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Author's note: These one-shots are done for the LiveJournal community 52flavours. Since the fandom lacks fanfiction to this wonderful series, I decided to try my hand at them. I was going to do Eclipse x Rein, but why not focus it on the infamous love square? There will be 52 chapters of course, and all couples will be one-sided. (I may intend on putting Eclipse x Rein, though.)
There also will be spoilers for those who haven't followed the series to where I am at now, so read at your own risk!
Chapter notes: This chapter takes place in episode 13, obviously.
Serendipity
Theme #2
- The cruelest month
It had been such a long day.
It had been such a long day especially for her.
All day, she had been worried about where her sister disappeared off to; she had been frightened by the darkness of the forest; she had her hopes lifted up high by the one she loved, only to have him throw her dreams down and break her fragile heart.
Eclipse could tell that Rein was deeply infatuated with Bright, and it hurt her as much as it hurt him. It hurt her because Bright didn't seem romantically interested in her at all, and it hurt him because he had to witness her suffer from the lack of affection Bright was delivering.
He saw Rein's slightly crestfallen expression when Bright offered Fine his cape, and he saw through the fake sneeze she feigned in order to gain his attention. Eventually, Eclipse grew so disgusted with this coy act that he decided to leave, only to have Bright pursue and threaten to fight him for following the twin princesses of the Sunny Kingdom with no revealed purpose.
Eclipse did have a logical reason; he needed to find out about the Prominence and why things were acting strange on the Mysterious Planet recently, but it was sure as hell that he wasn't going to tell Bright. After all, the prince of the Jewelry Kingdom would most likely intervene and could put both himself and Eclipse in possible danger, and if Rein and Fine interfered, then...
Once his dinosaur bounded out of the forest, Eclipse watched, emotionless, as the tragic reality struck Rein, that Bright was in love with Fine, not her. Her shock was confirmed when Bright continuously stood up for Fine, representing her case with a fiery feeling that Rein sensed was the same as her devotion to him, but he already had his heart claimed by someone else, and it wasn't Rein who held it.
The trenchcoated boy recalled the exact same words that fell out of Bright's mouth after he rescued Fine from Regina's bounding footsteps.
"If you hurt Fine, I won't forgive you!"
But what about Rein? Eclipse acknowledged to himself, wanting to inquire Bright with that very question. If someone hurts her, would you protect her with the same passion you have for Fine?
When he swept onto the saddle dangling over his dinosaur's back, he cast a long gaze at her. The girl just stood there, obviously hurt by how the person she had been in love with had feelings for her sister the whole time. Her usual sunny sparkle had been replaced by an aura of depression, and the twinkle in her aquamarine eyes now became the twinkle of tears to come. Eclipse felt a slice of loneliness and betrayal emitting from her, and couldn't possibly blame her. Why had Bright been too oblivious to see how Rein felt about him? Why did he have to publically hurt her, even if it was done unintentionally?
Eclipse darted a cruel look towards a confused Fine and a solemn Bright. "I only care about the Prominence,"he finally answered with a tone dripped in harshness. "I could care less about her." He then directed his full attention at Fine. "Don't follow me again. You're a nuisance!"
After bluntly delivering his angry comments towards both of them, he and Regina rode off into the night, the image of a distressed Rein still hanging crystal-clear in his mind like the moon bejeweling the sky.
No one was allowed to break her heart as long as he was there.
No one. Not even the one she truly loved. Not even her sister.
No one.
It had been such a long day, and it had ended in the cruelest month.
