Couple: Kish X Zakuro

Rating: K+

Description: Kish sits and talks with Zakuro in the park, they talk about life and loss. He is able to open her heart...

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"Every time you don't follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, and a sense of spiritual deadness."

-Shakti Gawain

It was around 4pm. The sky was overcast and it had been raining on and off all day long. It was rather glum and dark outside. No sunlight seemed to peer through the clouds.

A certain green haired alien quietly flew above a forest. For whatever reason, he had felt like being alone that day. It was not love, nor remorse he felt, he just wanted time to think. Tart had been driving him crazy on the ship, and Pai was no where to be found.

It had been a year since the final battle. No longer did Kish love Ichigo. She was still happy with Masaya and he accepted it. No longer did he go visit her, nor seek her attention. He had changed quite a bit since the final fight.

Kish flew above the trees, seeing a clearing up ahead, he decided to stop and walk. He stepped lightly down on the cobblestone path and walked alongside a small lake. There was an old rod iron fence around it, and a single tree on the water's edge. A bench also sat near the tree, and he noticed there was a person underneath the large tree. It was a woman, she was leaned on the fence, her arms over the top of it. Her gaze seemed to be toward the pond.

This woman wasn't wearing any sort of raincoat, she had a soaked navy blue shirt, and a red and blue plaid skirt. Her entire body was soaked, the legwarmers on her calf's seemed to droop from the weight of the water. A black baggy hat sat upon her head. But Kish knew this person within a few seconds. This mew was Zakuro Fujiwara.

Her long violet hair gave her away. The alien quietly walked up behind her and stood a few feet away. Sprinkles daintily falling down on the two.

"What?" Zakuro asked coldly, hearing footsteps approaching.

"Hey."

Kish replied calmly, smiling at her cold demeanor. The former mew turned around and looked into his bright eyes.

"What are you doing out here?" She asked smoothly, not giving a hint of emotion on her face. Kish chuckled,

"I could ask you the same thing. But to answer your question, I'm just taking a walk. Getting some time to think. You?"

The violet haired mew sighed and turned back to her original position, "Yeah, I just came out to think."

The green haired alien walked up next to her and leaned against the fence like she was. Both of them looking out on the water. "You know, you spend a lot of time out here thinking." Kish observed looking across the glassy water.

Zakuro nodded and looked at her hands, "I know. It's peaceful out here."

The two sat in silence for a long while, the little pitter-patter of rain hitting the pond seemed louder than ever. Eventually Kish broke the silence,

"I was wondering if you'd do me the honor of answering a personal question?" He asked looking over at the wolf girl. Zakuro sighed and glanced over at him,

"What is it?"

Kish weakly smiled, "I was wondering- You always seem like you like being alone, yet I see it in your eyes that you don't want to be alone."

Zakuro stared at him for a second, "Was that a question?"

He chuckled, "Well, I was just going to ask why is that?"

The girl looked back out onto the water, "I've always wanted to seclude myself from others. Ever since I was young. When my father died, I had no one. He was killed because he didn't listen to me. But I don't want to talk about it."

Kish felt a cold chill run down his spine, "That's really sad Zakuro. I never woulda' guessed." He looked down at the water, pondering. Over the course of that year, Kish had matured greatly. His hair was a bit longer, and his personality more calm.

"Well I think that's the answer then!" Kish said with a chuckle. Zakuro sighed,

"Answer to what?"

"Why you like being so alone. You don't trust men."

Zakuro felt herself almost smile, "You are trying to counsel me now?"

Kish laughed again and ran his hand through his now soaked hair, "Ha- In a way I guess I was. But lemme' tell you this-"

Zakuro stared intently on the alien, interested in what he had to say. Kish continued,

"You don't trust men because your father didn't listen to you. So I guess it would be human nature to assume that no man would ever listen to you."

Zakuro's cold expression didn't falter, but on the inside she was hurting. Kish somehow knew what he was talking about, and it was tearing her up. The two fell into a dead silence once again, and the rain began to fall harder. It was now pouring down, the loud rain was all the two could hear now.

The wolf girl felt her heart ache, she knew that Kish was right. She didn't ever trust men. So in turn, she began to trust no one. Her throat tightened, how could this alien upset her so easily. Never had she felt like this before. Zakuro felt like crying. She had shut off her emotions for so long, it was all catching up to her.

Kish looked down at the ground, he knew he upset her.

"Look, Zakuro, I know that feeling. After I died for Ichigo- I felt like nothing would ever be enough. So I've stayed lonesome for this passed year, and I now realize, that secluding myself from everyone just made me hurt on the inside, and I also hurt the ones around me. I don't want to do that anymore. And I don't think you do either. Everyone is afraid of being vulnerable, but it's necessary to be that way when you're getting close to someone."

Hot tears ran down Zakuro's cheeks as she stared at the alien. She didn't make any sort of sad face, nor expose any emotion. She just let the tears fall down her face.

The alien continued to look down, "I didn't mean to upset you."

He was immediately thrown off when she carefully wrapped her arms around him and hugged him. Kish absent-mindedly returned the hug, she had her head down on his shoulder,

"Thank you Kish."

Zakuro gently released him and turned away, she walked off into the rain, leaving Kish to his thoughts. Kish felt his face get hot, he watched her disappear into the rainy afternoon.

It's a wonderous thing, opening another's heart, and somehow, Kish was able to open up the coldest of frozen hearts.

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MewMid: Omg, that was fun. :] I may make a part 2 to this. :3

REQUESTS: OPEN!