Since… well, let's just leave it as a very long time… since then Ventus loved the air. It probably had something to do with his namesake, or having to constantly look up to meet the eyes of his friends. Maybe it was due to the beautiful skylines that graced the Land of Departure. In any case, flying was always one of his biggest dreams.
At first, it had been the Keyblade Glider. Races with Terra across and above the chains and masonry of their home, all at breakneck speed. Back then, going anyplace else had been secondary and merely for jokes and future plans…
But then, it all went wrong. Speedy departures and words left unsaid. So, Ventus did the obvious: to chase after his friend, wind as his guide.
And he arrived to the Neverland. Or, as he'd keep referring to it: the Land of Flight. As to the 'why's of flight… it came with a girl the size of his palm. A girl who'd keep staring at herself in the green surface of the Wayfinder. More to the point, a winged girl who chimed and glittered – so, to Ventus she was Tinkerbell.
Needless to say, he became attached to the flying chime. At first, it had meant bailing her out of glass prisons and chasing a trail of stardust in the night sky behind her. It had meant whispered secrets and pranks to an elder girl with both feet on the ground.
And, even if it was for a short breath of time… he became enamored with her. Maybe not with vain Tinkerbell herself, but with her grace and skill and speed. Or with the devotion towards her Peter Pan.
In the end, he had to leave. The Neverland was always his to revisit, his days to give to the small fairy…
But, along with the Wayfinder, he kept a couple old potion vials glimmering with fairy dust and a minuscule thimble of bronze. A gift to a friend…
But, for some reason, she had called it a kiss. He'd have to shrink himself to size to show her what a kiss was sometime.
A.N. – referencing way old books for kicks… and crack pairings as always. Romance: harder to write than it looks like (or at least, making it anything over 'not really there unless you squint way hard and blur your eyes'). I'm more liable to write friendship or something… but take it as you wish! Thanks for the reviews to: Mon Mon Candie, xDarknessAngelx and Beyond the Clouds. To all readers: hope you've enjoyed!
