Covered in rain
CHAPTER SIX
She's the brightest thing I've got...
She seemed to be the only universe.
In the midst of falling, sparkling stars he only noticed her. She stood there transfixed at the breathtaking sight, whereas he stood there a few feet away from her and found her better than any falling star.
And she saw him shrouded in the dark and so she beckoned him over, partly because she could not let him miss this but really because she could not dare to stand without him when all her dreams were scattering about her. And he obliged, smiling at her as she made furious swipes to get him beside her.
She took his hand into hers and whispered for him to make a wish. He closed his eyes and did so. He opened them to find her staring at him, her eyes dreamy and wistful. "I made my wish already," she whispered staring back into the shinning sky. And it was all about you.
He nodded, as he found himself without words. He heard her gasp in surprise.
There on her palm rested a simple necklace, the only brilliant thing about it was the pendant, which was in resplendent cut of the northern star. In the middle glowed an unfamiliar stone.
He wanted to tell her of it's story, that the northern star was the only star that shone in Rei Kai, that the pendant was taken from the river of reality to which souls crossed over, and that it once was worn by his mother.
He knew he had to give it to her and the reason was the only thing he voiced out to her, as all the others he kept them to himself. "You're the only person I first saw the stars with, Botan-chan. I've only seen one that shone alone at night."
Her eyes looked at him with such pity. With a shaking hand she clasped it shut around her neck and carefully fixed it so it showed it's glimmering glory. She gave him a brief peck at the cheek. "Then never forget the stars. Koenma-chan."
He placed an arm around her and she leaned on him, and they shared a dreamy night as they were slowly covered in the rain of twinkling stars.
...when I'm covered in rain.
Notes: "she's the brightest thing that i've got, when I'm covered in rain" is a line from John Mayer's song of the same title, that can be found in his Any Given Thursday album.