…"the natural force of attraction exerted by any two massive bodies"…
Title: Serendipitous
Characters: Shitennou
Genre: General
Rating: PG
Theme: Gravity (#13) - theme taken from 101_kisses
Once, when Noboru was thirteen, he had been waiting for the subway impatiently. As one train stopped in front of him and the doors whooshed open with a puff of tinted air, he caught a glimpse of long, brightly faded, yellow hair. He arched his neck in an attempt to get a better look, but before he could, the doors zipped close with a snap.
Wondering if he had seen a boy or a girl, Noboru watched as an effeminate face appeared in the window, seeking his gaze and holding it until the train took off with a jolt.
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Once, when Zared was eleven, he had been playing baseball at the park. A pause and a subsequent glint in his peripheral vision caught his eye, and he missed the catch, as he strained to see what the sunlight had reflected off of.
Caught staring, the person frowned, turned, and walked away rapidly. Zared wondered if the person was an old midget or just a weird boy with white hair.
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Once, when Kiyoshi was seven, he had gotten lost in a park and had taken a seat on a bench, resolutely refusing to move until found. He stared defiantly at the chubby blond with cropped hair who stared at Kiyoshi blankly, until a woman came to tug him away.
Kiyoshi waited solemnly, kicking his legs that would not reach the ground, trying not to watch the little blond boy being pulled away by his mother, who kept turning back to see Kiyoshi sitting adamantly alone.
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Once, when Jiro was six, his parents had brought him to a party of distant family friends for an obligatory presence. He had taken a seat next to a brunette with closely shorn hair, and they had not said a word to each other. They had simply kicked the leg of the other's chair for a couple hours, pausing to eat and greet people they would never remember but would be expected to know.
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