Author Notes : Greetings. French author here, I am currently training my writing style with things I don't have a habit to write. To be honest, I have English works I am prouder than this one at that moment. Yet, what I want to do is to try and make a story constituted of one-shots. I already tried, and it ended up being my most read and commented fanfiction, even though I need a lot more training for this format. So the training goes on, and I want to offer a... Short fanfic about Reisalin x Klaudia (I really love Ryza's full name) with little One-shots — around five — I'll write this fanfic using the game's chronology, writing every chapters with an idea and figure a way to go towards that idea with both characters. This first chapter directly refers to longing for someone, so this explains the T ranking, but I consider it to be pretty easy-going, so I wouldn't worry. Anyway, I hope you can enjoy this first chapter!
Thinking about it
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Klaudia
… Done. I relaxed my back on the pillows I had set around me and took another mouthful of air. It's alright. Brushed my hand against what I thought was a tissue. it was my sheet.
« This pitiful, uh? »
Anyway, the sun wasn't up yet. I don't have to worry. So I told myself, as I put order to the mess I'd made of my hair and thoughts. The little light entering the room was enough to partially see myself in the mirror. I couldn't really distinguish my hair.
« I must stop that. There is only one way to do it, and I'm going the opposite way. »
I went to the bathroom. My head still half-sleeping, half-longing... There is only one name that rings within it, I must collect myself...
« I mean. She is really friendly with me. She'd probably understand I fell in love with her. »
I muttered that, cleaning myself with a soap she created through alchemy
« Are most of my belongings her doing ? »
I looked round me, towel, soap, even the bathtub, all of it made in Ryza's... Light gleamed through the window
« I am ready. I can probably find her today, and say everything I have in mind. »
She is kind, she gave me a lot during this summer, she gave me even more than what she may think she has; I may not have much time left, yet I must make the first move. Before I tell her I'll move in no time. It's right to do so, I know it.
« Right... »
I glanced at myself in the mirror, then I faced it. I whispered something even I couldn't hear.
« That won't do. »
Hand on your chest! Be sincere ! To look sincere...
« Reisalin. This summer comes to an end, yet what you made bloom inside me is something I cherish the most. Today, I want to share it. It means a lot for me. I love you. Please, what do you think about me. Tell me... I may not know mu– »
The wooden floor creaked. And I instantly shut down. It was not father. Only a natural noise of this old house... Is that all I can do? Even at the end, I was so bad at it...
I put back the soap in my case, the sun enlighten the stamp Ryza used as an autograph for her alchemy...
« Seriously... »
I couldn't help but laugh at the tiny head, the large smile, the big eyes that were meant to represent herself...
Alright. There's still time. Let's go.
Thinking about it
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Reisalin
« Please, make sure the fruits were not bitten before you take them.
— Yeah. »
Seriously... There, this fruit's okay, this one would definitely kill the person it splashed on. Yeersh... This one is rotten to the core. Dad kept swiping sweat away, it's not even tat hot anyway... Rotten.
« Don't ignore them. We can use the bad ones to lure the bugs and birds away.
— I'll do it. »
He wants me to put those in this bucket I guess... Mom had work to do somewhere else... At least she won't yell for nothing... Though we'll take so much time... Is dad gonna be alright? He sweats buckets, and doesn't say a thing...
He went taking water to drink. I told him I don't need any right now... And another rotten fruit.
Summer sure shows no sign of parting away, is it? Yet, so many things happened... I went outside of Kurken, and became an alchemist. People start to recognise what I can do by myself, and everything is evolving so fast... I recently created boots that can fly, and it's so incredible just being able to... Yeah, fly. Even when there's that big Elemental up in the air, my friends and I can take it! Well, this elemental was so much nicer than the one we fought afterward, yet both were so loyal to their duty and oath...
The first one we fought against told me I was careless. Klaudia and her even mocked the way I fought! I couldn't argue, as Klaudia was to one to lend me a hand when I thought I could take this big windall head-on... That girl...
« She hurt herself! »
Because I went too far, she went and hurled herself at me to escape the attack! Just at this moment, Lent immobilised the Elemental, but Klaudia wouldn't move!
« He had to win the battle alone! And she was still staring at me... »
Erf, my voice.
Sheesh... And... Oh! It's not even bitten. That girl is really sweet. I don't mind much about the way she and the Elemental mocked me. I already went and thanked her, right? We even had a tea party yesterday. Doing all this work, It seems it was already a long while ago...
« I wanna see her again. »
Just saying it made me smile... I couldn't get the same feeling doing it twice. It was already there. Yeah! So much perfectly shaped fruits at once! I can see the other side of the field. I'm almost done there... What does she do on days like that?
I really think a lot about her, though. I don't know when she'll leave Kurken... I'd better get to know her better. I really should. I'm pretty sure I can make her something else than soap and to fix an old bathtub just for fun...
« I'll make something that'll definitely look nice! »
At that moment, I heard a pack of fruits being dropped into a bag near me. Dad was here.
« I am pretty sure you can. You looked happy. Let's say this bag is yours. Your mother will be impressed. »
Eh? Just glancing around was enough; I hadn't collected half the field. Dad managed to get more than a half of today's fruits. Was I spacing out?