Birds
(Caitlyn x Jinx)
Song I listened to while making this: "Birds" and "Fly on" by Coldplay
"Hey, Cait?"
"Hmm?"
"Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fly?"
Caitlyn opened her eyes and sat up from her relaxing lie to look at Jinx. The girl was laying on her back, with her arms providing a pillow against the cool grassy hill they were lying on. Her vibrant violet orbs gazed up at the sky, in view of something Caitlyn herself could not see.
"Well, I suppose that I have a couple of times in the past. Never any heavy thinking on it, though. Why?"
"Why not? I mean, I always look to the sky and think that. Don't you ever just think to yourself: 'I wish I could be up there', when you look at the clouds?" Jinx questioned.
"No, not really. I can't say that I have. Like I said, I've never truly thought heavily on the matter. Whenever the topic of flying came up, it would be just a simple thought or joke about something. Why are so interested in flying? Do you want to be a bird or something?" Caitlyn teased. Jinx rolled her eyes at her, before replying.
"Hmph. Maybe I do want to be one. At least birds have easy lives. All they do is fly freely in the sky with no worries."
"Yes, that's all they do. They simply fly in the sky. It's not like they need to eat or drink, or find mates and reproduce. No, they simply exist to fly in the sky for the people who view it, and have no care in the world." Caitlyn chuckled while sarcastically commenting.
Jinx huffed exasperatedly and rolled her eyes again. "You know what I mean! It's not that flying is the only thing they do. I just meant it's the only thing I see them do and know them to do. And quit messing with me! That's my job!"
"So your job is to mess with yourself?"
"Eh? No! It's to mess with you! Stop messing up our dynamic with your sarcasm and wordplay. I hate when you do that."
Caitlyn chuckled and lied back down, closing her eyes again. "Fine, I'll quit 'messing up our dynamic'."
"Thank you," Jinx huffed returning to the sky.
But after a moment's delay, she decided to speak up once more.
"...Hey Cait?"
The Sheriff lazily rolled one eye open. "Hmm?"
"...Say we could be birds. Would you fly with me if we could?"
Caitlyn opened both eyes and looked at Jinx. With a warm smile, she responded.
"Yes. Of course I would."
Jinx smiled back "I'd like that," she stated as she scooted closer to the sheriff.
Caitlyn chuckled and brought her into an embrace, and the two looked up at the sky together, thinking about flying.
An old idea I had for a Broken Gears chapter given a theme and transformed into a drabble. Consider this a special for 100+ favorites in Broken Gears.