Hide in Dreams, Seek in Reality
Disclaimer: I do not in any way own s-CRY-ed and its characters
Warning: moderate to extreme OOCness. If you are Scheris haters, do stay away or please try to be open-minded.
This wasn't supposed to be a game.
"I didn't ask you to come find me."
It wasn't a game at all, in fact.
"Even though I didn't come from around here, I do like to think that after spending more than three months living in this area, I know my way enough not to get lost."
They weren't playing it either.
"Go back. Please. Leave me alone a while. I promise I will be better by tomorrow."
But after doing this for so many times that he no longer cared to remember, it helped somewhat - in a very weird way - to think that he was playing a game with a friend, who kept disappearing during their playing, running away for him to go find her.
A game of hide and seek.
"I never really wanted to die, you know, even though it was kind of hard sometimes. Life, that is. But that time when you came - no, before you came to me, I did want to die. I was too tired to fight anymore and..."
From the sky, the silver curtain of cold rain hung low, gently caressing the earth and brushing soft glowing sheen to the young grass.
In the many folds of the silver curtain, she hid away from him. Cloaked by the shadow of darkness, she wasn't supposed to be found by anyone.
"...I was all by myself then. It's not like nobody would come looking for me. And it's not like if I could get out of there, there would be anyone I could go back to."
"Tell me this is a dream. That this has all been but a very good dream. That I will wake up soon and when I do I won't remember you or any of what had happened. Good dreams, you know, they don't usually last. If you dream too long, when you wake up you will feel hurt and sad..."
"...and you will cry."
"I was so tired, Ryuhou. And now this... it's almost like a dream to me. A dream I'm afraid to wake from. But at the same time I'd rather wake from it sooner than later."
"I won't."
Parting the cold curtain, drawing the dark cloak away, he found her there with her head bowed, looking smaller than ever and soaking wet. A pitiful state, one would say.
"You are crying."
"Good dreams make you sad. Sometimes they even make you cry because, when you wake up, you realize that they will never come true. Because they are just exactly what they are. They are just dreams."
"I'm not crying."
"I see. It's the rain, then."
"But these dreams you speak of... What are they?"
"Yes, it's just the rain."
He wrapped his arms around her, holding her to him as gently as one would to a small, lost, broken-winged bird.
"That I am in this dark cold place where I am hopelessly lost, hopelessly despair, and hopelessly alone, and that someone manages to come find me anyway?"
"I found you."
A dry sob broke from her and she cried into her hands. How long would this dream last? How long would this dream continue to come true?
"Ryuhou, am I dreaming now?"
Oh dear...
This doesn't fit in anywhere in the anime, of course. The scene just stuck in my head and I had to write it out. I suspect that I got this idea after re-reading my old fic "Abandoned". I have half a mind to start a long, slightly AU, Scheris-centric fic, based on this and the other fic together. Oh well.
A bit of explanation. Much earlier, I suppose, before the anime. Scheris and her joining in with the HOLY and conflicts that she had with herself along the way. I hope I can get another shot out soon, explaining why of all people Ryuhou had Scheris as his partner.
Thanks for everyone who reviewed my earlier fics. Your comments are much appreciated and really brightened my days that much more!
Cayo