I found this little drabble on my Google drive that I wrote a while back. I didn't post it at the time because it was a bit too short, even for me. But I suppose drabbles are a thing. So, I'm posting it now after a small edit.


I ran my fingers through the blades of grass in my inner world.

Huh…

Something could grow here.

"So," Rin beamed, pulling out a multitude of ribbons. To tie unto the hilts of my armory, no doubt. "Let's decorate it!

I felt the small urge to remind her that nothing inherent to a reality marble wouldn't be present the next time it's summoned, but I didn't. She probably already knew, anyway.

I just spent the next couple hours talking and laughing with my wife, all while tying ribbons in a world without a single gear under a blue sky.

Bliss.