A quick drabble from a sleepy Giada
Shades of Konoha: Dragon and Phoenix
Like to Like
'Like to like.'
That is what he is always told -
- to stay with his own kind because it is fairest to him and fairest to her and fairest to any children that may come their way.
And although he watches her and loves the gentle curves and strong back unbowed by poverty, she is someone he cannot have.
And the elders worry that she will grab for what is not hers and hunt above her station and she has no idea she is the source of so much talk
And when he finally speaks with her, she is as confused as a fish would be if a bird came to call.
She is wary that he will snap her up in his jaws and then discard her, leaving her behind and used,
- but not before taking what little she has and leaving her unfit for anything but defeat.
And to the astonishment of his elders, she turns him away.
And he finds she also believes 'Like to like.'
And he dreams of hazel eyes and dancing swords but she is never his.
And when his nephew comes and declares his love for her orphaned daughter, he tells him the same thing he was told:
'Like to like.'
(And he never forgets his nephew's reply.
Even when his remaining breaths are numbered, and his famous eyes grow dim, his mind's eye can still see his nephew, young and strong and proud and speaking in absolutes.
And there is no hesitation in his bones - only the conviction and the inevitability of something as certain as the sunrise.
And the two simple sentences echo as a decree to the clan, the village, the world, the stars.)
"Then there is no problem."
"She is the other half of my heart"
I love the idea of Hiashi falling in love with Tenten's mother, but his Mr. Darcy like confession/proposal is not accepted. It is bittersweet when his nephew is accepted by the daughter of the woman he loved, but he is proud of his nephew just the same.
Thank you for reading friends! - GL