And if I'm hanging
on to your shade
I guess I'm way beyond the pale- Tori Amos
There was a crack in the wall.
Approximately 162.354 cm from the ceiling.
He wondered if any one else would notice it?
The small crack with a diameter of 3.2 mm.
Exactly.
As Clay watched Zero and stare into space and the other candidates scribbling down notes… he was sure no one noticed that crack.
They probably didn't notice that it was 2 degrees hotter today either.
Clay suspected someone's ex-reaction probably lowered the climate controls efficiency.
But HAD everyone else noticed…then clay would no longer be SPEACIAL.
Unique.
Different.
One of the only candidates who use BRAIN over brawn.
He knew Hiead could kill him in a single second.
He also knew no one here could beat him at chess.
Roose had asked him once…with all the time he spent examining things did he ever ENJOY them?
Well…
If Clay was being honest…
Well if he WAS being honest…
Sometimes he wished, he could just be NORMAL.
.Like even now his hand, like everyone else's hand was moving rapidly.
Words forming on the sheet of paper.
It's not like Clay really needed notes, but he HAD to write them.
Like the crack in the wall.
His eyes couldn't stop staring.
Couldn't stop trying to figure out how it got there.
Examining.
Wondering if something was in there.
Maybe a ant, maybe a small colony of ants pushing there way through.
If it was ants how did they get there?
How were ants in space?
Better yet GOA?
Here at GOA where every little thing was synthetic and controlled.
Yet he knew…
There HAD to be something in there,
There was no way GOA made that crack themselves…for what purpose?
He wondered…
"Clay is it just me? Or does none of this make any sense?"
"Maybe it's ants."
"What?" Zero turned to look Clay dead in the face. Watching.
"Haven't you noticed the ants at GOA?"
"Huh?"
"Hmm.."
Zero turned back around.
Maybe it WAS too much for Clay to ask.
Maybe he hoped for too much.
For thinking, that for ONCE…
Someone was just like him.
It was moments like this that made him notice.
Because while Zero was staring into space, he was dreaming about being a pilot.
But…
When CLAY was staring into space…he was wondering about cracks in the wall.
While Zero and everyone else were LIVING
Clay would ALWAYS be outside
Watching…
Examining…
Wishing he could jut GO
Where ever the ants were.
a/n: THANK YOU so much insanetrio…I was about to give up…but you gave me inspiration…I hope not to fail you. 33
O and as to the question why pepper…I thought pepper fit yagami in the way that it is spicy but if you use to much it can be overpowering…how yagami does have things going for him but he tries so hard to be something else…and I guess idk pepper just fit lol.