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Seasonal Quartet - Winter Overture
Jason M. Lee
/"...Negai o kuchi ni shitai dake sa..."/
Feeling the whiteness.
Fluttering.
Calming my heart from within.
Drifting.
This I shall hold dear.
Puff of breath.
"What are you doing?"
Turning her head around, lilac caught sight of bright scarlet and white. Twin cerulean faintly lit the shadows from where he was standing. A flicker of dark crimson wings, creating a tiny breeze before fading away.
She smiled, snuggling into the heavy haori placed on her.
"Just enjoying the snow."
A thoughtful gaze.
"Hm..."
Warm arms suddenly wrapped around her, larger hands on her lower stomach.
Lavender blinked owlishly.
Innocence with maturity.
"Reno?"
A scarred cheek rested on her head. Gold mixed with sea-blue blankly stared into the distance.
'I'm still... afraid...'
"You shouldn't be out here. It's cold."
Flushing of red but not from the chill.
"Sorry."
Warmth.
Light given to me.
"Hey... Yuffie..."
When I became lost in dark.
"Yeah?"
This I forever keep.
"Next year... Let's watch the snow... the three of us..."
An understanding smile.
A/N: First attempt at a drabble-and-half. Correction, ficlet attempt. Most of the lyrics found at animelyrics (dot) com. Thanks to Rose Flame for a little help.
First in a collection of four pieces, with each pertaining to each season. Why winter first instead of spring? A "blank slate" for Reno, if you will. Okay, Reno's haiku isn't fully 5-7-5, being 5-7-6, but I'm taking some liberties here.
Inspiration from a short story in a Rurouni Kenshin doujinshi "Wherever You Are" by Meiji-jaya (a must for any RK fans) revolving the same concept.