THE CURE
Everything was black, but I felt soft hands on my face.
"Zelgadis-san?"
Her voice was soft and gentle. It almost seemed like she was afraid of disturbing me. To be honest, I was feeling a little frazzled, but her presence was comforting.
I opened my eyes.
Amelia's face was just inches from mine. Her big blue eyes were glassy, and she wore an expression that I couldn't quite discern. She had never looked more beautiful.
"Did it work?" I found myself asking. Judging by the fact I wasn't dead or dismembered, and Amelia wasn't terrified, I already knew the answer.
"It worked," she said. I felt her hands drop my face and then I felt the weight and pull of her warm fingers on the tops of my own hands.
I felt them. Really felt them. Soft and pliable and human. I looked down and saw her rosy skin against my somewhat pale hands. I turned my left hand over so that Amelia and I were palm-to-palm, then I wound my fingers through hers.
I looked back up at her, and she still had that weird expression on her face. She hadn't said anything else, and it was starting to make me nervous.
"So, uh..." I began, awkwardly. "What do you think?"
Her expression actually turned very serious and thoughtful. She laced her fingers with my other hand, so that we were kneeling directly in front of each other with our knees touching and both hands intertwined.
"Amelia..."
She looked at me and deadpanned, "I think I liked you better as a chimera."
I groaned as she broke out into a huge grin and giggled. My expression must have been priceless.
"Just kidding," she said, unnecessarily. She leaned in even closer to me.
"You're beautiful," she said in voice almost devoid of breath. "I mean, I always thought so, but this is good, too. Mostly, I'm just glad you can be happy now."
"Amelia..." I breathed out again. I seemed to always be saying her name.
"Zelgadis..." she said back, not calling me Zelgadis-san for the first time in, well, ever.
I closed the distance between us and kissed her.
There was so much I wanted to say. I wanted to tell her that, even when I was a chimera, the time I spent with her made me happy. I wanted to tell her that I'd admired her since we first met. I wanted to tell her that I've been in love with her for years.
But, instead, I just kept kissing her.
There would be plenty of time for all that other stuff.
I don't do first person POV stuff very much, so I hope this is okay! This little idea has been bothering me for a while, mostly because I couldn't get the idea of Amelia messing with Zelgadis out of my head! Anyway, the way he got the cure isn't really important in this story. I'm still confident that it'll happen someday, somehow.
HAPPY SEYRUUN WEDDING, DAMN IT! CLAP YOUR HANDS AND SAY YOU BELIEVE IN IT!