Matt covered his eyes with his hand, a bright light suddenly filling his vision. Blinking, his eye-sight slowly restored to reveal the full moon shining at him.
They were back in the world of the living.
Matt could feel the soft breezes ruffling his hair, hear the owls in the trees and the distant rumble of coaches on the crooked roads of the village.
It was surreal almost, being away from the freakish world of the dead, and back in the peacefulness that was his home.
A tiny gasp drew his attention to Akbar, however. The man was staring at the moon, with the shine reflecting in his glossy eyes. Akbar had an awestruck look about his face, delicately tilting his head to the side.
"It's been a long time since I've seen the moonlight. . ." Akbar half-whispered, reaching his hand out as though he could touch the light. Matt chuckled lightly at the strange silverette.
Just before Matt could say something, he was startled by an atrociously large crow swooping down and clutching onto Akbar's head. It jutted its face towards Matt in a defensive manner, as if to tell Matt to go away. Matt was shocked at the bird, his head moving back as the crow towered over him. His sunglasses slipped down his nose and almost off his face with the movement, but he luckily caught them right before they fell.
Matt wanted to kill bird for challenging him, anger settling in and taking the place of surprise. Before he could, however, Akbar reached a long arm up to scratch the bird's head. This made the crow calm down and sit normally atop the white locks.
"What is that!?" Matt snapped, glaring at the offending crow.
Akbar blinked at him. "A crow."
Matt's face dropped to a "no shit" look at Akbar. "Well duh. I mean what is it doing on your head and trying to ward me off?"
Akbar glanced up at the unusually large crow. "This is Crowbar. He used to be my pet when I was alive. I guess he still hangs around here," Akbar explained.
"What a cute name," Matt said sarcastically, eyeing the bird in a suspicious manner.
"I named him after myself," Akbar responded.
Matt huffed, shoving his hands into his pockets. "Whatever. The bird is still a creep."
Akbar chuckled softly at him, making Matt smile.
All too soon, that smile dropped. The reminder of why he was here and what he was about to do tore it away.
He had to deceive Akbar.
Matt mustered up the courage to commit the act. Adjusting his jacket nervously, he put hand on Akbar's shoulder.
"So, uh, about meeting my parents, I was thinking I'd go get them and you wait here!" He lied, hoping it not too obvious. Okay, now think of something quick and witty to back that up.
"Alright, I'll wait," Akbar said simply.
Matt blinked at him. "What- You sure?" Why are you asking him!? He accepted it, now just move on!
"Mm hm," Akbar nodded, petting Crowbar's feathers.
"Oh, well, okay then," Matt replied, slowly walking off and watching Akbar over his shoulder.
oOo Time skip oOo
Matt pulled himself up over the side of the balcony, having climbed the ivy up to Katyusha's room. He rapidly tapped on the glass door, seeing Katyusha knitting inside. Catching the girl's attention, she stood up and her mouth dropped at the blonde. Hadn't he run away!? Scurrying over to unlock the door, Katyusha still couldn't believe her eyes.
"M- Matt, why are you here? I thought you ran away! I mean, I'm not judging you or anything, because I'd love to run away with Daniel but- Oh!" Katyusha gasped, covering her mouth with both her hands. She looked up at Matt, hoping he didn't catch the mistake.
Matt blinked in surprise at her, shocked she had a love interest. But he quickly shook his head of the thought, thinking it not important. He had to explain quickly, and then get back to Akbar.
"Whatever, I don't care! But I have to tell you something. I'm- I'm married to a corpse!" He explained, talking too fast.
Katyusha's eyes widened at him. "A- A corpse?" The Ukrainian spluttered, trying to process the new found information.
Matt nodded. "A corpse. His name is Akbar-"
"His name? Are you homosexual?" Katyusha questioned, finding herself off topic, curious as to whether she even fit Matt's sexual preference and if their eventual marriage would be rather awkward.
"Well, actually I'm bi- why does that even matter!?" Matt made a frustrated noise at her distractedness. "What's important is: I'm married to a corpse," He restated, trying to emphasize his point. "A corpse. As in not alive."
Katyusha nodded, getting back on track. "So is the corpse still buried? Is he walking around?" Katyusha asked.
"He's walking around. He's like a normal person, almost," Matt noted, thinking about how normal Akbar was for a corpse.
"Okay so- is that him?" She suddenly asked, pointing towards the balcony.
To Matt's horror, it was indeed him.
Standing on the balcony, hurt clearly shown in his face, was his Corpse Bride.
oOo Time Skip back oOo
Akbar waved as Matt walked off to the village, sitting down to wait on a tree stump.
He waited.
And waited.
And waited.
Continuing to pet Crowbar's ebony feathers, he paid no mind to how long he had sat there. It was Crowbar that grew uneasy in a way, constantly looking up to see where the moon had moved to. Twisting his neck back to look at Akbar through a sharp red eye, Akbar tilted his head at the bird.
"What's wrong?" The Silverette asked the crow.
Crowbar cawed and lightly pecked Akbar's wedding ring.
Akbar blinked at the ring. "Do you mean Matt . . .?" He guessed.
Crowbar tapped the ring again.
"I'm sure it's fine, Crowbar," Akbar shrugged.
The bird flapped its massive wings and cawed angrily.
Akbar made no move to go after Matt.
In response to this, Crowbar swooped up and buried his talons in Akbar's hair, flying away and bringing Akbar with him.
After a rather short flight, Crowbar dropped the Prussian onto a balcony. Akbar blinked as he stood up and looked around, rubbing the top of his head. Looking through the glass door directly in front of him, he couldn't suppress a strangled gasp.
A/N: Long time no update. Nice to be writing again. I've been way too lazy :P But hahaha, the first thing I do when I get back is try to break everyone's heart. Yay.
Who's who update:
Crowbar – 2p!Gilbird
That's it. Apple out~!