Nothing but sadness- Near
My bed shook as I shot upwards in bed, looking over the edge of the bed to make sure Clover was alright. I realized quickly that it wasn't an earthquake, like the one that- no; I won't call it that, but it was Clover who shook the bed from the feet up. She gasped and thrashed and tore at her clothes, sweat beading her wrinkled forehead. "H-….help me…..where are-….where are you?" she started crying. "Li-….Light….Kira!...L….don't go….." She gasped, her fluttering revealed her stormy eyes. So many questions flew through my head; how did she know L? What was her tie with him? Was he the reason she appeared here? She started to cry and moan in her sleep, so much that I felt her pain, and took my blanket and threw it over her. Her thrashing slowed, and her body still shook with fear. "Near…..Near…." she whispered, catching my attention even though she was still asleep. My thoughts went back to what L used to do with me when I first arrived, whenever I was scared he let me crawl into his bed and stay there for the night, maybe that would help Clover. I shyly and quietly slid out from under the covers and onto the ground, lying next to her but not in contact with her; almost like a cat sleeping on the bed. As I started to relaxed she turned over and clutched me tightly, she instantly calmed down and began to sleep.
I started to look around for something to replace me in her grasp but found nothing, and the cold of the night affecting my exposed feet. 'Near, what are you doing?' the angel whispered, releasing her grip on me but not pushing me away like some of the orphans did when L left and I was still unused to mourning. "You were having night terrors, and you were calling my name." I could see her stare in the darkness at me as I explained, and her eyes softened. "Thank you Near," she embraced me.
New sights to go unseen- Near
I pulled the angel by her hand, dragging her into the yard where most of the children played tag or hide and seek. The sun glittered on her skin, illuminating her pale white skin and eyes' almost translucent and ghostly. "I wanted to show you something," I explained, stopping in front of the Wammy house garden filled with flowers and vine like food. "This is the garden; many kids don't play around here unless they're helping with gardening, I thought you might like to fly here since here aren't many trees." I watched her stare blankly at a patch of strawberries, and the smile that hung by a thread on her lips was now gone. "What's wrong?"
Clover
Near took me out into the yard; the sun warm on my skin as children screamed and played around me. My sight improved slightly since last night, it made me happy that Near cared so much about me when I was frightened, I could see the outer edges of everything, even the small gate that enclosed the garden. He started to say something, but all I could notice was the person that toyed with a patch of strawberries; sprinkling fertilizer and water over the sad looking bunch, he looked up toward Near and I. The small smile that I possessed instantly disappeared; it was L. As he got up he smiled and dusted off his hands, walking toward us with the usual gait he had.
He approached me and grazed my cheek, smearing it with dirt as I stood slightly trembling. As he stepped back two white wings sprung from his back and gracefully took to the sky. Before I knew it I was flying with him on two white wings as well, dancing and spinning on the winds that carried us. L suddenly disappeared, and as something almost ran into me in a playful manor, L began to laugh. "Come play with me" he begged, flying upside-down underneath me blowing a gust of cherry breath in my face. I laughed, surprised at how strong my voice was. I was caught on a piece of wind that took me higher into the sky, the sun beating down on my back that gave me a feeling of how I used to fly like a newborn phoenix. L followed close behind, his laughter echoing through the sky, occasionally he would fly ahead of me and playfully dive-bombed me. "I love watching you fly." He whispered over the wind's howl. A warm feeling flooded my body as the words escaped his lips, a feeling so wonder-so beautiful in fact- that I began to sing. The wind sang with me, melodies and harmonies so glorious that I almost forgot how I longed for L.
Ever so slowly the bright blue sky appeared before me, revealing light fluffy clouds and L's smiling eyes. Everything was so bright; the greens of the trees dotting the landscape, the dark reds of flowers the garden provided, even the small white child that stood motionless below us. The child's smile was so charming as I landed harmlessly in the garden.
Near
Clover took to the sky quick as a dove, her wings pumping strong to gain more air under her slender body. Her flight started out frightening, making sharp turns and quick and brief stops knotted my stomach as if she would fall. Then after about an hour, she flew with the grace of a true angel, and she even began to sing. It was faint at first, barley a note high enough for the human ear to pick up, then almost as if the winds felt my yearning to hear her voice carry to the earth, it grew louder and melodious. As she landed, she landed next to the same patch of strawberries, and something was different about her, something that I could not easily put my finger on. As we walked inside, Clover popped a small strawberry into her open maw, throwing it in the air landing perfectly. No blind person could accomplish this easily, but as she looked over at me her gold brown eyes glittered with beauty.