Azure Skies
Author's Note: I know I make strange titles, I know I'm obsessed with X-Men right now, I know I haven't updated my stories… well most of them anyway, I know! But I couldn't help it! This is for all you Rietro Lovers. I'm sorry Implied wasn't what you hoped it would be…
Disclaimer's Note: I don't own X-Men Evolution, nor do I own any songs or quotes that I may use in the near future.
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Pietro's POV
I don't know when I became so hooked. I guess it all started during one fine school day. I was bored with all the popular girls in Bayville High. No one was a challenge anymore; they were either old news or just… not interesting enough. I started clubbing that day, and I went clubbing more often, skipped more schooldays just to find some action.
I started meeting older, more experienced women, but soon… that got old as well. Instead of running like I always did, I walked. I ended up in the park and I found HER. She sat on the edge of a branch, just gazing up at the sky.
"Hey Petey," she said, knowing I was there, not even bothering to look down.
"Hey Roguey," I replied, not wanting to be harsh on the Goth, like I usually was. Everything was off; but then again, everything had been off since she left the brotherhood.
She and I never really got to know each other. We never had the chance. She left just a few days after I arrived. We only got to know each other's names and mutations. Once in a while I'd catch her crying out in the porch, but Lance would always step in to play the knight. They had something, those two. Nothing deeper than a sibling relationship, but still- they had something.
Something I wish Wanda and I had when we were still together.
"Come. Watch the clouds with me."
On a normal day, I would've brushed her off and sped away. But seeing how my whole week was off, I figured I had nothing to lose. I just did what she said. In less than a minute, I was sitting beside her. I had no idea what I was doing.
" What am I doing?"
She looked at me and for once, I saw something that Lance must have seen. That twinkle in her eyes that let you see hope. Surprising in one that was supposed to be so forlorn. She looked up at the sky and I did so as well. I saw clouds. It confused me. What was I supposed to see?
" Don't overanalyze things, Speedy. Just look; breathe; feel the wind. Slow down. You'll miss all the great things in life."
That surprised me. Everything that I had known about the Auburn-haired Southerner was shattered in that moment. I watched the clouds and found it… amusing. We sat there telling each other what one of the clouds looked like. I hadn't done that since I was a kid.
It felt great, to be free from reality again.
I looked at Rogue again. The hope inside her was amazing. No matter how non-existent life was on Rogue's exterior, deep inside, she still held the innocence of a child. It made me realize that no matter how droll life seemed, there would always be a dream alive. She made me remember the good times.
I guess… that's how it began. I began to be myself again. After that day, she and I acted like enemies, but I knew better. I'd seen the real Rogue. No matter how corrupted the world was today, I knew there would be one girl who would bear a beautiful dream.
Now as I lie awake in my bed, feeling the burdens of the upcoming war between species, I remember the good times. I remember the time I sat on a branch with a beautiful girl.
I remember Rogue as we shared a day with no rank, no teams, or hatred, underneath the Azure skies.
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Author's Note: I felt like making this because… well it made me realize that Rogue's always been the center of Angst, but what if all that was just whenever she was around others? What If she'd kept a light inside of her that just won't fade away? In turn, it created this.