Us
Integra
I'm outside, the morning sun soon to rise, I did not know why I couldn't sleep. It's 5:30, and the sky is slowly getting lighter. Morning dew on the grass, it's moist outside. The birds chirping, waking up from the slumber. I stand up from the lawn chair I was sitting, I approach the end of the concrete pad. Staring at the tiny peak of the sun coming up from the horizon. The air crisp in my lungs, and I slightly shiver from the cool morning air.
"Integra." I hear your voice coming from behind me.
"Hello, Alucard." I greet you calmly without looking at you.
"What are you doing up this late?" I ask. Folding my arms, you stand by my side.
"I don't know," you answer, "What are you doing up so earlier?"
"I am unsure, maybe to see the sunrise." I say, my form relaxing. Even after all this time, you still make me nervous. I thought I had stopped that long ago, but I guess since you have been back, I might have to get use to you again. I know you can feel my racing heart. You stand so far away, yet so close. I don't know how you could manage that.
"Hm." Is all I hear come out of you. I see you fold your arms. You stand in silence as the sun rises. A small strip of sun peaks over the horizon, making the sky burst with bright oranges and reds. The clouds set on fire from the sun. I finally turn my head to you. You seem unfazed by the sun. You're match the color of sun, a bright fire within them, as undead as you are, life stirs in your eyes.
"It's strange." You say, "Everytime I see the sunrise, I think i'm dying, like so many times before, but, yet here I stand, with you. I finally get to enjoy it." I see a faint smile forming on the corners of your mouth. "Did I ever tell you your eyes remind me of a blue sky?"
"No, you didn't Alucard." I say, "I suppose they are blue after all."
"When I was a child, I remember, one day, a blue sky, so blue, it made me feel so free, like one day I could be. It gave me a sense of hope." You say to me, still looking at the sunrise. The sky above us getting more and more bright and blue. My heart flutters, touched. My eyes soften as I gaze upon your pale skin. "And when I first saw you, I saw your eyes, the panic in them, terrified, yet begging for me to save your life. A gentle lamb running into the lion's den from other lions. And yet, you were the one that come out triumfit." A long pause came between us. "I'm sorry Integra, I didn't mean too ramble like that-" I cut you off with a wave of my hand.
"No, it's fine." I say breathlessly. "It's quite touching." I say, blinking.
You finally turn to face me, your eyes, the fiery sun as I remembered them.
"Why do you call me that?" I ask.
"Call you what?"
"Gentle lamb?"
"Because, you were just a little girl when we met, and that's how I'll always remember you, I have said this before, for how many years you leave to rome on my own."
"You won't be on your own." I say. "You'll have Seras,"
"Seras isn't you."
"Oh."
We stare into each other's eyes. The sky and the sun, meet at last.