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Give Me a Sign

20FacesChizu

All he wanted was a sign. A look, a gesture… even a quirk of her eyebrows would have been fine. It was all he needed to know that she wasn't serious.

Yet it would seem by any standard… that she was trying to kill him.

Those angry brown eyes concentrated on him in the way that he so loved. Her hands moved swiftly, and before his bombs were even near her, they were gone. It seemed that nothing he did could harm her; his specialty was hers. She could take it all, and then give it all back with more.

That was why he loved her.

He'd given her the charm necklace, and yet as frustrated as she seemed with him, she was definitely wearing it. With his cloak long gone, torn to shreds, she could definitely see the other half hanging from his own neck. He wasn't ashamed of it; in fact, he was proud. She'd gotten even stronger.

He was proud. Because the one he loved was this amazing.

"Ne, Ten-chan?" Her brown eyes flickered.

"What?"

"Do you love me?"


AN: A series of prompts that I actually got from my pastor's sermons, and a few from random songs and yada yada yada. There will be a few different versions of Shadowlark; obviously this one continues my story Yin and Yang, but another will continue Aiaigasa, which was recently beta-ed. Best of both fandoms. 8D This will be a few chapters long, so don't forget to place it (or me~) on alert!

Next Time: Half-Hearted Thinking