The events of the day had shaken everyone, Erza most especially. She had not taken her eye off her son since the pool incident. She watched from the kitchen as Jellal sat with him on the sofa. He lay in his father's arms rubbing his eyes, and she hoped he wouldn't remember this, the memory of his mother failing him.
"Bedtime," Jellal announced, lifting Kiyoshi into his arms while taking Ayoko's hand.
Erza quickly wiped her eyes before climbing the stairs behind her family.
Ayoko pounced into her bed and quickly snuggled into her pink blanket. Jellal slowly settled Kiyoshi into his bed and gently rubbed his hand across his son's hair before tucking Ayoko in. Erza and Jellal switched places; she went over to her son, handing him a baby's bottle with hot chocolate in it.
"Goodnight sweetheart," she whispered into his ear. But the young boy just buried his head into his pillow.
Erza bit her lip and she felt a rush of more tears.
"Erza" Jellal gently took her hand and guided her out of the room. Erza paused at the door; slowly she closed it, all the while watching him.
"Goodnight mum, love you dad, sweet dreams Kiyoshi," Ayoko yelled as the door clicked shut.
The room fell into silence; the darkness of the night wrapped itself around the room. Kiyoshi pushed his head further into his pillow as he choked back his tears. He didn't want his sister to hear his cries. Why was he so weak, why was he nothing like her, why why why why…?
The boy's cries grew louder as he repeated the word why to himself; he pushed his hand over his mouth to keep the sound of his cry from escaping.
"Maybe I don't have a purpose, maybe…" he spoke now in whispers. Slowly, he sat up, still under his sheets. The boy opened the palms of his hands, and a sudden rush of colour poured from one to the other. "Maybe this is all I will ever be able to do, create rainbows, nothing powerful, just simple…." He bounced his hands, making the light of his colours fade. "Making rainbows isn't a power; how can I battle with anyone with something like that!" He frowned, pulling his sheet from his head. He turned to the window, the small diamonds in the sky blinking at him.
He quietly slid down from his bed and climbed the wooden rocking chair. As he pressed his face against the cold glass, straining to see more of them, thin clouds brushed through the sky, slowly covering their beauty. His breath misted the window, blocking his view of the sky any further. He frowned as he wiped it away; there he saw his reflection. His long blue hair covered his right eye; the end part of his tattoo could just be seen. He slowly pushed back his hair as he gazed at the whole pattern.
Ayoko's tattoo had changed when she had shown him her magic, he suddenly thought.
"That must be it, if I make my tattoo change I might be able to find my power!" He smiled as he rushed off into the bathroom.
Quietly, he clicked the door shut as he placed the mirror on the side of the bath. He slowly breathed out; closing his eyes, he began to concentrate.
Memories danced through his mind, his dad throwing him in the air, building a snowman, following his footprints in the mud, chasing one another around the house, building a Lego house. His eyes flashed open then, and he gazed at his reflection. It remained the same; nothing had changed. He was still weak, still just him….
"Kiyoshi?" he heard his mother call to him.
He rushed to pull the toilet chain so that his mother would think he had just needed to use the restroom. He didn't want her to worry any more about him.
"Are you okay?"
He opened the door; she stood at the top of the stairs. She slowly walked towards him.
"Can you not sleep?" she questioned.
He looked down and bit his lip as sadness filled his heart. How could he look at her when he was nothing? He wanted her to feel pride for him, not pity or worry.
"Do you want to sleep with Dad and me?" His mother's words were warm and caring.
He shook his head before brushing past her, back into his room.
"Is everything alright?" Jellal walked out of his bedroom to find Erza kneeling on the floor. He walked to her side, offering her his arms.
"He hates me," Erza whispered.
"No he doesn't; he's just had a long day. Go to bed, I'll go see to him." Jellal placed a small kiss on her cheek.
Kiyoshi sat up in his bed as Jellal entered the room, but the young boy didn't look up.
"Is something bothering you?" Jellal questioned as he sat himself at the end of the covers.
Kiyoshi looked to the other side of the room.
"Is it about what happened today?" he persisted.
His son shook his head, before slowly turning to his dad. "I let mum down and it's because I'm weak. I try to do things but I always fail." Tears began to form in his eyes.
It was hard to even face his dad, when he knew he could never do things as well as his sister.
"Failing doesn't mean you are weak. The fact that you keep trying makes you stronger, and there is no need for you to compare yourself to your sister; each one of us is different and in time you will find yourself."
"There is nothing to find; this is all I am." The boy's palms lit up once more, creating the colours of the rainbow.
"You create something no one else can; you have the magic within you. It's just going to take time to find it, which is not a weakness. It is a journey to discovering who you are."
Kiyoshi looked at the colours in his hands once more, this time with the words of his father in mind. Rainbows are not powerful, but they are made of light and they make the feelings of those around happier.
"Your mother and I will always be proud of you." Jellal smiled, bringing his boy into his arms.
"I love you, Dad." Kiyoshi buried his head in his father's shirt.
I just need to find my path. The words engraved themselves in him as he closed his eyes to listen to the rhythm of his dad's beating heart.
Erza paced the room as the clock ticked; it had been almost an hour. Jellal hadn't come back. She had been patient and given the pair time, but she needed to know he was okay. Before thinking anything more, Erza rushed down the hall to the twins' room. She stood at the door, listening for voices, but there were none. Erza slowly pushed the door open.
"Jellal?" she whispered into the dark room.
The curtains were wide open, and the light from the moon shone onto the fur rug in the centre of the room.
Erza quietly moved along the carpet to her son's bed. There, she saw Jellal with his arm around Kiyoshi. The pair were gently breathing, their eyes closed to the world. Erza smiled as she looked over to her boy. His head was against his father's chest, his right hand over his face.
Erza leaned over; carefully she pulled the covers over the pair as they slept. "Goodnight, my babies," she whispered as she slowly crept out of the room.
A/N: What a great father and son moment! Don't you think? :) That is just the start to all the upcoming chapters on little Kiyoshi :D Do any of you have a favourite twin yet? O.0 I do ^.^
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Chapter 10: Rainbow
Will be posted on here on Friday 17th May 2013 and the teaser will be posted on Facebook on Tuesday 14th May 2013. If you want the link to the Facebook page (JERZA FOREVER) you can PM me or if you prefer I can invite you to the group :)
Just want to quickly mention a yaoi writing challenge that is happening on Friday 4th July 2013, Unattainable Dreams is the organizer of this challenge. I can give you the link to her forum if you're interested, I am taking part :D So it would be awesome to see what things you guys write to! ^.^
That's it for this week my dearys! :D I will see you lovely people in a weeks' time, until then…
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