Thank you sooo so so much for all the positive feedback! I really appreciate it and am so honored! I'm so glad you guys understood what I was going for with the last chapter I was a bit worried it didn't make sense but I'm glad (: and sorry it took so long for this chapter so much work and school Dx but the next chapter will be coming sooon!
Jumping from tree to tree in the white forest Obi searched frantically for red. Moving further into the forest it seemed each branch he jumped from, the further his heart dropped. He saw a faint indent in the snow below indicating tracks covered over by snow. A small glimmer of hope filled him as he followed the fading tracks.
Shirayuki kept moving, unsure of the direction she was moving towards. She started to hum to distract from the bitterness of the moment, she hummed tunes her grandparents used to sing to her, songs from Tanburn, songs she learned in Claries, and songs she made up in the moment to keep her going. She could feel herself moving closer to home, but it could just be the fact that she had been walking for so long she had to have been getting closer to somewhere. As the snow picked up and her vision turned to blurs of white she put her head down and plowed forward, no longer humming but singing loudly. She put all of what she had into the melodies, she found singing her heart out gave her strength to move forward.
Obi reached the point where the faint tracks ended near a pile of snow covered wood. Realization dawned on him, he knew exactly what she came out here to do and why. Guilt covered him like a blanket, he should have gone with her or talked to her about going or something. Searching his head in all directions he decided to follow the tracks, she was a smart girl after all following her tracks back home would be the logical solution. And even if the snow had covered them up she couldn't have gone far from them. As these thoughts consumed the leaping boys mind he dreaded the thought that kept creeping up, what if she was lost, or passed out, or was was too cold to move…what if she was taken away again…
As these thoughts raced through is head the flying boy's prayers where answered, he saw red. It was faint, the snow made it difficult to see the fiery color but Obi knew. Almost falling down unable to get to her quicker he embraced Shirayuki holding her closer to him then ever.
Shirayuki jumped at the contact, completely enveloped in warmth for the first time in so long. Not a warmth that keeps you from the cold, the kind of warmth that put her heart at ease, wrap her arms around and let her to burry her face in the man before her. she knew who it was without seeing his face, her best friend. A wash of guilt swept over her, she'd caused him trouble again. She put him in danger by looking for her in the storm. The one person she didn't want to disappoint or worry, now look what she'd done to him. Her knees became weak and she started to cry softly in Obi's arms, snow falling gently on them.
Obi was so happy that she was alright, that she was safe. He wanted to yell at her, he was Obi, he wasn't attached to anything or anyone a free spirit even under Zen's rule so why…why did he feel he couldn't go on without her. Moving forward with life with out the girl in his arms right now seemed unrealistic and a joke to him when he was looking moments ago for red. Realizing something then that he'd already known, he hugged her tighter. Not wanting to let go even for a second in fear the moment would fade.
He felt her crying in his chest. "Obi...I-I'm sorry…I didn't know…..I was so scared…..I put you in danger…"
He felt tears welling up in his eyes as he heard her muffled cry's, the rain before the storm.
