A/N: Okay, so I just sat down and wrote this without rhyme or reason. It may not be my best piece, that's for a reader to decide. In the game, Yeul speaks of watching events in different timelines, and seeing Noel in his journeys, explaining how she knows him despite not being the same version he once knew. Yeah, sudden inspiration just works that way I guess. After this, I should be able to get back to my other two main fics since writer's block seems to have faded for the moment. Anyways, after that long author's note that probably wasn't even read, I don't own the characters. Please enjoy~
Yeul watched the flow of the timeline every once in a while, then often just sat and thought about what she'd seen. She watched lands prosper and fall. She saw people, so small, but each essential to the future. Mostly, she watched him. A brave, resilient young man, so bent on make happiness a reality that her heart fluttered a little whenever he smiled. There was no logic to it; no matter which timeline she existed in, seeing him made her want to smile.
Her thoughts switched course to when he had been brighter, shining like a beacon of hope in his dying home. To her, at least, that's what he had been; her hope. His childish ideas, running away to explore far off lands… They made a small smile creep onto her features. His tears though, those were what had hurt the most. He'd wanted to protect her, to save her, and that thought made her want to run to him and away from him and his beautiful hope.
Her thoughts turned again, this time to Caius, her only guardian, and the only other constant in her lives. His plans unsettled her, frightened her even, but she held her head high and did her best to keep him from getting his way. She secretly dropped hints to the two travelers of Caius's grand scheme, but when she would go back to her guardian, as always, she hated the feeling of loss as a set of chocolate-brown eyes, the hurt in them bright and saddening, followed her as she made her exit. Her choices, her sacrifices, were for him and his happiness more than anyone else. Of course they were meant to be for the sake of all, but the times she felt safest, most secure, were the times he was there as her eyes finally closed.
A hand lightly touched her shoulder, asking for her attention. She turned, looking at her guardian, a man of many secrets, in curiosity.
"We must be going; are you finished here Yeul?" he asked gently.
She nodded, ready to leave. In her mind, a frozen image lived. Brown hair, a wide, contagious smile… Yes, her sacrifices were worth it. Seeing him grow and mature, even if she could not do the same, was a treasure. Maybe it was love, perhaps just an illusion, but he was her hope regardless. Noel Kreiss, protector and savior of the future.
A/N: There you have it, my second Noel/Yeul fanfic. I really do love them together. Anyways, please send me a quick review on how I'm doing and send in some suggestions if you'd like! I'm open to most genres, so don't be afraid to ask! If you'd like me to try writing for another series, those suggestions are open as well. A special thanks to Guardian Keymaster for the wonderful review! Probably one of the reasons my writer's block is loosening up at all!