This is pretty much a One Shot Fanfic... I didn't write in Old English because Frog DID speak normally as a human. Other than that... I kept it to my Ice Rain 'fic... Mild spiler alert though. Frog reflects on his feelings for Rei before his duel with Dalton.
Musings of a Hero
"......Art thou implying I doth have feelings for Lady Reiketsu? She doth be a friend of sorts. I know better than to chase a woman; for my guise doth not incur many women's trust, let alone doth it invoke feelings from them! She cannot possibly feel naught but friendship for me! So what makest thou think that I wouldst even try, Sir Crono?"
The minute I said that I knew it was a lie. Atleast... About my feelings. The day I met her, I sensed a.. Different quality to her. Even before I found out her ancestors were from Zeal, I felt she was different than most women, save possibly the ones I travelled with to fight Lavos. The way she talked, walked, and even behaved was intrigueing.
Since my curse I've felt intimidated by women; I gave myself up for lost; gave up hope, especially when I found myself incapable of defeating Magus. The Lady Reiketsu doesn't intimidate me at all. Despite her strange attitude, she is calm and gentle, although heaven have pity on anyone who does incur her wrath. Still.. She had such a bleak outlook on life when I met her..
So lonely. She lost her home, friends, and family at such a young age, but I didn't know that at first. Her depression reminded me of how I had felt before Crono and his friends came. She had no hope to guide her. I found I couldn't leave her alone; she held no value to her life, yet who knew how many lives she had touched? Hers was but a gentle spirit....
I almost feared the harm to it may have been irreperable, but... Seeing her that night, simply praying in the rain in Zale... I knew some part of her lived yet... Holding on where the rest of it gave up. I tried so hard to help her.. She as beginning to respond whene Crono appeared. I think he frightened her.. Because she fled. When I practically tripped over her, she was soaked to the bone,
and yet... She lashed out, in anger. I don't know why. Then when she fell in that Gate... I didn't know what to do. I felt if I lost her, it would be worse than losing Cyrus... I had to follow her. When I saw she'd hit her head somehow at the End of Time, I took care of her. I used a healing spell, and used my cape to keep her warm, in case she couldn't move. Even still... I couldn't stay by her side... What if she hated me?
But yet... When she awoke... And approached me... I was drawn to her again, as if fate lead my hand. I could not help it... I felt attracted to her. When the Guru Gaspar spoke of trouble in time, I had to go... But... I did not wish to leave her. When I learned she was lost... I was afraid.. For her. I wanted to hold her in my arms, keep her safe from her fears.
Crono's sudden interest in my felings for the lady unnerved me... I should not have snapped, but yet... In Zeal, I followed Lady Reiketsu's trail with the hope to see her once more.... Finding she had been poisoned nearly broke me.. I couldn't let her perish; I had to find her. Then, seeing that curr Dalton so near her... I flew into a rage...
Even now, after all that happened, when I look at her... She has not lost her intrigue, charm, or anything else that attracts me to her. I only love her all the more. She's captured my heart and holds it prisoner. And I let her; I adore her... She is everything to me. When she looks at me.. She does not see my cursed form; as a frog. She sees me beyond it. She feels for me, as I do her. To her... I am not Frog... I am Glenn. I am not a beast to be reviled.... I am just as she is.
And I am grateful for it.
Musings of a Hero
"......Art thou implying I doth have feelings for Lady Reiketsu? She doth be a friend of sorts. I know better than to chase a woman; for my guise doth not incur many women's trust, let alone doth it invoke feelings from them! She cannot possibly feel naught but friendship for me! So what makest thou think that I wouldst even try, Sir Crono?"
The minute I said that I knew it was a lie. Atleast... About my feelings. The day I met her, I sensed a.. Different quality to her. Even before I found out her ancestors were from Zeal, I felt she was different than most women, save possibly the ones I travelled with to fight Lavos. The way she talked, walked, and even behaved was intrigueing.
Since my curse I've felt intimidated by women; I gave myself up for lost; gave up hope, especially when I found myself incapable of defeating Magus. The Lady Reiketsu doesn't intimidate me at all. Despite her strange attitude, she is calm and gentle, although heaven have pity on anyone who does incur her wrath. Still.. She had such a bleak outlook on life when I met her..
So lonely. She lost her home, friends, and family at such a young age, but I didn't know that at first. Her depression reminded me of how I had felt before Crono and his friends came. She had no hope to guide her. I found I couldn't leave her alone; she held no value to her life, yet who knew how many lives she had touched? Hers was but a gentle spirit....
I almost feared the harm to it may have been irreperable, but... Seeing her that night, simply praying in the rain in Zale... I knew some part of her lived yet... Holding on where the rest of it gave up. I tried so hard to help her.. She as beginning to respond whene Crono appeared. I think he frightened her.. Because she fled. When I practically tripped over her, she was soaked to the bone,
and yet... She lashed out, in anger. I don't know why. Then when she fell in that Gate... I didn't know what to do. I felt if I lost her, it would be worse than losing Cyrus... I had to follow her. When I saw she'd hit her head somehow at the End of Time, I took care of her. I used a healing spell, and used my cape to keep her warm, in case she couldn't move. Even still... I couldn't stay by her side... What if she hated me?
But yet... When she awoke... And approached me... I was drawn to her again, as if fate lead my hand. I could not help it... I felt attracted to her. When the Guru Gaspar spoke of trouble in time, I had to go... But... I did not wish to leave her. When I learned she was lost... I was afraid.. For her. I wanted to hold her in my arms, keep her safe from her fears.
Crono's sudden interest in my felings for the lady unnerved me... I should not have snapped, but yet... In Zeal, I followed Lady Reiketsu's trail with the hope to see her once more.... Finding she had been poisoned nearly broke me.. I couldn't let her perish; I had to find her. Then, seeing that curr Dalton so near her... I flew into a rage...
Even now, after all that happened, when I look at her... She has not lost her intrigue, charm, or anything else that attracts me to her. I only love her all the more. She's captured my heart and holds it prisoner. And I let her; I adore her... She is everything to me. When she looks at me.. She does not see my cursed form; as a frog. She sees me beyond it. She feels for me, as I do her. To her... I am not Frog... I am Glenn. I am not a beast to be reviled.... I am just as she is.
And I am grateful for it.