Rin and Shiemi fans! write some stories! Demon Mates will end soon! and by how rediculously long these chapters are taking, very soon...but i will try to keep it going a bit longer but don't expect much.
this is a sequel/ongoing of Eidolon
Promise: a vow to always keep close, a vow that will always secure and will be remembered.
Shiemi bent down, gently easing the flower before the tombstone before rearing back, and staring at it and the other next to it; feeling more alone than she has ever been in her life. Her mother has joined her grandmother, leaving this world for the next.
It was something she was expecting, for a long time with her mother's poor health and constant smoking, they both knew what was on the way. While her mother accepted it, Shiemi was still struggling to grasp it. Her father was never with them and her own mother passed away, never mind that her daughter was still around, clinging to nothing except the garden her grandmother adored when her own mother couldn't reach back out to her, to join her.
She felt more than saw a presence draw near, someone taller casting her in shadows as they both stared down at the grave.
"Did you know her?" she asked aloud, not even bothering to look up to see who joined her, not particularly caring at the moment.
"No," came the rumble at her side, sounding deeper and rougher than any man's voice Shiemi's heard... not that she knew many. She almost looked up to see what this man looked like, but her eyes stayed on the grave, her mind swimming around the last of her family that had left her alone.
Now a stranger's even come to offer her comfort, giving her more than her mother ever did. Feeling his warmth so near, she unconsciously leaned over, closer to the soothing warm that came from him. She would have jumped naturally when their shoulders brushed; but at the moment, as soon as their shoulders touched, she slumped against the stranger, trembling. A strong, firm arm came around and wrapped over her torso, steadying her against the towering body next to her.
Like a click, Shiemi broke down.
Her body curled into his, burying her face in her chest, her fingers curling around his clothes as she shook, choking sobs filling the still grave air. Through it all, he kept a firm grip, lightly resting his cheek against her messy blonde hair, breathing in the scent of earth, flowers, and now salt as wet tears stained his shirt as the smaller being pressed against him, smearing her face against his chest, her breathe easily weaving through the cotton.
Purring slightly, he nuzzled her reassuringly, the vibrations spreading out and seeping into her, calming her in a pleasant hum as she cried it all out till only exhaustion took hold of her. When she nearly slumped against him, he wrapped his arms around her and held her securely against him, staring down at the tired, tear stained face. She blinked up at him swimming green eyes before they fell closed and she leaned into his warmth, still shaking slightly as her fingers gripped his shirt.
Without a word, he turned, disappearing into the air and reappearing in her room, gently setting her down on her bed and covering her. Even after so many years, she was still so dependent. She was strong enough to stand on her own, but during hardships, she still needed someone. Today made it quite evident. She couldn't be left alone, she wasn't ready to be left alone.
Turning around, he raised his hand and a blue flare of fire came out of the ground, dispersing and revealing a black and grey cat with horns and big green eyes peering up at him with eager curiosity.
"Stay with her," he instructed, pointing down at the blonde.
Blinking up curiously at him, the demon cat tilted its head, eyeing the blonde curled up in the bed before it smiled broadly. Leave it to me! the cat purred proudly, jumping over and instantly making himself comfortable next, purring loudly in delight. His master smiled down at the sight before he disappeared in a flare of blue fire.
if there's one thing that bugged me was shiemi and her mother's relationship; what was it that really set them off? shiemi's mother trying to force her daughter away from the garden? was their relationship bad before that lead to it? was her mother hardly around for her daughter?
i would have liked it if they added more to it or something along those lines, personally i felt shiemi's problems to be weak compared to everyone else, and though its good to not have everyone having a drastic depressing and dark past, don't make it that just one person does.
i don't know, anyway, i felt like an angsty chapter
anyway, to explain some things, rin's being keep an occasional eye on shiemi through her life and hasn't appeared since she was a little kid, so in her mind, he was probably her imaginary friend; one's that still around and is acting like a guardian angel you could say. there was more to this chapter originally, but it didn't fit with the rest so it was cut down to this length.