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Sun ( Reni and Iris [Sakura Taisen] )
Word Count: 174
Posted: 2003.6.24
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After squirming and twisting and yelping helplessly for fifteen minutes, Hund finally resigned himself to the fact that the hand on his leash was never going to let go, and that the scene before him (birds, birds, thousands of them!) was something he could never take part in.
Iris was standing near the shore, her hair spun gold under the sun, laughing as the birds drifted about her, fought for the throne of her shoulder, pecked at the birdseed she cupped in her palm. Hund hungrily took in the sunshine and the fowl, mournfully raised his eyes to his master, and whined.
His master was not even looking at him. "Hund," Reni softly said, "look at Iris. She's shining."
With a scream of laughter Iris showered the seed in the air, letting the birds ruffle her skirt, her hair, as they swept up to take the treat. In that sudden rain of feathers, Iris turned to smile at them, and for once Hund felt he understood.
She was the sun, and she was beautiful.
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