When Persona Falls In Love
windlady
A/N: Hmm… I can't think of a new plot for My Presumptive Part 2 (please visit that story if you have time and tell me if it's any good… ^_^) so I guess we shall have a breather shall we?
Warning: Persona may be a bit OOC.
Disclaimer: I "NEVER" owned—I only LOVE!!! ^_^
"Piece #1: A Loosening Silvery Mask"
"Story dedicated to: AnDReaGRaCHeLLe…
…just because you believed in me…"
Now, love is never really for selected people, right?
People fall even when they are young, old, crazy, foolish, genius, cold, warm, alive, or even when they're dead?! Well, never be able to answer the last one but then the point here is that:
"LOVE is for EVERYONE..."
And so let's see what's happening just behind a certain solid white or perhaps loosening silvery mask…
It is 1 am… The night is cold but apparently it is no longer night time. The sky turned violet then pink… dawn… The sun is hiking up to its throne but light barely entered the room…
NO!
Change that. It has never happened in his life. No. Not in this world.
Light… 'NEVER' entered the room.
…
Darkness shrouded his wholeness… It's overwhelming. It's suffocating and yet it is peace. Almost comforting. He knew the soul within him never had anything… He's been only a hollow figurine carrying out what is needed to be done. He has no emotions left. No heart to protect. Yet it is where pain starts to threaten his body. His demented soul is alone in this struggle. What is within should be abandoned. And his outside also had the same… Nothing.
It was just nothing.
Hollow and empty, he is. And it doesn't matter at all. This is how it has always been and it is what he's grown accustomed to. No regrets. No bothersome thoughts. No weakness.
Persona is just a person hidden behind the mask.
NO!
He isn't!
Because…
Persona is strength!
Persona is power!
Persona is death!
He walked across the dark room, picked up a silvery mask, and wore it on; hiding half of his pale face. Moonlight hit on the mask's surface and traveled across the room in mild reflection. His eyes journeyed to the unmoving curtains. Then, he dragged his feet to the open window and jumped out into the woods.
He's out again.
On a mission?
You would have made him laugh hard asking that. He doesn't let his missions wait! And if he were given more? He'd go out in an instant. Not that he is obedient at all. Only that, he desires action and boredom is tiring his doesn't fear anything. He is the 'feared'. He doesn't need anything. He is the 'needed'. And Persona will hasten the moment something can be done.
Because…
Persona loves death!
He loves… to kill!
…to hurt!
…to see everyone hurting!
He is out to observe his favorite pet… Yes, that is correct. Him. The cocky little pet of his. Fire alice. Interesting and pathetic at the same time. A weakling, in his opinion.
Hyuuga.
Kuro Neko…
Lately, that 'black cat' is causing him troubles. He wanted to find out what's going on with his pet. There's a ridiculous hunch within him that it is urgent to destruct the thing which Hyuuga is keeping from him, the puny kitten's master. And so, here he is following Hyuuga towards the school's dorm. Hyuuga waited for a bus to arrive.
A bus? So Kuro Neko is going to Central Town?
Persona carefully spied on Hyuuga's every move. He saw him bought a pair of pink ribbons, had those ribbons wrapped in a small white box, and got a box of howalons from the howalon stand.
What on hell's fire does that wretched boy think he's doing?!
Acting like a girl?!
His eyes scrutinized Hyuuga's actions. This trainee is supposed to be following only what he desires him to do. He's a property of Persona after all. And what a disappointment this black cat will be if he turned out to be gay! It is simply unacceptable! Detestable! He will only ruin Persona's image of perfection. So Persona, enraged, went out from his hiding and bolted towards the boy. He'll get rid of this silliness. Fast.
"BOGSH!"
Persona opened his eyes after bumping into something, which caused him to fall unbalanced unto the ground. He swiftly turned his gaze unto Hyuuga who didn't seem to notice the commotion and is now boarding the bus back to the dorms. Persona gave a sigh of relief. He would never forgive himself if Hyuuga saw his clumsiness. Just then, he remembered that he bumped into something earlier and he is currently sitting on the ground like the filthy numskulls in this academy!!!
He quickly thought of putting an end to whatever it is that caused him to lose his cool. He looked around and saw a female figure lying just a few meters away from him. He got up and went straight to where the lass lay unconscious. He is sure that she is the culprit! He gathered his power in his left hand and prepared to give the poor lady a full blast!!! He lifted her face to his level and—
"Uh-Uhhnn…"
The lady groaned in pain and reached for Persona's face with her eyes still tightly shut and her brows furrowed so deeply as if in great pain.
Persona is stunned.
Her face is nearing his!
He suddenly froze. His hands went cold. His feet turned into stones. His hair stood on its ends. His face paled and he felt himself shaking… within?
She isn't dazzling. She isn't beautiful.
She is just quite petite, very light in weight. Her thin arms and tiny waist annoy the hell out of Persona's mind. A skeleton, she may be!
'Does she even eat?! Yeah. Women and their obsession to dieting!'
Her hair is in the shades of gray and is twirling in the end like telephone wires. She just wore it down and clipped some strands using a small silver hair pin with a bluish gray jewel as an accent.
'How dull her hair is! And what kind of shampoo is she using?! Smelling like fruits! Tch. I didn't smell it on purpose!'
She's wearing a white dress with floral designs all over. Sleeves formed wing-like image as raffles paraded on the edges. The wholeness of it clings to her lean body. And her feet are sheltered with white thong sandals. What's with an all-white fashion?
'What is she trying to portray?! An angel?! She doesn't resemble one!!! This illusionist!!!'
He can see her vulnerability in her current form. Disgust surfaced on Persona's face. She is ordinary like those worthless weaklings he killed last night! And he wants to kill her as well…
BUT…
His body just won't move!!!
Is he gonna get his first kiss today?!
"Oww!" Persona groaned.
The lady's hair pin hit Persona's forehead!!! And so his supposed-to-be first kiss was stopped and moved to a higher degree of impossibility!!!
EH?!?! Forehead?!
His mask!!!
Persona finally realized that his mask is gone! It must have fallen when he bumped to this 'trash'. Persona looked on the ground. But his mask is nowhere to be found. He turned his gaze-I mean- GLARE back to the lass.
If it weren't for this stupid trash, he wouldn't lose his mask, wouldn't get a bruise on his forehead, wouldn't have lost his cool and dirtied his black coat with ground filth, and most important of all he wouldn't have lost track of his 'PET' in the first place!!!
He breathed heavily as his glare turned into a fiery one. He would really kill her this time!!! Once again, he gathered his power in his left hand and prepared to kill her.
And again, when he was about to kill her—
"Uhhnn…" The lady moaned before her eyes fluttered open.
It revealed that she has bluish gray eyes. It is the same color she has in her hair pin. Yawning, she raised her arms, generously giving Persona a glimpse of her chest's cleavage, and his mask held by her right hand!!!
Persona's eyes grew bigger at the sight of his mask. (And her chest's cleavage as well?) The innocent-looking lass stared at Persona then at herself and then back at Persona who wasn't able to react.
"A-ahm… T-thanks, mister." She muttered with a delicate voice.
Eh??
Persona is confused of why the she thanked him and how his mask was taken by this young woman. Unconsciously, his grip on her collar loosened causing her to land gently on the ground.
"Oh! Thank you very much for carrying me, sir." She smiled. "Ne, what's your name?"
Persona's eyebrows furrowed. 'This numskull dare ask me my name?!' he thought. But then, instead he replied: "Serio…"
The lady fixed her white floral dress. "Oh! Nice meeting, Serio-kun! I'm Hachi Saori." She extended her hand and gave him a warm smile. And for some strange reason, Persona took it though he didn't smile back.
"Now what was I supposed to do here again?" She whispered to herself softly as she turned around to walk away, carrying Persona's mask without noticing it. Persona's eyebrow twitched in irritation and amusement. The lass just left without returning his mask.
'So? What was that all about?' Persona asked himself as he slowly followed Hachi's diminishing figure with his eyes.
Something is weird inside his hollow body. As if something is banging on his rib cage sending more powerful hits from the left side of his chest, which is slowly radiating warmth all over his body…
He feels uneasy because of this warmth… but then… somehow…
'…it feels nice…' he thought.
When he can no longer see her, he started walking his way back to his lair.
'Maybe walking under the sun's warm light is a choice today.' He thought.
Persona knew he would be back to Central Town for his mask… or maybe for something else as well?
***END OF CHAPTER***
A/N: Haha… How was it? Boring? Sorry! This is my first one shot! Please go easy on me… Chuu!
(May, 2009: I added more details and tried to proofread. I guess I deserve a treat? Review!!!)
~windlady