Title: Window
Chapter: 1/1
Character: Rai mainly, with others making a brief appearance
Summary: Rai's favorite place is by the window.
(from blog to ffnet)
[Disclaimer: Noblesse and its characters do not belong to me.]
Windows are the souls, the eyes; they are portraits that time paints.
It had become a routine for the Noblesse to gaze out the window. Sometimes it would be for an hour; other days, he'd spend the entire day by it.
Blue skies, cloudy skies, red skies, night skies—he has seen them all change. No cloud was ever the sae shape and no sky ever the same shade of red or blue or gray.
He, however, felt static. No matter where he stood in his grand room, the outside always changed. In some ways, it felt beyond his reach.
The breeze slightly brushed his hair to the side. The sun's rays lingered on the window sill and grew brighter and brighter and—
Green.
A few stray leaves blew into the classroom and fell beside his desk.
Tweet, tweet, tweet! The sharpness of the whistle pierced through the air as a voice shouted to encourag the students to complete their final lap. Just below him, students chatted about their homework assignment, laughed at their classmate's jokes, and thanked a higher being that gym was over.
In the midst of the chattering, a particular security guard let out a hearty laugh. Before his comrades could even give a sign that they weren't interested, Tao hooked his arms around their shoulders and delved into details about his new idea. M21 responded gruffly but heeded, and Takeo sighed and complied, knowing that once Tao was inspired, there was no stopping him.
Thud. Shinwoo's head had met the surface of the desk, snoring peacefully as the teacher continued to lecture. As he snored, Rai detected rapid tip-tap sounds—Ik-Han taking notes. While the boy furiously drummed his fingers, Yuna neatly wrote hers in her notebook. Scritch scratch as her hands wrote equations and symbols (all still foreign to Rai) against the paper. Suyi, time to time, took notes in a similar fashion, but was preoccupied with the constant humming and vibrating of her phone. Her thumbnails made quick and short contact with the screen—tap, tap, tap—as they glided to compose a message.
The quietest were the two young nobles who sat with their backs straight against the chairs and eyes concentrated on the book. Rai wondered for a brief moment whether they understood this "Calculus" language.
As if on cue, another gentle breeze rustled his hair to take his mind off of the baffling subject. The light filtered through the branches and lingered on his desk. Unlike the great window at his Lukedonia mansion, this small one brought warmth and liveliness. It offered so much more for him to see, hear, and experience.
"Rai! Hello? Anyone home?" Shinwoo scooted next to Rai and waved his hand in front of his face.
"Shinwoo, don't scare him," Suyi chided, swatting his hand away.
Yuna smiled and added, "We're heading to the PC room today-"
"Yeah! And this time, I have a strategy that can't be beat!" Ik-Han declared, with Shinwoo at his side nodding. They both couldn't shake the disappointment knowing that they had lost to the other team by a point.
The two nobles understood and bowed before they left. The classrooms and halls were now quiet, with only a few footsteps here and there. He stood close to the window and looked outside once more, spotting the children greet the three with bright smiles on their faces.
"Master. Is something the matter?"
Indeed, Lukedonia and here shared the same skies, but it was under these skies, this chair, and this window where he felt at home.
Rai shook his head. This had become an enjoyable routine.