Yume no Shinden (Temple of Dreams)
Night 3 – Mochizuki (Full Moon)
Pairing: Benkei x Yoshitsune
Rate: T
Warning: Male x Male Relationships, AU, OC, OOC
I'm really sorry for the wait T^T been stuck in the office lately.
He is the full moon, at least for Benkei. Little by little, Yoshitsune had penetrated the darkness in his heart. It's already been seven nights passed since they met in this dream, and always in the same scenery of Heian-Kyō. Every time they met they are just talking about light things or even Benkei would just close his eyes to enjoy the fue Yoshitsune played until he awakens in his monastery's chamber the next morning. There is so little he knows about this young man, but he couldn't ask more for now.
"I heard this time is a good season for fishing." Yoshitsune opened the conversation.
"Then shall we go fishing?" invited Benkei.
The young man laughed lowly, but rather sadly. "I can't go, you know."
"Why?"
Yoshitsune bit his lower lip slightly. He averted his face from Benkei before he suddenly the air around him changed and he exclaimed, "Look Benkei! I'll show you a good place."
Without asking any further, Benkei saw Yoshitsune tip his forefinger in the air. The scenery evaporated into the wind and turns into a brighter scenery of some market place beside a clear-watered river. There stood a blooming sakura tree on the river bank, an empty stable, and an empty peddler's stand across the river.
"I don't know where this place is exactly. I only passed this street once, but at the moment I peeked at it through the curtain, I fell in love with this place. I really want to go there once again someday. I bet… the fish in this river are really good." He explained with a held enthusiasm.
'curtain?' Benkei muttered in his heart.
"Yoshitsune-dono, did you pass this street in a carriage?" He asked.
"Well, yes."
Benkei lowered his head in thought. 'He must be a son of nobility. Only nobles ride in a carriage. Who is he truthfully?'
But Benkei didn't dare to speak his mind out, not yet. On one side, he's very happy that there is a person who honestly isn't scared of him! But on the other side, he is also curious about this young man who suddenly appeared in his dream and claimed that their dreams are connected with each other.
"Benkei?" Yoshitsune called.
"Ah! Yes?" The monk jolted slightly.
"Is there something on your mind?" The look on Yoshitsune's face was concerned.
The monk shook his head slowly, "Nothing you have to be concerned about, Yoshitsune-dono."
"Is that so!"
"Yoshitsune-dono, I'm actually quite familiar with this place."
"Is that true, Benkei? You know this place!"
Strangely though, when Yoshitsune turned his face was more cheerfully and it had a direct reaction into Benkei's heart. Also, at the time Yoshitsune's gaze looked empty or even sadness in his eyes, it stings Benkei's heart painfully.
He nodded firmly. "It's still around Kyō. If you wish it, I'll take you there anytime you want."
Again. His chest feels tight.
"I… "
"Yoshitsune-dono?"
The young man exhaled, he obviously looked like he was trying hard to make a smile. "Someday." He said then. "Take me there someday, Benkei."
Suddenly the scenery changed. It evaporated back to the night time of Heian-Kyō. The full moon that lightened the bridge earlier is gone, like it was hiding the somber face Benkei saw slightly on his destiny's face.
Tsukuyomi. His throne is still gracing the sky when Benkei opened his eyes.
Benkei sat on a huge stone at one field in the monastery, staring at the sky. He saw Yoshitsune's face reflected on the full moon.
"I promise I will take you there, Yoshitsune-dono." He muttered. "I want… to know everything about you."
"I will make you smile more." He lowered his head, clenching at his chest. "I…"