Twelve White Butterflies
Yugao
Author's Note: Thanks to everyone who read and/or reviewed Sweet Pain. Here comes the second: A Shower of Stars, inspired by the meteor shower on the 21st of April. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Tekken, and unless I become a multi-billionaire I never will.
"Have you ever had a wish come true?"
Two… A Shower of Stars
The sky was a dark gray, not quite black, sprinkled with twinkling stars. The moon was wan and shed very little light on the hillside an hour away from the city. Still, the two people who sat under the evening sky saw each other illuminated by the little fire they had made, both to keep them warm and to give them light.
The young woman, who for all this time had been pacing, sat down on the blanket beside her companion. She shivered in the night's chilly breeze, though she was dressed in a denim jacket and a pair of denim jeans, clothes likely to withstand the evening's mild coldness. With a gloved hand, she propped her glasses up on the bridge of her nose. She smiled a little, giving her honey brown a little more glimmer.
The young man beside her tore his intense brown eyes from the dancing flames to look at her. His features – dark hair, deep brown eyes, and well-toned muscles – seemed to be sculpted with cruel perfection. As perfect as they seemed, though, they were devoid of any emotion. As he turned to look at her, a little hint of a smile tugged at the end of his mouth.
"How did you force me to agree to come here with you?" he asked quietly.
She feigned hurt. "I never forced you. I merely… insisted."
His smile widened, a rare occurrence when it came to him. "Then how did your insistence make me agree to come here with you?"
"I don't know," she said in a whisper, as one does in the dark. "Maybe you wanted to come with me. Maybe you wanted to spend an evening away from the busy streets of Tokyo. Maybe… you wanted to come here and make a wish."
He leaned back, his gaze now to the sky. She had invited him to come with her, and she knew he couldn't resist a chance to get away from everything. She knew he was always troubled in the Mishima Zaibatsu, and it was the perfect opportunity to leave his cares behind.
"A meteor," Julia explained a little breathlessly, "It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance."
In more ways than one.
Would he ever get another chance to be as close to Julia? … To anyone?
"Please, Jin?" she pleaded.
He smiled a little, with as much sincerity he could muster without allowing sadness to taint it. "All right, Jules. I'll come."
"Thank you. Thank you so much."
Julia's eyes caught his. "Is… something wrong?"
"I'm the one who should be thanking you," he murmured.
"What… of course not, Jin. You came with me, against your will, and so I should be thanking you," she replied. He marveled at the way she made things sound so logical, so simple – as far from the way he saw it as was possible.
He shook his head. "You're doing this for me. You knew I was down, and you brought me here trying to cheer me up. Whether you admit it or not… thank you."
She smiled, and opened her mouth to speak, when suddenly, she looked up in the sky and pointed. "Look! There's one! Close your eyes and make a wish!"
I don't have to.
He closed his eyes anyway, and wished that even if Julia was to be taken away from him, the memory of the magical night, the stars, the fire, and her beside him would always stay in his heart.
His dark eyes opened again, and saw the tail of the lone falling star disappear into the gray, dark night.
Author's Note: That's it, it's done. 'Til the next installment!