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NOTE: HAS BEEN REWRITTEN!! Oh, um, Hikari doesn't say she "killed" her parents. Instead, she cries because the night reminds her of their deaths.
Chapter 4
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Hikari shivered in the cold darkness. Thunder boomed and lightning flashed, scaring Finn and making the night seem gloomy. Tears began to form on her eyes as she remembered the night her parents died. Sure, they were drunken fools...but deep inside, the brunette knew that they loved her and her sisters. They died by driving too quickly on a stormy day like this, getting presents for her. They weren't drunk then, but it was the speed of the car is what drove them to their death. She could only remember so much before the incident.
'I want a lot of presents!' a small and selfish Hikari cried out, flailing her arms, since this was her birthday today, and she wanted many presents. She puffed out her cheeks angrily. 'Hurry! If not, then I will be sad! Pleeeeeaaaaaaase???'
They had sped off, and Hikari sat on the window seat of their apartment, waiting for them the come back. They never did. Only rain and thunder came, the only thing giving her a visit.
'They had the backseat full of presents...' someone had said as Hikari and her sisters visited their parent's grave. Hikari felt a stab of pain somewhere in her chest. A tight knot was about to explode in her stomach.
They died because of me.
Hikari was asleep now, crying as Finn timidly tried to comfort her as she slept.
Since Finn couldn't do anything that actually helped, and also since the thunder became louder, he started to cry with her.
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Small sniffling noises caught Wizards attention. "What is wrong?"
Just more sniffling noises erupted from the darkness. Then bawling. Wizard stood up from his desk and walked to his couch, where he saw a tear stained Hikari and a bawling Finn.
"Are you afraid...?" he leaned down to the sleeping Hikari. He placed his hand on her forehead. Finn began to nod, and cover himself in the cushions on the piece of furniture. Wizard ignored Finn, and placed his hand over her eyes.
"A storm is nothing to be...afraid of." Wizard said in calm sentences. Hikari nodded, whimpering. The exotic haired man sighed exhaustingly.
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I'm dreaming...I'm dreaming....
I'm dreaming...?
Half asleep, Hikari nodded as Wizard talked to her. "This is not about the storm, no?" he asked her curiously. He stared at her frowning face keenly. Hikari closed her eyes tightly, blushing. She nodded.
"What is wrong then?"
"I..." Hikari's voice was raspy from crying. "This reminds me of my parent's death..." she began, starting to blubber. Her arms wrapped around his neck, and breathed in, inhaling the sharp scent of coffee and herbs. An odd combination, but pleasing. Her breaths began to slow down, and so did her tears.
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Feeling a slight daze fill his mind like a fog, he began to feel dizzy as questions and commands appeared into his mind one after another. She had first told him that this night had reminded her of her loved one's death, and now she was crying on him and holding him so...intimately. He was astonished for a second, and felt like he was dreaming. Snapping out of it, he cautiously wrapped his arms around Hikari's waist. His eyes closed slowly, savoring a moment he thought he wasn't capable of.
Hikari stopped sobbing, and looked up at Wizard. Wizard looked back down at her in the dark.
In a fast moment, their lips were touching, a soft, cherry blossom kiss that made his insides flutter like birds wings. The feeling was better than never having to worry about things like sadness and pain.
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She might as well do it. It was a dream anyways. She might as well savor this sweet moment and seal it with a greeting of lips. As the kiss lasted on for the next few seconds, Hikari broke away, a blush that even a blind person could see in the dark starting to spread onto her face. "I...I..." Hikari looked up, blushing even her head to the side, she mumbled,"...sorry..."
She started to shake, remembering what she had told him earlier.
"I...I...don't mind if you..." she started to tremble like a rabbit that was being prayed on."...despise..." she mumbled the word, but of course Wizard still heard it. "...me for kissing...you..." she begn to shake a bit, fearing words that might come from his mouth, and to the brunette's surprise, she felt him shift and hold her tightly. "...It...matter...past....." Wizard mumbled into her silky hair. Hikari, with fresh tears running down her face, looked up with eyes wide with shock onto green and gold one's that were filled with a soft kindness. "The past doesn't matter to me...even if...it has to to with your loved ones...what you should think about is the present..." he said slightly louder.
Hikari looked up at him and cried some more into his chest. She cried because she lost people so dear to her in the past, because she held all of this inside of her small heart, because he was so loving towards her, and because he push her away when she told him about her parents, or when she kissed him.
She was falling in love with the Wizard who didn't know she loved him.
She cried some more, knowing this was all a dream...her...Wizard...their love that she selfishly made in this corrupted dream. Just to let her heavy conscious sigh in relief in this short but sweet moment.
Pushing the Wizard away, she turned away from him and bolted out the door, leaving Finn.
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Hikari pushed out his grasp and he stared as she ran out of his house.
He stood up and ran after her, not wanting her to be out of his grasp, even for a few seconds.
Lightning flashed as he ran out, looking for her. He spotted her, falling in the middle of the road.
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"Wake up!!" Hikari cried out, her tears masked by the harsh rain. Lightning flashed, making her look up. "Wake up!! Wake up!" she continued to scream out as she collapsed in the middle of the road. "Let...me...wake up..." she said weakly, weakness from crying and cold wetness she felt over came her, and she fainted. Before her sight became black, though, she had a glimpse of the Wizard, his silver hair plastered to his apprehensive face.
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The brunette he had been fussing over was wet, and unconscious on his couch. He had dried her up slowly with a towel, hugging her cold body against his warm one to keep her comfortable. He hugged her in her sleep, breathing in her intoxicating scent--he couldn't get enough. His eyes glimpsed up at the ceiling as he thought, What are feelings that tear you apart, yet bring you together with bonds that seem to last forever, never breaking...?
The two fell asleep, him holding her close, until morning...
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Waking up and feeling groggy, Hikari yawned, feeling slightly shameful from her dream about the Wizard.
Yet she couldn't help but feel so warm, inside and outside--
She felt soft breaths on her neck and froze. Finn was too small to breath like this. Someone held her waist tightly, and she began to blush uncontrollably."What the...?!" she shouted as she jumped out her comfortable position on the couch to see the Wizard, who was still sleeping soundly, looking innocent.
"The...Wizard...he...slept...me...?!" Hikari mumbled to herself, feeling dizzy again. She remembered what happened in her 'dream' last night. They kissed.
"I...I...we....WE KISSED?!?!" Hikari yelled, alerting Wizard and Finn, and probably everyone of Castanet.
"You are...awake......" Wizard said sleepily, rubbing one of his eyes. "Can you make me...coffee...?" he asked the blushing girl. Hikari nodded briskly, still blushing, and still feeling dizzy. Her feet made soft, solid noises as she ran to his cabinet, bringing out a rather large container of coffee. Hikari help but feel like she was in denial.
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As soon as she finished, though, she handed it to him and ran off, with Finn in stow. Since it seems like the fates hates her, they decided that the Wizard should catch up to her, and pin her to the floor before she could get out.
"Leave...me...alone!!" Hikari cried out, trying to struggle from him. He didn't budge. " I won't, miss Hikari. Not until you tell me why..."
Hikari stopped for moment, not understanding. Wizard looked down on her, his silvery bangs covered his eyes.
"...Why...do I feel this way..?" he asked her, a light blush forming on his tan skin.
"I-I'm sorry for last night..!!" The shy brunette cried out, struggling some more. "Don't be..." Wizard said softly as his lips met with hers in another, soft kiss.
After few seconds, their kiss became something a little more passionate, and Hikari broke away, needing air. "Forgive me, miss Hikari..." Wizard said, looking slightly confused. Why was he kissing her? She probably didn't remember the night before.
"No...just..." Hikari looked up at him, her blush gone.
"W-W-W-WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?! %$&!!!! $#%?!?" Finn cried out cutting them off, the last few words unidentifiable. "Why are you harassing her?!"
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"What happened back there...?" Finn asked slyly. "Why was he...harassing...you?"
"H-he wasn't harrasing me...!!"
"Uh-huh. Suuuuure."
"Finn!!"
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Did this chapter go by too quickly??? I'm sorry if it did....I got stuck on a few places...... thanks for reading!!