Hello! I'm back from the non-updating-slash-writer's-block period. This would probably not have much of an update since it's just a little one-shot, but nevertheless better than nothing! Happy reading!
Chapter 3: Cliff and Mirage
She kills me, heck she kills anyone who messes with her. She's mature, beautiful and reliable. She's been with me almost the whole way, as I've been with her. So she knows me best, and I…well, I can't be sure if I know her best. Maybe I haven't been noticing her much.
Or maybe I'm such a strange person that she notices my habits so easily.
"You are unique, a little hard to understand but a good person." She told me once when I asked her how she thought of me. This happened when Steeg and Lieber called me crazy just because I gave Maria a red rose. I don't have any idea why I gave her the rose anyway, I found it in my room and I just spotted Maria outside so I gave it to her.
I know roses mean love, but it could mean sibling love or something right?
"No, it doesn't mean sibling love, Cliff. It means love for someone you feel deeply." Mirage said, as we were walking in the corridor of our new spaceship. "The love between a man and a woman, not a brother to a sister."
I sighed. "Well no wonder Steeg and Lieber called me crazy." I said. "They should at least understand that I am a complex character, like you described me."
Mirage looked at me with her usual gentle smile. Sometimes, just sometimes, I sort of see little sparkles around her when she smiles. Especially when she's talking to Fayt…but that blue haired dude is always talking to her about some technology or space or us Klausians.
"By the way…I was the one who put the red rose in your room." Mirage said. "I received it from my old friend when I went back to Klaus. He told me to keep it, even though I rejected him." She said.
I was slightly surprised and uncomfortable. "So why put it in my room?" I asked. Does this mean that Mirage has feelings for...
"I thought you could give it to someone you love." She said. "I suppose you weren't so informed on the meanings of roses so you gave it to Maria. Well at least she could give it to someone she loves." Mirage said, almost completely shattering my hopes.
"Really…if I knew the proper meaning of the rose, then I would've mistaken it." I said. "Aren't roses expensive?" I asked.
Mirage shook her head. "I think it's at an average price, besides, they sell these roses on Earth." She said.
"Oh." I said.
After that, we went separate ways even though I don't have much to do. I went to Maria to explain things about the rose and how I didn't understand the meaning of a red rose very clearly. "So you could give that to someone like Fayt."
Maria blushed and put up a nonchalant expression. "Why don't you give Mirage a red rose?" She asked.
I laughed. "I think I'll give her something more meaningful." I said.
Discreetly and sneakily I went to Mirage's room, placing a lavender rose on Mirage's table, and a small little card explaining the meaning of the rose…you know, in case she doesn't know. I didn't, until the florist told me. Now I would just wait, because I have nothing else to do other than wait for her reply.
Mirage walked into her room for a nap when she spotted the lavender rose on her table. She picked it up and then the card. 'A lavender rose means love at first sight. In case you didn't know. -Cliff'
She smiled.
The following evening, I went back to my room and unexpectedly, saw a red rose on my table. A small card was next to it. 'Well, you know the meaning of this rose now, and thank you for the rose earlier. -Mirage.'
Heh. Isn't this sweet.
Author's Notes: Um...short, I know. Very short. But this would (might) be the last chapter in this story anyway. I need to update the rest of my unfinished stories, as well as make a sequel for one story which I recieved a lot of requests to make a sequel.
