Well I hope everyone's getting ready for the year to end! We made it through another prophecy that the world was gonna end! This is what… the 4th one? And it didn't come true either! XD And since I have so much time on my hands I can do whatever I want! So I hope you like this new chapter of this SplendidxFlaky fan fiction~! And my vacation's over… so back to school… ;w; I thought I would get more of the stories done, but I had house work to do… Sorry dear readers!
Another day of living with Splendid... it feels weird honestly, a boy and a girl living in the same dorm. I'm I the only one who sees a problem with this picture? It seems like others don't even notice. Giggles comes and goes as she pleases, bombarding Splendid with questions. Oddly enough, she always comes in holing a clip board and wearing glasses that are obviously not hers…
"So, what brought you here Splendid?" She had this giant smile on her mouth, extremely eager to find out more about him. I sighed and tried to keep reading my book, but she kept asking question every other second…
"What's your favorite food? Do you have any weaknesses? What do you like? What are your hobbies?" She just wouldn't stop until her room mate, Petunia, came back from swim practice. She just waltzed in and grabbed Giggles from behind.
"Oh, no go ahead! Come right in without knocking…." I said sarcastically. Petunia laughed and patted my head, and then she dragged Giggles out of the room kicking and screaming for more time. I put my bookmark on the page I had finished reading, set the book down, and immediately turned my laptop on. I tied my hair into a ponytail and put on my glasses, and no they didn't have lenses in them… I just put them on as a good luck charm. They… Were my dad's old reading glasses.
I went straight to my e-mail to see if my dad had sent me anything, unfortunately there was just a bunch of junk. I sighed and opened the last e-mail he sent me a month ago.
Flaky,
I know you can't forgive this old fool for abandoning you, but I had my reasons. Are you enjoying college? How long has it been since we last talked, 4 months? Work has me at the edge with reports so I don't think I'll be able to visit for Thanksgiving this year. I'm sorry baby, but this work is what's paying for you're tuition and dorm. I hope you'll understand one day when you have kids and have a job so you can keep them happy. I'm sure you're mother would be very proud to see the woman you've become, oh how she yell at me for leaving you so alone in this world… But believe me, when I make enough money, I'll buy us a house and we can live together, just like we did before.
Sincerely,
Daddy
That was the last e-mail I got from him before he went on his "business trip" a few months back. Ever since then I haven't heard from him, and I can't really hate him for what he did… He was the only family I had left in the world. My mother died in a car accident and she didn't have any siblings. My dad's brother was murdered in a bank robbery. So ever since he's been missing, I've felt alone in the world.
Suddenly Splendid tapped me on my shoulder and gave me a concerned look. I found myself in tears, so quickly I rubbed them away. How embarrassing, for Splendid to see me like this. Luckily he had closed the door right when Petunia dragged Giggles out of the room. I felt his breath on my neck as he was getting closer to me.
"Splendid stop." I got up quickly and walked towards the door. When I turned the knob, the door opened and hit me in the face. On the other side of the door, there was Handy, in casual clothes, for once.
"Oh god! I'm sorry Flaky! I just came to see if Splendid wanted to hang out…" Splendid and Handy helped me off the ground. I brushed the dirt off my clothes and took off my dad's glasses.
"Oh yeah, I'm free. Where we goin'?" Splendid put on his red shirt, and blue sweat pants and jacket. Handy brought him in close and they both started whispering to each other. They laughed a couple of times and then they remembered I was standing right in front of them. They stared at each other and then stared back at me with uncomfortable expressions.
"O-Oh sorry Flaky… Forgot you were there…"
"Oh! No, don't mind me, I'm just standing here in my room…" I said sarcastically. They both had uneasy looks. Splendid slowly backed away, and hand just bowed in apology and closed the door. I stuck my head out the open window and found the weather to be mildly warm with a cool breeze coming from the east. I stared at the distance, wondering if I'd ever see my father again, which brought tears to my eyes.
-Splendid P.O.V-
Just as Handy and I were just leaving the dorms, I felt something cold and wet fall onto my cheek. I don't remember the weather calling for rain, so when I looked up I saw Flaky crying, with her head out the window. This is the second time I've seen her crying, not even a sound came from her, she just stared out at the horizon and cried. I mean, even a super hero like me, couldn't find out why such a woman would cry.
"Hey Splendid, what's up? Worried about little Flaky?" Handy mocked me, walking backwards. "Don't Worry! She'll be fine! We'll just be gone for a little while!" He opened the door to the gym, which amazed me. Handy had no arms, which means he didn't have hands, so I thought it would be impossible for him to open doors or go on with everyday life. But he managed in the most amazing ways. He stomped his feet on the ground and stretched for a few minutes, we're having a contest to see who can run a mile in the shortest time.
"Are you ready? Or do you need a little time?" He smirked again. I could've out run him in a second without him even noticing, but since I'm trying to lay low I have to hold back. We both lined up at the starting line, both stretching so that we don't tense up.
"Ready? Set? GO!" Handy and I sprinted at the same pace, although I was holding back a bit. Well actually a lot, I wasn't even trying but I had to make it look like I was tired. It was hot while we were running so I was able to break a sweat, and I had to rush my breathing. I made sure that I was at least a step ahead of him.
"Whew! Man that was close! I was that close to falling behind!" I looked back at Handy and he was grinning while he laughed. I think I did pretty good acting like I was tired. Handy walked past me and drank from his water bottle. I sat on the floor of the track and looked over at the dorms to see if Flaky was still staring out her window. But instead she had a sketchpad and was looking in my direction. She noticed I was staring at her, so I grinned and waved. She instantly turned red and ducked out of view.
"Well, looks like someone's got a crush…" Handy nudged me mockingly, and I nudged him back. I honestly can't believe that I was actually fitting in with normal people, they don't know that I'm a super hero…
"Dude it felt like you were holding back on me!" We both sat down on the track bench.
"Ha! No way dude!" We shared a laugh and time went by. We walked back over to my dorm room. When I opened the door I saw that Flaky wasn't there. Her sketch book was on the counter, her laptop was open and her bed sheets were still messy. Something didn't seem right, at all.
'Help! Please someone help!' I heard a voice in the distance, which sounded exactly like Flaky's.I couldn't be sure, because she could just be out on a walk… I looked back at Handy and he gave me the exact same look of despair that I had. I knocked on Giggles' door continuously until she opened the door.
"Oh My God! What's up Splendid? Wanted to be asked more questions?" She laughed to herself until she saw my face.
"Giggles, did you see Flaky leave?!"
"Oh! Yeah, she left with some guys… They looked totally shady! I think they were twins? Oh! Shifty and Lifty!" Immediately I bolted out of the building and flew off in the direction of Flaky's voice. 'Damn it! Where is she?!' I looked everywhere, but then I heard someone chasing after 2 twins. A boy around my age, probably a year older, was running down the street.
"Hey! Did you see two twins with a red headed girl?" He looked at me in amazement but then knocked himself back to his senses. "Yeah, she was tied up… I'm chasing after them right now actually. They went into a warehouse about a block down from here…"
How could I have been such a fool! Why did I leave her alone for so long! Sh-She could be in serious danger! O-Or worse! They could be molesting her, or hurting her! After I found the warehouse I took a little peek inside. Those devious twins had her tied down to a chair… and she was blindfolded and only had her underwear on…
"Let her go you bastards!" I crashed in through the roof which surprised the twins, but they quickly recovered. Lifty took out a knife and put it against Flaky's neck and Shifty pointed a pistol directly at me.
"Not so fast hero… don't want anything bad to happen to the little miss now would you…?" He tapped the knife on her neck which caused her whimper in fear. Both of the twins grinned deceivingly. Shifty motioned for me to stand at the other side of the room, when all of a sudden Lifty started an argument.
"Why are you sending him to that corner?! It's too close to her!"
"Nah, He's far enough away."
"No he's not you idiot! Send him to the other side of the ware house god damnit!"
"What the hell for?!"
As they were arguing I saw my chance to take them both down at once and then save Flaky. Lifty removed the knife from her neck and Shifty hand pointed the gun to the ground. I quickly ran over and disarmed both of them and knocked them to the ground. Both of them had passed out from all the force I put into my attack. I rushed over to Flaky and tore the ropes from her wrists.
"Oh god, Flaky are you ok? They didn't hurt you did they…?" After I took off her blindfold she hugged me tight. She was shaking and her heart beat was accelerating. I could hear her silently sobbing as I tried to calm her down. I took of my jacket and put it around her so that not much of her skin was revealed.
"You're okay Flaky… I've got you…" I picked her up and slowly flew out of the hole in the ceiling. Flaky was still shaking but not as much as before, actually now she was napping. Having to go through something like that is probably nerve wracking to someone so frail. I know that she may not act like it, but she's actually really scared of the world…
"Splendid… Look…." Flaky was still half asleep but she pointed up to the night sky towards a pink tinted star. Her face seemed calm as she looked at it, along with the valleys of stars. Most of the lights were turned off due to a black out to save energy. Which made every star shine brighter than ever.
"That star… My dad said that if I look at that star, everything will be okay… Everything… will… be…okay…" Just then she fell asleep, her face looked relieved and brighter than before. Honestly she never did talk about her dad before. We were finally hovering over the school so I landed behind our dorm and went in through the back door. Luckily no one was awake so I was able to sneak Flaky back in before anyone noticed. I opened the door and set her down in her bed, trying not to look at her frail body. Then I remembered the moment when Flaky was sketching near her window. I picked up her sketchbook and opened the pages.
Each page had a self portrait of someone different. From what I saw all of the pages had portraits of Flaky's friends, but when I turned the page, I saw a sketch of me running. I was smiling and looked like I was enjoying myself. I don't really remember smiling when Handy and I were running, but Flaky had made it looked like I loved it. I turned the page to see if there was anything more. I found words on the next page, almost like notes?
Why, is he so unique? Could it be because of his super powers…? Or his personality…? I can't tell anymore, my mind is filled with him. I can't help but worry about him. Maybe I'm just that kind of person…? Or is it something more?
… Could it… be love?
That last part was scratched out in pencil, probably from embarrassment… She's been thinking about it too much, but that's what makes her special. I can't help but love that part about her, her personality just lures people in and makes them want to get to know her better. I sat next to her on her bed and petted her head, removing loose strands of hair from her face.
Why does she have to be something so fragile…? If she got hurt, I don't know what I'd do. If she were to get in trouble… I would always be there to save her. And with that I kissed her on the lips, to prove to myself that I truly love her.
GOSH I have school the next day… and I'm up at 10 minutes before midnight the day before! Well I'm just that dedicated to my readers! I'm trying to work on the other one but it's taking a while~ because of like family stuff, and then I had this idea for the 2nd chapter for this story and I HAD to work on it… but I can keep working on the other ones after I get home from school~ so Thanks for reading this chapter and I hope you guys review!
Splendid: … Awesome way to end the 2nd chapter
Me: Thank you, Thank you.
Flaky: How embarrassing….
Flippy:… Shown once… ONCE…. Meh I got the other story. ADIOS Bitches!
Me: -Facepalm-
