Simple Wonders
Chapter One: Bubbles
By: Maeleene
Disclaimer: All rights belong to SquareEnix. I'm just a silly girl who likes their games.
A/N: A short little fanfiction I felt like writing.I haven't written much of anything in LoM for... years. But I wanted to write something cute and simple that captured Elazul and Pearl really well. Not as a pairing (though if you want it to be, you can make it so.)
This may turn into a collection of shorts of about this length. In fact, I rather like that idea, so it probably will. Enjoy! R/R, please!
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There was laughter in the air.
He'd forgotten what real laughter sounded like. But watching Pearl, her green eyes growing ever-larger, it seemed foolish that he had in the first place.
There was another pop, another giggle. This time, she turned to face him.
"Elazul! Look!" Her voice was soft and gentle, but there was no mistaking the excitement and joy.
He'd been looking for quite some time, but to humor her, he leaned over the bucket of water and soap with her and gave it his full attention. Pleased, she gave a tiny blow to the bucket. Little bubbles wafted up, filled with soapy rainbows, and she bounced gleefully. She watched float upwards, a smile on her lips that lit up her eyes, and then there was a pop! Pop-pop! She clapped her hands.
Wasn't it amazing that she was innocent enough to find some much happiness in something so common as bubbles? He smiled and ran his fingers through her hair idly. They were safe now, it was okay to relax. To take part in the joy of small things that Pearl never failed to find.
The smile she tossed him dazzled him, and then she blew into the soap-water bucket again.
The rest of the afternoon was ringing with laughter and quiet pops! as the two Jumi marveled over the simplest of wonders.
