassy ground. She soon realized that she wasn't getting anywhere, and noticed that the man was gripping her wrist. Like a deer caught in headlights, Nagi looked up into his eyes.
"Don't run away," His gentle voice soothed her. Calming down, she stood upright, eyes still locked on his.
"...Nagi."
That was the first time...I met him. Chrome sighed. Mukuro-sama... She sighed yet again.
"What's wrong, Nagi?" That same voice resonated suddenly in her mind. Nagi. Not "Girl", not "B****", not "Idiot". Nagi. Perhaps that's what drew her to him. Nagi.
"! ...N-nothing, Mukuro-sama..." She blushed. A smirk played on Mukuro's face. Closing his eyes, he nodded knowingly. The image of him in Chrome's mind slowly disintegrated.
"Ah..." She exhaled disappointingly. He left... She flopped back onto the dirty couch.
The midday sun shined through the cracks in the windows, and a dank smell of dust filled the air. Her chest still thumped from his sudden appearance, even when he had gone. She remembered briefly how he had saved her during that last battle with the Mare Ring holders, and how...how kind he had been to her. She sighed. No... how kind he had always been to her. Chrome hugged her knees together to hide her red face. She rolled around on the couch, shaking the thought out of her head. Ken and Chikusa will be back soon... I need to act normally so that they won't be worried... She paced around in the large room, then finally, slumped into her usual post, the small cranny on the right of the door. Hugging her knees once more, her thoughts drifted back towards her first meeting with her savior. Her eyelids fluttered closed, and she soon slipped into sleep.
"Chrome... Chrome..." She lifted her head up. She was once more in the grassy field, this time a wild breeze blowing through it, ruffling the delicate blades of green. Standing up, she looked around, knowing whose voice it was. In front of her, he appeared.
"Mukuro...sama..." She turned light pink.
"Chrome... no, Nagi..." He leaned forward.
"Eh?" Chrome's blushing face quickly turned scarlet.
Suddenly, she felt a gentle lips on her forehead.
"Mukuro...sama...?" Her lips trembled. He leaned back.
He smiled an awkward smile.
"...Sorry... I couldn't hold back." He grinned, a slight blush brushing itself onto his cheeks. Chrome became silent for a moment, eyes widened and shining.
"...!" She touched the place where Mukuro's lips had met her forehead. Her mouth widened into an "O", and her already scarlet face turned even brighter and redder than before.
He ruffled her hair, and then started to disappear.
"Hm?" Night had already fallen, and Chrome awoke to the snoring of Ken, and the quiet mumblings of Chikusa. Glancing around, she saw that there was nothing unusual about the dark room, and rested her head on her arms. Was that... just another dream? She pondered.
No...
"Eh?"
Did... I just hear Mukuro-sama...?
She smiled to herself.
Another illusion...
She hesitated.
...Maybe not...
At least, in my mind.
~End~