Fire
By the Almighty SporkGoddess
Fire…
No matter how hard she tried, she could not avoid fire…
Always chasing after her, trying to get at her…
Sometimes gentle, sometimes searing… Sometimes strangely endearing…
… Okay… always endearing…
Some could say…intoxicating…
Spitting cinders, trying to get her to notice… but how could she not notice the warm glow possessed by this flame?
… Demanding attention…
… Flickering on, even after receiving none…
…Relentlessly pursuing…
Hard to be close to… even repulsive….
…….Yet… So strangely intoxicating…
Filling her with the urge to edge closer… and closer… and closer… but always pulling back due to fear of being burned…
Cold, not caring what or who may burn in the smoldering flames…
Yet, also warm and comforting…
Coziness on a frigid night…
Making her face red when the two came too close together…
Giving her chills despite the heat on her skin…
Drawing her close, against every protest… her subconscious screaming to move even closer… but the rest of her moving away… Yet still pursuing… while she ran…
Away from the fire… away from the pain…
… Away from the happiness simultaneously experienced…
Always burning…
Always hurting…
Always warm…
Always desiring…
Always there for her, whether she wanted or not…
Always painful…
Always making her happy, whether she realized it nor not…
Elusive, darting back and forth; shades of red, orange, yellow, and blue…
…Blue flames above the embers…
… Dark, yet light…
Dark eyes, staring at her… full of fire…
Drawing her closer, despite her senses…
Every sense but this one, that is….
Fire she cannot escape…
Nor does she want to….
Author's Note: If it isn't obvious, the fire being referred to isn't really fire… Rydia supposedly hates fire… and someone else, too. But does she really (the latter, anyway)? In this author's opinion… quite the contrary XP
I always knew that one day I would break down and write an FF4 fic, I just didn't know it would end up being this odd. O_o Oh well.