Disclaimer: Magical Starsign is by Brownie Brown. I only own the names I gave the Hero and Heroine.
Magical Starsign Kiss Meme
ChaixSemolina: Just one being...
"I am not appreciated!"
On the planet Gren in the village of Tropica, one Salamander-like Wood Mage happened to overhear the exclamation inside Durum's house. He recognized the voice as Semolina and found her near the door of the house.
The comment was nothing new to her. To Chai, however, it was somewhat new. "Semolina?" Chai began.
She turned to him. "I heard you say something to yourself," he began. "When we first met Durum, I saw you getting...er...pushed around by him. Does this happen often?"
The Felin's eyes widened when the question hit her hard. Anger she had long festered and kept hidden came to a boil.
"Every. Single. Day," she fumed. "I do the best I can to watch Farina and be with her! I can't help it if I turn away for one second and she's either gone or hurt! Master Durum, though...when he gets the news about it, he always yells at me for being careless! Always!"
"I told you never to leave Farina's side!" Master Durum's voice drilled into her head, the tone angry and appalling.
"It hurts me...too much for me to bear..." Semolina continued, feeling a warm liquid form in her eyes. "But I told myself I had to be strong for Farina's sake. So I just kept everything I felt hidden...until now, that is."
There was a brief moment of silence on Chai's part while Semolina took a few deep breaths to calm down.
"Um...I don't normally like to talk about this, but for a while, I felt like I wasn't appreciated as well," Chai began.
He exhaled with a feeling of release, easing the reins of control he had on his magical aura. Semolina saw a green light fade in and cover the outline on his body. It was particularly strong and radiant due to the fact that Gren was currently under the light of Wood magic, and the forests were giving off a similar green aura.
"As you know, I am a magician, but I'm also one of the Salamanders," Chai explained, the aura fading back into his body. "When I first started to receive training for my powers, the other mages called me weird due to my magic and the fact that I speak proper English. The other Salamanders did the same when I first encountered them in the present day."
"But then I was signed up into Will-O'-Wisp Academy and met Nix and I-er, Nicholas and Isabelle," Chai corrected hastily.
"'Nix and..." Semolina began.
"Isa. My friends and I usually address them by their nicknames. Anyway, when I met them, they were happy to meet me, happy that I was a mage like them. They gave me support during the entrance exam and now look at me: I'm out here on an adventure."
He looked up at the sky for a brief moment, wondering if any of his friends or Miss Madeline was still thinking of him. After that, he turned to her.
"I know that it's tough on you," Chai said. "But if there's just one being out that appreciates you for who you are, or, in your case, your efforts, then you'll probably feel a lot happier. Am I right?"
"Why do you say that?" the Felin asked.
"Because I think you're being a great friend to Farina," he answered with a small smile.
She let out a small gasp while the love and affection in that answer touched her once miserable heart. Allowing herself a moment to give off a genuine smile, she wiped away the tears that were springing to life from her eyes. "Thank you, Chai..." she thanked.
The lizard-like mage received quite the surprise when she kissed him in between his mouth and eyes. She went off to go see if Farina was still in her father's place.
In the distance, a boy with brown hair and blue eyes smiled at this. Chai looked up and waved to his friend, as this was Nix, the person who helped him appreciate who he was.
'Way to go, pal,' Nix congratulated mentally, Chai going up to him.
