Hello stranger~ :3
So I'm back again with another chapter, yayyyyyy!
If someone had told me I would get so much positive feedback on the first chapter, I swear I would've smacked them in the face and told them they were crazy.. And every single review I got made me so incredibly happy, I can't even describe the feeling it gave me :)
So for everyone who left a review or even read the first chapter in general: Thank you so SO much, it means so much to me. You are now officially awesome-sauce! Have a cookie, you deserve it, you wonderful creature!
So I'll shut up now, because you came here to read the story and not my words...
I hope you'll like it! ^.^
''Mommy mommy! Can I go play outside with Ejnar? Pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease?'' a hyperactive boy named Mathias yelled cheerfully as he sprinted down the stairs, with his always loyal stuffed dog called Ejnar in his short pale arms. He had eyes as big as oranges and seemed to be jumping on a trampoline instead of just the solid floor. He ran into his mother, Freja, and hugged her leg while looking up at her with the most adorable twinkle in his eyes you could have imagined. How could you say no to those eyes?
Freja chuckled and nodded. ''But stay in sight, okay Mattie? I want to be able to see you from here, can you do that for me?'' she asked him kindly, her voice sounding like a soft summer breeze. Calm, and basically liquid gold. It remembered Mathias of the song she'd sing for him when he was little - …well.. Littler.. [Yes, I may be a little obsessed with HTTYD… :3] - and he couldn't sleep.
For a moment, he sank deeper into his thoughts with a bright smile on his face when he thought of how lucky he was to have a mother as sweet as his. She never complained, she never hurt him like his father did, she cared for him even if she wasn't in the condition to, she stayed with him when he couldn't sleep because of the evil monsters under his bed and shared every single moment with him, even if she actually didn't have the time to. She'd always given him the care, attention and - above all - love he never got from his father. She put his needs before her own, because without her little boy, she had nothing left to live for. He was everything she cared about. If someone gave her the choice to let her son get hurt, or chopping her leg off, she wouldn't even have to think about it.
Here's a leg for you. Do you need another one?
And all the love she had given Mathias day after day, year after year, had always been returned by the little blond boy. Every day she wondered if she had received an angel as her son, because to her, that is what Mathias was. An angel that accidentally found itself on Earth and had chosen to stay with her, because he was all the support she needed to be happy.
Mathias let go of his mother's leg and flashed her a bright smile. ''Okay, Mommy, I will,'' he chirped and ran outside with Ejnar.
Freja shook her head and grinned while she glanced out of the window to make sure Mathias stayed in sight. That boy had so much energy.. It suited him well, though. Now that Mathias was happily running outside, trying to pet the bunnies out there, she had some time to unpack without the little tornado of positivity running into all the furniture and possibly hurting himself.
In a soft voice, she started singing a song that she'd sung for Mathias so many times throughout the years.
Bånet legges i vuggen ned
Som'tid gråte, som'tid le
She continued singing the song in silence while unpacking the few things they owned. She'd have to ask Mathias if he wanted to go to IKEA with her to buy new furniture later.
~0o0~
''It's fine, lille ven [''Little friend'' in Danish], I'm not going to hurt you,'' Mathias spoke in a soft voice. The bunny studied him with her big brown eyes and her ears all the way up, pointing to the sky. Miraculously, when Mathias slowly stretched his arm out towards the bunny, it sat perfectly still. So they sat there for a few minutes, both staring at each other, expecting the other to make a move first. Mathias knew the bunny would get scared and run away if he made any sudden movements, so he didn't move at all. He barely dared to breathe or blink. The furry animal just sat there in silence, staring right into his eyes. There was something quite eerie about the way the normally so shy animal chose to just stare at his, but Mathias didn't question it. After all, it was just a cute little ball of adorable furriness. Mathias flashed a kind smile at the bunny, as if he attempted to show the small animal he only wanted to pet it, not harm it. The bunny finally scooted closer when curiosity finally struck. Mathias sat perfectly still while the animal got closer and closer.
Just when the bunny got close enough to pet it, the animal looked around quickly and then ran away. Mathias, disappointed that even his kind approach didn't work, got up slowly and followed the bunny, that had disappeared between the trees of what seemed like a small forest. For a moment, he completely forgot about what he promised his mother and just followed the path. After about twenty seconds, he could faintly make out a sound he would've described as the most beautiful noise he had ever heard. A slow, almost hypnotizing melody reached his ears through the forest. As Mathias walked on, the melody got louder and louder, until the boy finally reached the source of the sound.
About 15 meters away from him stood a boy. He was somewhat shorter than Mathias and seemed about a year younger. His back was turned towards Mathias and in his hands he held an almost magical looking violin. He took a few small steps towards the strange boy, who didn't seem to notice him yet, to look at how the boy played the melody. Despite his young age, Mathias doubted he'd ever heard anyone play the instrument better than this stranger.
It was then that he spotted the bunny, hidden in the grass, looking at the violinist with its enormous eyes, looking almost hypnotized.
Mathias couldn't help it. He had to see the angel playing this magical melody.
''Hello..?'' he asked awkwardly, realizing he'd have to speak in Norwegian with the boy, since he didn't expect the other to speak Danish at all.
The boy stopped playing and slowly turned around to see who called out to him. He muttered something that sounded like a greeting and looked at the other boy with a look that could best be described as emotionless.
Mathias suddenly felt somewhat embarrassed. The boy in front of him looked like nothing less than an angel. His hair looked like silk, his eyes were as blue as the ocean and his skin was as pale as snow. He became so lost in his thoughts, he almost dropped Ejnar, but he managed to snap out of it just in time.
''S-Sorry.. I didn't mean to disturb you… I ehm… Wanted to say your music sounds very pretty…'' Mathias muttered. If he hadn't been totally lost in the boys eyes, which completely refused to look at his own, he would've sworn he'd seen a slight blush on the pale boy's cheeks.
The Norwegian boy looked at the violin in his hands for a moment. ''Thank you..'' he muttered and tried to think of a way he wouldn't have to speak any more than he already did.
''I'm Mathias,'' the taller boy chirped out of the blue and reached out a hand, just like adults did when they greeted each other. His mother always told him to greet others politely, smile at them, look them in the eyes and shake their hands, so that's exactly what he did. The other looked up at him and managed to smile a little. It wasn't that cold, but Mathias could just feel goosebumps rushing over his skin and the butterflies in his stomach. He practically froze and just stared back into the most beautiful thing - or.. Things, actually.. - he'd ever seen in his short life.
The Norwegian boy shook the other's hand. ''Lukas,'' he said in a soft voice.
Lukas… Lukas… Lu-kas… L-u-k-a-s…
He could repeat the name over and over again, he wanted to write it down and trace the trails of the letters. A beautiful name, for a beautiful angel…
Ahhh dat ending...
I really hope you enjoyed my little chapter and I hope to see you in the next one :3
As always, if you have a little time to spare, please leave me a review to tell me how I did, if I made any mistakes when it comes to Danish or Norwegian translation [One awesome unicorn already reached out to me, thank you so much for that!] or to just leave a casual comment. I will reply to most of them if I can.. If I don't, I probably just didn't know what to say bc I'm an awkward person...
Anyways, I hope I'll see you in the next chapter.
Now go forth, you wonderful unicorn and have a wonderful day!
