Summary [slip clip:
And as if she knew, he would be going somewhere, as if she knew he'd disappear, she hung on tight. Determined to keep him by her side… He needed her, as much as she needed him. She would let go no more, she'd fight for him, even if it means that she'll lose her own freedom, her own life.
White flowers
By: tangerine kisses
Disclaimer: I don't own gakuen alice… Higuchi Tachibana does…
"Matte! Matte, jii-chan!"
Her small legs tried to keep up on the turning back of his grandfather. Sweat pouring from her strained face, her eyes sparkling with tears. Her shouts were dismissed, as her surroundings change.
The once white clouds were now hidden, and an eerie silence hung over. Creaking noises were soon followed by the gushing of autumn winds. The once child-crowded park was now empty and lone.
Her face showed surprise and somehow hope. She was always found her best friend playing here alone;
maybe,… just maybe she'd meet her here again.
As if the gods heard her prayers she saw a small girl just around her age standing a good distance away from her. Her face broke into a grin.
"hotaru!"
but as fast as the grin broke in it suddenly broke out.
The girl was walking away from her. Her short purple hair swaying slightly, as she move on her way. She had her back turned and her shoulders hunched up.
"hotaru? Doko ni iko? Hotaru?!" she cried from behind, the tears returning from her eyes.
"matte hotaru! Don't leave me!"
She ran after the disappearing blur, but she couldn't keep up. It was as if with every step she took, the pursing distance tripled the mile.
'NAZE?'
Her knees buckled and she fell down the cold hard ground. Her short arms curled around her body, trying so desperately to keep her self warm. She had her head bent down, her auburn bangs covering her brown pools. Her lips were in a tight line, and her legs slightly bruised.
Her surroundings altered once again; slowly everything was engulfed in a black void.
Her eyes suddenly snapped open, she was afraid of the dark, and unfortunately she was now currently alone. She slightly raised her head, half-expecting to see something in the void horizon she was in. her head slowly turned right left and back.
There was nothing to see, nothing to be scared about. She calmly stood up but as sudden as she decided she saw something flickered crimson in the darkness.
Her head rapidly swung again left to right, it was on the second turn that see noticed a slight blur in front.
That lazy stance, she knew so well. His purplish-black hair was waving front in. the lousy shirt he had on was tucked out, his black school jeans was wrinkled a little, but his shoes were clean nevertheless.
But out of everything she noticed, it was his crimson eyes that captivated her the most…
She knew those eyes from somewhere.
It bore into her mind, through her heart, through her soul…
She saw a glimpse of eternity, reflecting back at her.
Her helpless figure was mirrored to no end.
'anata wa dare?' [who are you?
She knew deep inside the familiarity of this person in front of her.
She knew him.
She understood him.
But who was him…?
She suddenly felt warm all over, warm winds cradling her cold body. She tilted her head to her right, slowly tightening her arms around her self, her eyes slightly closing, her face projected calmness she didn't feel before.
She stood up straight, and balanced her shivering body. With all the strength she could muster, she took a heavy step forward, waiting for something, anything to happen.
As soon as she realized that it was safe to move, to move freely, she broke into a run, towards him. Her arms swung forward, catching him by surprise.
She wrapped her arms around him for safety.
Security.
Everything seemed ok; everything WAS ok because she was with him...
But fate had to be cruel, he was not supposed to stay, not by her side…
And as if she knew, he would be going somewhere, as if she knew he'd disappear, she hung on tight.
Determined to keep him by her side…
She needed him, as much as he needed her.
She would let go no more, she'd fight for him, even if it means that she'll lose her own freedom, her own life.
There was nothing to be scared of, nothing as long as he was with her and her with him. She clung to him, and still his identity was unbeknownst to her.
But it did not matter.
There were no question asked, just the clinging whispers of hope, to not let go.. but her futile attempt to dismiss fate was not victorious.
Her happiness was short lived…
She saw a flicker of light, as he disappeared so sudden...
"Matte!!!"
Rain had started falling, pouring all over the earth. A single gravestone stood in front of her.
she was not the same as she was before, her shoulder length tresses were now waist-length, her short legs now slim long and slender. Her body not as she remembered. She kneeled in front of the grey stone, soaked through.
She shivered uncontrollably under the freezing weather. Her breaths ragged horridly, and her shoulders sagged down below.
She was unaware of everything around her, the shouts, the sobs;
she could hear nothing, nothing at all.
She craned her neck, break speed when she noticed white peculiar flowers atop the grave. Oh so familiar. And what she did next didn't make sense.
As soon as she saw the words carved on the grey marble stone, crystalline tears flowed from her brown pools, her lips quivered, and she shook more uncontrollably.
"Hyuuga… natsume…"
Her brown pools were overflowed, widened round, not blinking still.
Who was he?
Why was she crying?
NAZE?!
Unexplainable feelings welled up inside her.
The pain…
The hurt…
The sadness….
The anger…
The helplessness...
And the love…
her shoulders sulked deeper, her sobs came louder, she covered her face trying desperately to keep her tears at bay, but it would not do.
And then as if by magic, she saw him, his smiling face facing her front. He kneeled in front of her, and he brushed her tears away.
"baka youjo…"
A burst of light glimmered her surroundings, engulfing everything beyond the horizon. Everything disappeared in a ray of light. At that precise moment, her mind registered what her heart had been calling for all along.
"NATSUME!"
She suddenly woke up a start; her body was sitting erect atop the bed, her hands gripping the peach blankets, until her knuckles turned white. Beads of sweat tinkled her skin, her long tresses sticking at her back; her pants were rugged, heavily, as she forced her breaths to calm down.
Her eyes widened as she tried to remember her horrid dream. She had been dreaming of that event for weeks now, she was scared out of her wits.
Every night she'd wake up with a start, the dream haunting her though she was awake. She not get any good nights sleep at all, and her classmates were already worried for her, because she seemed always tired, due to the unending nightmares.
But she didn't tell them about it, she breathe not a word to anybody.
She tried to stand up, against the drowsiness and uneasiness she was currently feeling, she successfully stood up front of her glass window.
She stared through out the twinkling night sky, white stars silently greeting her.
She felt a gush of cold wind, on contact with her skin, as soon as she pushed the glass pane open. Not knowing what could've gotten into her, she suddenly climbed out, onto the railings, her long slim fingers griping the end of the water pipe.
She wasn't aware of her dangerous position, nor did she take notice.
She carefully balanced her self onto the window railings and her hands slowly gripping the adjacent pipe. She moved soundlessly, as she passed several window panes, she wasn't planning on waking anyone up, if she was caught climbing the window railings she have to do detention for a year, and if ever Hotaru found out that she had been doing all the same, she would never survived the rest days of her life.
So basically, she had to be careful and silent.
The moon shone brightly upon her frail body, a soft wind caught up her auburn tresses, as it wave slightly, from left to right. Her grip on the water pipes hardened as she prepared to climb atop the triangle roof.
She released her grip on the water pipes, as she changed her pillar to the roof railings above. Her feet, left the window railings as she protruded to the balustrade of the water pipes. She balanced her body as she ascended the pinnacle.
She was half way to the top, but she hadn't realized her foot stepping on the broken railing, she came cascading down the hedge.
Her eyes widened round as saucers, her mouth obstructing a muffled scream. Her hands clamped onto the balustrade as she hung onto her life. Her feet were dangling just as her body was sagging from the grip of her flimsy fingers.
She strained her brown pools as her body felt the panic rising, circulating through her body.
Her left hand slipped off the balustrade, and she let out a stifled cry. Now only her right kept her from falling downward.
She was five-stories high, and if she did fall, she was sure as dead.
Her mind wanted to scream, but the consequences were too high. She didn't want to get caught, nor did she want to die.
She couldn't do anything, nothing at all.
She closed her eyes and surprisingly a familiar face flashed before her, dazzling crimson red eyes and an annoying smirk affix on his striking face.
' Natsume, tasukette!'
She blinked open her brown pools, taken back as she thought of that bothersome bastard, but as she opened her eyes she felt her grip on the railings loosen, her hold slipped and she was slowly falling down,
and then miraculously everything was now playing slow motioned.
Before she could utter any sound she felt strong hands seizing hers in a clasp. Wide crimson pools before her.
He heaved her up, clasping her waist on through out the process. She stumbled on top of him, as she clung to him securely.
Her breaths were ragged and tense. And before she could've utter another word he beat her to it.
"What were you thinking?! Baka youjo?! You could've died!!" he shouted exasperatedly.
"Go-gomen…sniff gomen nasai!" she sobbed, her body was trembling, as she held on to him as tight as she could..
She leaned onto his chest, crying. She was truly terrified; if he hadn't come she could've really died.
"You baka…" he snapped, he carried her in his arms, her head lying onto his chest, her lean thighs, resting on his slim strong arms.
She was so vulnerable in her state. When she so impervious during the mornings.
He took a momentary look at her and decided to actually ascertain why she was hanging from the roof railings. He walked towards the end of the triangular roof, and jumped down the branching trees he felt her cling to him tighter, as he ran jumping from tree branch to tree branch with his trained customs.
"oi, polka, what were you planning to do? Suicide?" he asked her, as his usual smirk appeared on his face.
"Polka ja nai yo!" [I'm not polka! She retorted as she spun her head up, glaring at him.
"And I wasn't also planning suicide, you jerk!!"
"oh yeah? What were you doing? Playing monkey gets to jump?! Baka!?"
"I…I was looking for…"
Iyaaaahhhh!!!!! It wasn't good enough,
I was trying to write a one shot but it seems like it'll divert into a series… and I do doubt that is a good idea… I'm just really the type of person, who just writes and doesn't plan anything. At all. ,
Waaaaahhhhh…………..
Sooooo…???? What do you think? should I carry on the story plot through and through or wrap it up, conclude right a away?
Well, anyway arigatou for reading my fics again, XD
I want to thank my reviewers… from "strawberries and tangerines" –those who are anon'd
Susn
--thank you for the praises, I'm just as ecstatic as you are!!
Serpent's eye
--yoh!!! Thanks for reading!!! Actually if you didn't read it I'll just force you anyway!! XD nyahahahaha, sorry for abandoning the script, I was just not really into it. you know how I work.. D
XD its my only way of thanks…
meanwhile... it wouldnt hurt to do a review would it??
Ja
Tangerine kisses