Prompt #6 "I just like proving you wrong."


"I still stand by that this is an awful idea."

"Seconded."

"Well unfortunately, my will overrides both of you, so let's go."

Shingo groaned as the group edged further along the ledge. Yuto slowly and carefully followed after him, careful to make sure he didn't fall down below. While Tsukikage had promised to catch them if they should fall, Yuto preferred not to take his chances.

Serena continued to lead the way down the ledge, moving quickly and boldly, somehow showing no fear of the immense height they were at. The purple haired girl quickly made it across the precarious section they were currently over and reached a slightly wider ledge where she stopped to wait for the rest of the group.

Unfortunately, Yuto was stuck behind Shingo, who moved slower than a snail, edging verryyyyy slowly along the ledge, shaking like a thin tree in a fierce windstorm with his eyes clamped shut. Behind Yuto was Sora, who seemed to be okay with the height and was still sucking away at his lollipop as always. Finally, at the back of the line was Tsukikage, who was alert as always, ready in case someone fell off the ledge.

Eventually, the group reached the same ledge as Serena and stopped to take a breather. Yuto looked over at Serena, who looked just as full of energy as when they started. How was beyond Yuto, since his arms and legs felt like jello after that climb.

"Serena, this still seems like a really bad idea…" Yuto wearily said, gesturing downwards. "What if one of us falls?"

"Tsukikage will catch you." Serena said matter of factly. Yuto also noted she had said "you" instead of "us".

"But what if…" Yuto took a glance at Tsukikage, and then lowered his voice slightly. "You know…he…doesn't catch us…?"

Serena frowned.

"He will," she said "He's saved me before from much worse odds, and I trust that he'll do it now."

Yuto blinked. Serena had said that with so much conviction Yuto almost believed her without question.

Almost

"But if he didn't-"

Yuto interrupted his own sentence with a gasp as Serena flung herself off the ledge. In an instant, Tsukikage flew forward, quickly grabbing onto Serena's leg and pulling her back up before she even got a few feet away.

"Be careful." Tsukikage warned Serena gently before walking back over to lean on the wall. Serena smirked as she walked back over to Yuto, who was doing a very good impression of a fish currently.

"B-b-but…but wh-why?" Yuto managed to stammer out as Serena walked over to the ledge and prepared herself to continue onwards.

"To show you that he'd catch us." Serena explained dryly.

"Yes, I understood that!" Yuto exclaimed in shock. "But I believed you!"

Serena shrugged, a playful grin on her face.

"I just like proving you wrong."