Author: Kisakino Ookami
Title: To Be Loved
Chapter Five: Eternity
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone or anything in VPM.
Summary: A girl runs away from home, wishing only to be truly happy. To be loved. But sometimes, happiness cannot be found in this world . . . Only in the fantasy one . . .
Other: Make sure you read my other fics, I Am and Until Then! But for now, read and review!
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*~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Diary Entry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
Dear Diary,
I wish -
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Real Life ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
"Hikari . . ." A melodic voice suddenly cut Hikari's thoughts short. She looked up, startled.
A shadowy figure stepped out of the darkness. A few moments after, a larger, more imposing shadow followed.
"Who . . . W-who are y-you?" Hikari's voice was shaking. She was terribly frightened; this was made obvious by the way she trembled. She huddled more tightly into a curled-up ball.
"I . . . am Miyu . . . I am the one that can give you immortality . . ."
A nearby streetlamp shed light on the newcomers.
One, the speaker, was a girl. She was wearing a white yukata with a red one underneath, tied with a purple obi. She looked about fourteen, and her hair was tied up in a bun on the side of her head. It fell gracefully down in a braid, done with a red ribbon. A fringe of hair flanked the other side of her face.
The second visitor was a tall man. Hikari couldn't see his face; he was wearing a mask. All that she could see was that he was wearing a cloak the color of ebony.
"Wh-what do you mean?" Hikari stood up, face illuminated by the dim lamplight. She clutched her diary to her chest, shaking uncontrollably.
"Don't you ever wish for true happiness?" The girl stepped forward. "To be left alone in your fantasies where no one can ever disturb you?"
Hikari did not answer; only took a step backwards away from the other girl.
Miyu continued. "Do you wish you lived in your imagination, rather than in this cruel, disgusting world?"
She now stepped into the artificial light of the neon signs flashing over their heads. Miyu casually gestured to the dirtiness, the dinginess, the dankness of the alleyway. With one simple wave of her hand, without words, she asked the question: "Don't you want to escape all this?"
Hikari was now up against the wall. The girl took one more step and only a hand's breadth of empty air was all that separated the two. "Do you want to live in your own fantasy world, where you can be whoever you want, whatever you want, and with whoever you want?"
The mysterious girl locked gazes with Hikari. Hikari couldn't move, entranced by the hypnotic spell those eyes cast over her.
Then, the girl stepped away. Hikari could breathe once more. She was grateful she remembered how. She didn't even know she was holding her breath until that moment.
"Hikari."
It wasn't a command, merely a calm inquirement.
Hikari was confused. She didn't know, yet she did know what she should do. As she had looked into the golden-eyed girl's gaze, she had also looked inside her soul. She could see only darkness in those gold orbs.
But in the span of those few seconds, she had also seen that there was sadness, too. And joy, and anger, and fear, and hate, and love. She saw love. And she saw a chance to escape. A chance to escape everything. A chance to be with whoever she wanted.
'Mom.'
She knew that Miyu's eyes were only reflecting her own. And that's how she knew what she wanted. What she needed.
After what seemed like hours, Hikari finally found her voice. It was rough and soft, but also determined and sure.
She answered all the girl's questions with a single word: "Yes."
The girl smiled mysteriously, understandingly. She knew. She understood Hikari's deepest fears, her darkest thoughts. She knew her greatest dreams, her every desire. She knew.
"Come here, Hikari."
"All right." She knelt down, picked up the lock to her diary, and locked the diary with the key. Standing, she took the chain from around her neck and gave both the little book and the key to the other girl. "Here. Keep these." Miyu nodded, thanking her. She took the two gifts and handed them to her servant. He took them without a word, and stashed them in his immense cloak. Startled, Hikari noticed that his hands were strangely pale, with red nails. She shivered involuntarily, then remembered her obligation. She came to the girl, steady and sure.
"Hikari," Miyu breathed as she clasped the child to her and sank her teeth into her neck. Hikari gasped, but remained still and unafraid of her fate.
When Miyu was done, she relinquished her hold on the girl's neck, then gently lowered Hikari to the ground. Hikari lay unmoving, unfeeling. Her eyes had a glazed look to them. They reflected the starry night sky in their dim depths. A small smile was on her face.
Miyu slipped back into the shadows along with her servant Larva. Just before she left, she whispered without looking back, "Welcome to eternity, Hikari."
Then, she disappeared into the night.
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The End.
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Please review, and please read my other fics if you haven't already read them!
Much love, Kisakino Ookami
Quote of the Day: Two wrongs don't make a right, but three rights make a left.
Title: To Be Loved
Chapter Five: Eternity
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone or anything in VPM.
Summary: A girl runs away from home, wishing only to be truly happy. To be loved. But sometimes, happiness cannot be found in this world . . . Only in the fantasy one . . .
Other: Make sure you read my other fics, I Am and Until Then! But for now, read and review!
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Diary Entry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
Dear Diary,
I wish -
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Real Life ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
"Hikari . . ." A melodic voice suddenly cut Hikari's thoughts short. She looked up, startled.
A shadowy figure stepped out of the darkness. A few moments after, a larger, more imposing shadow followed.
"Who . . . W-who are y-you?" Hikari's voice was shaking. She was terribly frightened; this was made obvious by the way she trembled. She huddled more tightly into a curled-up ball.
"I . . . am Miyu . . . I am the one that can give you immortality . . ."
A nearby streetlamp shed light on the newcomers.
One, the speaker, was a girl. She was wearing a white yukata with a red one underneath, tied with a purple obi. She looked about fourteen, and her hair was tied up in a bun on the side of her head. It fell gracefully down in a braid, done with a red ribbon. A fringe of hair flanked the other side of her face.
The second visitor was a tall man. Hikari couldn't see his face; he was wearing a mask. All that she could see was that he was wearing a cloak the color of ebony.
"Wh-what do you mean?" Hikari stood up, face illuminated by the dim lamplight. She clutched her diary to her chest, shaking uncontrollably.
"Don't you ever wish for true happiness?" The girl stepped forward. "To be left alone in your fantasies where no one can ever disturb you?"
Hikari did not answer; only took a step backwards away from the other girl.
Miyu continued. "Do you wish you lived in your imagination, rather than in this cruel, disgusting world?"
She now stepped into the artificial light of the neon signs flashing over their heads. Miyu casually gestured to the dirtiness, the dinginess, the dankness of the alleyway. With one simple wave of her hand, without words, she asked the question: "Don't you want to escape all this?"
Hikari was now up against the wall. The girl took one more step and only a hand's breadth of empty air was all that separated the two. "Do you want to live in your own fantasy world, where you can be whoever you want, whatever you want, and with whoever you want?"
The mysterious girl locked gazes with Hikari. Hikari couldn't move, entranced by the hypnotic spell those eyes cast over her.
Then, the girl stepped away. Hikari could breathe once more. She was grateful she remembered how. She didn't even know she was holding her breath until that moment.
"Hikari."
It wasn't a command, merely a calm inquirement.
Hikari was confused. She didn't know, yet she did know what she should do. As she had looked into the golden-eyed girl's gaze, she had also looked inside her soul. She could see only darkness in those gold orbs.
But in the span of those few seconds, she had also seen that there was sadness, too. And joy, and anger, and fear, and hate, and love. She saw love. And she saw a chance to escape. A chance to escape everything. A chance to be with whoever she wanted.
'Mom.'
She knew that Miyu's eyes were only reflecting her own. And that's how she knew what she wanted. What she needed.
After what seemed like hours, Hikari finally found her voice. It was rough and soft, but also determined and sure.
She answered all the girl's questions with a single word: "Yes."
The girl smiled mysteriously, understandingly. She knew. She understood Hikari's deepest fears, her darkest thoughts. She knew her greatest dreams, her every desire. She knew.
"Come here, Hikari."
"All right." She knelt down, picked up the lock to her diary, and locked the diary with the key. Standing, she took the chain from around her neck and gave both the little book and the key to the other girl. "Here. Keep these." Miyu nodded, thanking her. She took the two gifts and handed them to her servant. He took them without a word, and stashed them in his immense cloak. Startled, Hikari noticed that his hands were strangely pale, with red nails. She shivered involuntarily, then remembered her obligation. She came to the girl, steady and sure.
"Hikari," Miyu breathed as she clasped the child to her and sank her teeth into her neck. Hikari gasped, but remained still and unafraid of her fate.
When Miyu was done, she relinquished her hold on the girl's neck, then gently lowered Hikari to the ground. Hikari lay unmoving, unfeeling. Her eyes had a glazed look to them. They reflected the starry night sky in their dim depths. A small smile was on her face.
Miyu slipped back into the shadows along with her servant Larva. Just before she left, she whispered without looking back, "Welcome to eternity, Hikari."
Then, she disappeared into the night.
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
The End.
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
Please review, and please read my other fics if you haven't already read them!
Much love, Kisakino Ookami
Quote of the Day: Two wrongs don't make a right, but three rights make a left.