Wish Upon a Star
Chapter 2:
Finally! Somewhere where I can find solitude! Noodle thought, letting herself fall backwards onto the lush green blanket of grass under her boots. Feeling the grass tickle her skin gently, cause her to let out a pure high-pitched giggle that was unique to her.
It was moments such as these, that Noodle could forget all her stressful thoughts and finally be able to act like the eleven year old girl she was. "Noodle?" Noodle sat up in surprise, as the gentle breeze carried her name through the air towards her.
Squinting in the distance, she smiled as she saw who it was who was calling her. "2D chan! 2D chan!" She squealed excitedly, bounding up to meet him. 2D smiled as he aw the lively, bubbly face skipping merrily towards him. Reaching him, Noodle jumped up and down in excitement, before grabbing his hand and skipping back to her previous place.
"Woah! Hey, calm down!" 2D stammered half-heartedly to the Asian import. She merely laughed and skipped faster, radio aerials bobbing in time to her feet pounding the grass below.
Her destination reached, Noodle once again collapsed in fits of giggles onto the lushness that was the grass. "Lie down! Lie down!" She blubbed in Japanese, and patted a patch of grass next to her. 2D got the hint, and lay next to her, placing his arms underneath his head.
After a few moments of silent giggling, Noodle quitened and too turned her attention to the lacy blanket of stars above them. They lay in silence for a while, each observing the stars from there own eyes and own perspectives. One with distant memories and hazy dreams, the other with childlike wonder and hope.
This is perfect. What more could anyone ask for…? Noodle thought to herself peacefully, gently closing her almond shaped eyes into satisfying slits, taking in the scenery and feeling what her other senses had to offer.
" Hey, Noodle, look." A husky voice sounded in her ear.
"Nani?" She blinked her eyes open in surprise. Being so entwined in her own thoughts and feelings she had almost forgotten that she wasn't alone. Looking in confusion at 2D, he saw him staring up above, and with a raised hand, he pointed to something. "A shooting star."
Of course, young Noodle didn't understand what he was saying, but she found the shooting star. Her eyes widened in awe at its luminosity and beauty. S-Surely this was meant to be?
An old Japanese proverb sounded in her mind at the sight.
Make a wish from your heart. When a shootings star sighted in the dark...
Fixing the star with a stare, she muttered something in indistinguishable Japanese, nodded, and once again shut her eyes.
I've done as much as I can. Now, I can only hope…