AN: Another small one-shot, featuring Matthew and Karis. To be honest, I put myself against a wall with this plot. I've been updating old chapters, and expect the old chapters to somewhat change the storyline. I'll tell you when I've updated the old chapters; I'm still in the process of figuring out what to do.
But as I figure out the plot, I'll head straight back into it, I promise. For now, I'm pretty sure we need some more fluff – fluff always made the world greater. Maybe. That's actually open to interpretation.
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Matthew was sitting by himself, alone in the spacious field in the middle of the night. It was raining, but Matthew thought that it was light enough for him to endure. Everyone else in his group was back in the inn, sleeping after a ferocious battle against a Chimera, which must have been physically and emotionally draining for most of them.
But he wasn't exhausted. He couldn't sleep that night, so he quietly snuck out of the room filled with quiet snoring.
What was wrong with him? At night, he'd always have the same person in his dreams. Karis. It was always that green-haired girl that appeared, telling him what he wanted to hear but knew he never could.
Yes, Matthew was deeply in love with Karis at this stage. Every single time he had spare time to himself, she always drifted into his thoughts for some peculiar reason. Her flowing green eye, her sparkling purple eyes, the way her body was poised when she started arguing, the way she smiled, her graceful movements as she took down foes with psyenergy and blade.
Thankfully, he hadn't been distracted to the stage where his own actions were being affected during a fight. Hopefully, it wouldn't get to that stage either.
Matthew believed that he couldn't sing, so whenever he did sing it was well away from any human company. However, although he didn't believe that he could sing, in all fairness his voice was actually quite nice to listen to.
He started singing a song he always enjoyed singing, although he believed he couldn't sing properly.
I dreamed I was missing,
You were so scared,
But no one would listen,
Cause no one else cared,
And after my dreaming,
I woke up with this fear,
What am I leaving,
When I'm done here…
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Karis heard the words drifting towards her open window and she stood next to it. She took the words in, and tears trickled down her cheeks.
Soon, Matthew. Soon, I promise you.
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Just a short one… I don't know, do you prefer shorter chapters (500 to 800 words) or chapters in excess of 1k words? Or more words?
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