hey hey! so here's another installment of these drabbles; there are heavy references to chapter 11 of the manga, so you might want to look back on it. I didn't really like this one, but I hope you all enjoy!
Theme~ #20: Thank You
He can't help but think that she resembles a living flame when angered. Gaze smoldering, tongue sparking, and face burning vividly to blend with her hair, she reprimands the empty air with erratic gestures and unsteady knees.
There is dulled pain and want in her voice, confusion in her swaying legs.
"I don't plan on letting you out of my sight, anyway," he says, rippling her slurred monologue.
She pauses, appraising him. "As I thought… you were keeping watch on me today?"
Her slowed breathing was an ebbing and flowing ocean, pulling him in as she dreamt on in her drunken stupor.
When he doesn't deny it, there's a half-surprised look on her face that consumes him in a strange flood of warmth.
"T-thanks…"
"You must wish my master was the one guarding you, though."
But her eyes narrow and she flushes liquid fire in denial, spilling her regrets for his heart to sigh over and his mouth to mend.
She's surprised again, he can tell; she doesn't know why he bothers or chose to stay, and it surprises him too because he has no answer-
"...okay, I'll have to hang in here, too." And her smile unfolds, a flickering flame gaining strength, stealing his breath as she says it again. "Thanks, Obi!"
When she pitches forward an instant later, spent, he moves dazedly, cradling her in his arms and staring at her sleep-smoothened face. He tears his eyes away.
"Guess I chose to stay at a pretty troublesome place."
why else do you think he decided to stay in Clarines? XD
review?