Hello guys! This story is really looking more and more like a songfic, but I guess it's because I wrote it while listening to the same CD playing over and over again.
Just one or two more chapters to go, I think...
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Chapter 27: Yuuri's dream
I'm riding Ao along an unknown and beautiful path. I have never been here, but somehow I'm sure this is Shin Makoku, the calming breeze brings with it the soul of my country, I just know it.
The sun is setting in the horizon and everything becomes orange and purple around me, it shines so beautifully, and a damp wind strokes my cheeks. Ao feels it too, and she calmly stops and turns around, prepared to get me back home. Maybe I don't know where we are, but apparently she does.
But as soon as we turn, a familiar sound caught my attention. The gallop of a horse I know too well. I look back as the rain starts falling ruthlessly... and I see him. He's wearing his red riding hood. For a second it makes me think maybe he's being chased by a wolf, and the pun there reminds me of Conrad for a moment too.
I want to call out to him, ask him why he's going so fast, but is useless, my every word is silenced by the pouring rain and he doesn't seem to want to hear me either.
He passes by my side and, for a moment, time seems to slow down. For a split second our eyes meet, even though he never slows down. His eyes say so much, I know he's crying, although he seems to be smiling on the outside. Why do I feel like I haven't seen those eyes in such a long time, those emerald eyes... those eyes I fell in love with.
But as soon as all this thoughts finish going through my head, he's gone. My prince in the white stallion is running away from me.
"Wolf!" I scream once, twice, but he can't hear me, can he? I lose sight of him, he's far and the rain won't help. Now it's completely dark and I can barely see at all.
I jump out of Ao and fall to my knees, I'm soaking wet and I can't see at all. The sound of the rain is the only thing I can distinguish. Suddenly Ao gets startled by something and whines trying to get out of my grasp.
"What is it girl?" I ask, getting back on my feet and stroking her head. Then I hear it, coming from somewhere above us, a voice humming in the distance.
The rain keeps falling but now I cannot hear it, I can't even feel it. Ao gets scared again and manages to escape from me, but I don't care anymore. This voice...
Nee aishitara daremo ga
(Say, when they're in love, )
konna kodoku ni naru no?
(does everybody gets this lonely?)
Nee kurayami yori mo fukai kurushimi
(Say, do they embrace the pain)
dakishimeteru no?
(that's even deeper than the darkness?)
Nani mo kamo ga futari kagayaku tame
(It's all been so that we can shine,)
kitto
(I just know it)
Wolfram... this is you singing... even though I can't see you I know it's you. Why are you singing this to me? Why did you run from me?
Kimi o kimi o aishiteru
(I... I love you)
kokoro de mitsumete iru
(I'm gazing at you with my heart)
Kimi o kimi o shinjiteru
(I... I believe in you)
samui yoru mo
(even in the coldest night)
Somewhere in from of me I can see something red moving towards me, and as it gets closer I recognize it as Wolfram's hood. I want to run to him but my feet won't move.
"Wolfram, what are you doing? Talk to me" I plead to him, but he doesn't answer, I don't know if he can't hear me but he makes no sign of doing so. He just keeps singing, and now I'm sure, the voice, the song, he's the one singing.
Nee koi shite mo dare ni mo itsuka
(Say, even if they're in love)
owari ga kuru no
(could the end someday come for them too?)
Nee aozora yori mo sunda
(Say, could a feeling that's even)
tokimeki susete shimau no?
(clearer than the blue sky end up being abandoned?)
Kisetsu kawaru no kaze
(The season-changing winds)
michi o hashiru
(running along the streets)
zutto
(Forever)
He stops about nine feet away from me and finally looks up. Those emerald green eyes, deepest than the ocean, are now locked on mine. He smiles with such sadness it makes my heart shrink.
Tatoe ashita nakushite mo
(Even if I lost tomorrow,)
anata o ushinatte mo
(and even if I lost you too,)
dekiru kagiri no egao de kayagakitai
(I wan to shine, smiling as best as I can)
Nanima de ima yobi kakeru
(I call out to you now with my tears)
yakusoku nado iranai
(I don't need promises or such things)
kimi ga kureta taisetsu na tsuyosa dakara
(because of the precious strength that you've given me)
And with that I finally get it. I get what he's trying to say, I know what he's trying to do.
"Wolf... don't..." But is too late. He closes his eyes, as a single tear runs down his cheek.
"Goodbye Yuuri"
And when he opens them... snake eyes...
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I wake up in a jump sweating and gasping for breath. I look out the window and realize it's still night time, maybe two or three in the morning.
What was that? a nightmare? But somehow it felt so real. And it hits me then, the emptiness beside me in this huge bed. Wolfram is not asleep next to me, like he should.
I look around trying to find him, but it's too dark and my eyes can't seem to adjust to the lack of light. I get out of the bed and when I'm about to go look for him outside the room, the same tune from my dream hits my ears, coming from Wolfram's desk near the balcony.
Hitomi de ima yobi kakeru
(I call out to you now with my eyes)
yakusoku nado iranai
(I don't need promises or such things)
As I approach the window my eyes start getting used to the light, but is still not enough, so I use as little control I have over fire to lit one of the candles on the wall. Wolfram's back becomes visible, he's looking out the window.
hitomi de ima te o nobasu
(I reach out to you now with my eyes)
samui yoru mo
(even in the coldest night)
He turns around to face me with his eyes closed, such a sad expression on those beautiful lips, but then just like my dream, he opens his eyes and I see them...
Snake eyes...
"Who... are you?"
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Cliff hanger again. I'm sorry, they just flow out of me.
This story is nearing its end and it's both thrilling and sad for me. I actually wrote the story up to chapter 25 on the first months of last year, before I even became a member of this site, and I wrote it not even thinking about ever sharing it with anyone, so it has been wonderful to read your comments up to this point! On the other hand, it is kinda sad to finish it, I could continue forever, because I love this plot so much, but all things must come to an end, right?
