Fragile dreams: Together forever
It was after I felt the warmth of those cold lips, I could remember so clearly the strong feelings that were welling up inside me at the time, as I was chocked for words.
My heart was beating so fast, but your kind words put me at ease, feeling myself relax at the warm grip of your hand as you had pulled me up to my feet. We stood there for a moment, as our eyes met. You seemed so composed while I was flushed like a rose...feeling your thumb gently rub the top of my hand that could put me to sleep, just like the warm touch of a mother rubbing the arm of her child with care and love. It was at that time when you let go of my hand, I felt this strong sense of courage well up inside me and called to you.
"Crow"
"Yeah? What is it?" I remember your reply seemed to shake my heart ever so slightly, forcing me to put my thought's into words.
"Cow, I..." I was nervous then, wondering what you might think of my choice.
"Come on, spit it out already" You spoke as though my timid nature annoyed you. But thinking back on it now, I know that the moment I might have become lost or hurt...you would tell me softly that I didn't need to be nervous around you because...you're my number one best friend.
"Crow, I was thinking that maybe...I-I could come with you to find that special place" I did my best to put my heart out into words, as I had realized at the time that, if I was with Crow, I wouldn't be alone anymore...
"Huh? But what about that silver-haired girl you were talking about?"
"Well...m-maybe we can look for her along the way" I tried to speak with confidence, hoping that my feelings would reach crow.
"Well... I guess it couldn't hurt. But don't slow me down, alright?" He said in a bullying manner. But even so, it made my heart flutter knowing that Crow would let me stay at his side.
"I promise, I won't slow you down" I smiled, as my cheeks began to heat up when he smiled back at me, eyeing me with those beautiful lime-colored eyes that almost seemed to remind me of a cat.
I had asked Crow if we could pass through the hotel, as something seemed to oddly draw me in. I remember Crow thought I was being weird. But agreed to head to head towards the hotel with me. I was just happy to finally be with someone...Crow had mentioned something about a girl being at the hotel before, so that was originally why I wanted to go...but once I saw the building, I knew I had to go inside.
"Hey, be careful. Last time I was here, there were these evil spirit's" Crow warned. I nodded with a "Yeah, okay" as we made our way to the hotel. The sun slowly began to rise and the hotel was just in reach.
"Crow...thank you for worrying about me" I smiled, looking up at the beautiful pale face, as I almost chuckled when I saw the embarrassed look on his face.
"W-We're best friend's right? and best friend's look out for each other" He said, trying to regain his composure.
"Yeah, best friends" I had continued to smile, feeling like nothing could hurt me as long as Crow was by my side.
When we finally reached the old rundown hotel, I couldn't help but find something beautiful about the place. The building was moss covered and broken and was really shady inside. But the sun came down on it so beautifully...
We enter the old building, scanning the area around us as I shined my flashlight around the room while I held a stick in my left hand tightly. Crow always seemed impressed that for such a "Loser" or "Crybaby" I was quite familiar and even skilled when it came to fighting, knowing how to fight with a variety of weapons. Crow, on the other hand, was much quicker on his feet then I was, and even seemed to possessed far more physical strength then I did, not to mention how nimble he was.
Suddenly, we started hearing a girl's voice, telling us to leave. Crow called her warning's to be nothing but baby talk and continued without hesitation. I followed and stayed right beside him, as I was the only one with a flashlight. But somehow I think Crow was able to see in the dark just fine, even without m flashlight.
"Hey, can I ask you something?" I turned my head to face those cat-like lime eyes, almost feeling my heart race when our eyes met.
"Sure, what is it?" I simply reply.
"Are you sure that silver-haired girl came through the park?"
"Well..."
"I never even saw her come through, and I was there for quite some time before you showed up"
"W-Well... I kind of had an idea...but with everything that happened, I had no choice but to head up that ladder. I-I didn't even know the ladder would lead me to the park... I just...had to get out of there before I completely lost her trail" I said, trying not to let my head drop.
"Hmm...well, for your sake...She better be here" He said, looking away from me...Thank you for caring Crow.
We continued making our way through the hallways of the hotel and fended off many evil spirits and eventually came to this huge room with tables and a stage. We could see what seemed to be a ghost floating in the center of the room.
"Hey, who are-" Before I could finish and ask the ghost for their name, Crow stood in front of me and said. "Hey you! Are you the ghost girl who talked to us!?" At least I know crow is rude to other people and not just me...But for some reason that doesn't exactly make me feel any better.
"Your so noisy! I warned you to leave and you didn't, so you better be ready to face HIM!" She said, just before disappearing into the air. That same face that's been following me around everywhere...In the old man's house...In the park and now here...Why is he following me?
"Seto, get ready!" Crow called to me. "Right," I said back, as I gripped my stick tightly.
It didn't take too long before me and Crow finished off the evil face spirit. But I had to admit...Fighting beside someone...beside Crow, I felt like I could take on anything, no matter how big or strong, I could do anything as long as Crow was beside me.
"Wow, you guy's Actually handled him pretty well. I'm impressed" The girl said, reappearing as she floated in front of us.
"What? You thought we couldn't handle something like that?" Crow said.
"Well, you two do look like a couple of idiot's for not taking my warning seriously" She scolded.
"Idiot's!? Look who's talking one-eye!"
"Wha! T-Twerp!"
"And what's that ugly doll around your arm?" Crow pointed at the strange looking doll that hugged the girl's left arm. To be honest, I actually thought it was pretty cute.
"I-It's not ugly, i think it's cute" She protested, as her cheeks flushed a pink color. "Well, what's that creepy crow head on your chest?" She asked, pointing at the almost life like crow head that Crow had strapped to his scarf.
"It's not creepy, I think it's pretty cool," Crow said proudly.
I eventually couldn't help but laugh at their childish arguing. They noticed my laughing and smiled at me as they both soon joined in and laughed along with me. After some time, the girl said that her name was Sai, and agreed to help us find Crow's special place and the silver haired girl.
"So I'll tag along with you two" She smiled.
"Who asked you to come along?" Crow said, being his usual rude self.
"Ugh! Seto, why are you with this guy?" Sai asked, as she was obviously annoyed with Crow's attitude towards her.
"W-Well-" Before I could finish my nervously spoken words, Crow put a hand to my should, which startled me a bit.
"-Because i'm his number one best friend" He grinned.
"I don't get it Seto, why with this guy?" She asked, displeased with Crow.
"Hey, what's wrong with that?"
"Your annoying"
"C-Come on guy's, let's just start looking around," I said, trying to break the argument.
"Fine. But he better at least try not to be so annoying" She huffed.
"Same goes for you" Crow said.
It took some time. But after finding a bunch of neat things, walking up a flight of stairs and facing many evil spirits, we soon came across another ghost girl who didn't seem to trust anything that we said. But what caught my attention was that she kept giving Crow a strange look... She didn't trust any one of us and didn't seem to want to talk much...I couldn't help but feel curious about her, as he clothes seemed strange to me.
"Come on, she's being a brat Seto, let's leave"
"I agree with Crow"
"But...I think..." I took a moment to think before speaking again and turned my attention towards the girl named Chiyo.
"Um..Chiyo was it? What...What can I do to earn your trust?" I asked, hoping she'll open up to me.
"...?"
"I want to earn your trust, please tell me what I can do" I ask again.
"You...Bring me something shiny...Bring me the star." She whisper's softly.
"The...star?" I wasn't sure what she was talking about, so I turned towards Crow and Sai for help.
"Beats me, I don't even want to be here," Crow says, throwing his hands behind his head.
"..Hmm...I know!" Sai suddenly says. "The star on the tree in the mall storage room" She finishes.
"Like a christmas tree?" Crow asks.
"Yeah, I know a shortcut into the mall, let's go Seto" Sai say's as she began to float off. Me and Crow followed her. For a moment I almost felt like I was going to get left behind by them because they were so much faster then me...but then, I felt the warmth of Crow's hand, holding my own.
"Hey...I told you to keep up before we came in here..." Crow whispered as he looked over his shoulder to give me a look of worry, holding my hand tightly as he led me towards Sai to the outside of the hotel.
"Crow..." I felt my heart race, pounding against my chest, as I paid close attention to every detail of how his gloved hand felt against my bare hands.
Before, all I wanted was the company of someone else to share memories with, even if we didn't get along. But now...now I realize, just how much I don't want that...To think about Crow not liking me...not wanting to be my "Number one best friend" I realize that the idea of finding something beautiful while Crow hated me...I might end up crying about it. I want Crow to like me...I like when he cares about me...Crow...thank you for being here, right here, with me