A/N:I am having really bad writers block with my KH story, and when I read the two newest chapters of VK, this came into mind when I read the short scene with Rima and Shiki in Ch. 84 while listening to Ventus's theme.
Your heart
Is
So much
Like the
Moon.
I can see
It,
But will I
Ever reach
It?
She held on to his hand harder, making sure he couldn't take another step away from her.
"No you can't."
When he pulled his hand free she hid the hurt she felt and instead embraced him from behind. It used to comfort her that he no longer stiffened when she held him. Now though, in this place and the reason they were there…she couldn't feel that warmth.
"Shiki, it's dangerous."
It was selfish of her for what she was going to say, but right now she didn't care. If she let him keep, he would get hurt or killed. She couldn't let that happen.
"Detach yourself from Ichijo-San already…"
'Ever since the incident with Rido, things have changed. Everyone has changed in some way, especially Ichijo-San'
And even though Shiki has also changed, the one thing that didn't was his attachment to the blonde vampire. He was still important to him. Their friendship was probably more important to him then his was with her.
"That's not it. I just want to help my benefactor…Ichijo-San isn't someone who's suited for such a dark place…"
'Benefactor…'
She wondered what was going through his head. No matter how long she's known him, or how well, his mind was always a mystery to her. Even now, after all that they've been through together, she couldn't understand him fully.
'Benefactor…Ichijo-San isn't someone who's suited for such a dark place…' Maybe once, he would have been right about Ichijo. But now, she wasn't sure. He's changed too much, and it scared her.
'We've all changed'
She let him slip out of her arms, and watched as he ran ahead, leaving her behind.
'Especially you two. Shiki…your heart has been hurt so many times. By your mother, byyour great-uncle, by Rido…and now by Ichijo-San…'
She placed a hand over her heart, looking down.
'Shiki…is there still a place for me in your heart, even though it's been hurt by so many?'
She stood there for a moment, before looking up, determination flashing in her cerulean eyes before she started to run after him. She may be confused about a lot of things when it came to the man she loved but she knew two things for sure. One was that she knew she would always be by his side, no matter what her place with him was, and Two, she'd be damned if she let him run into danger without her there to help him.
And if I
Do
Will I
Belong?
A/N: I tried to do something slightly different from my usual writing style since I took stuff from the manga, but I don't think I really succeeded. Oh well, I had fun writing this and that's all that matters.
I called this Benefactor because I found it so interesting how Shiki referred Ichijo as that. Not as a friend, or best friend, like a brother to him-hell, not even an acquaintance! But a benefactor! So I used that word to get Rima thinking about her place with Shiki.
