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kh_drabble2006-07-26 04:42 am
gypso-child.livejournal.com) wrote in kh_drabble2006-07-26 04:42 am
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Challenge: 070 [starlight]
Title: lost my star
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gypso_child (aka, reversedhymnal)
Word Count: 459
Characters/Pairings: Kairi(, and Sora and Riku); also, Selphie and, briefly, Wakka
Notes: Eheh. I actually wrote a sentence that corresponded with the theme. And then I liked it so much that I wrote an entire ficlet to go with it. Um. Yeah.
They are walking down the street, and the sun is shining. Selphie nudges her shoulder with her own, grin brilliant and open and just a little shy. Kairi smiles back, and tries to pretend like she isn't perpetually distracted these days.
"Hey, Kairi. I am SO HAPPY that you're here." Selphie giggles, and does a quick twirl of glee. "Really, you know? I love hanging out with you! It's so much FUN!"
"Of course, Selphie," Kairi says, with a bemused little grin. "Where else would I be?"
(she feels, strangely, hollow)
*
Kairi frowns into the dressing mirror. The light is dim, soft, and makes everything look rich and muted. She thinks that's because people are afraid to see themselves clearly, then thinks that she's going insane, because she doesn't think like that.
Does she?
She shakes her head, smoothes down her dress, watching the folds of the skirt rustle coyly against her thighs. It’s very pretty, and very girly, and Kairi's brain hurts, a little, because the red reminds her of something.
She shrugs, and pulls the zipper down.
(she can't help but think: do I even like dresses?)
*
Sometimes, when Kairi dreams of the boy she can’t remember, she wakes with the vision of lights like stars falling around her, like the sky is softly weeping. She wonders if the tears were meant to heal.
(she wonders if she is going insane)
*
"Kairi, you okay?"
Kairi's fingers are cold against the window pane, pressing against the glass, like the darkness outside is pressing in against it. She looks out at the stars, and frowns.
"Was I always this weak?" She asks before she knows that she was questioning. She blinks, startled, but waits for Selphie's answer.
"I...what? You're not weak Kairi."
Kairi shakes her head, glares at the stars, pale light in the black heavens. "I'm supposed to be doing something," she whispers, fierce. "But I...can't. Why?"
Selphie comes up close to her side, looks out with her. She doesn't understand, but she tries.
(once, she was more than this)
*
Wakka is sheepish and hopeful, and it makes Kairi feel horrible. Because she can't. She can't.
There is someone, already. She tries to think, to remember. It's strange, how strongly she feels it, how strongly she knows. It's mostly all heart-felt instinct. Trying to put it logically is almost beyond her.
She remembers...Riku. He's one reason. And there's...another. One she can't recall. But, still. She can't; they call to her, and Wakka has no place in her heart.
"I'm sorry."
(she is waiting, and she hates it)
*
She remembers, now, finally: Sora and Riku and Kairi.
"Why are beginnings so hard," she asks the sea. Dark portals are her answer. It's answer enough.
Because they are.
(she begins)
Title: lost my star
Author:
gypso_child (aka, reversedhymnal)Word Count: 459
Characters/Pairings: Kairi(, and Sora and Riku); also, Selphie and, briefly, Wakka
Notes: Eheh. I actually wrote a sentence that corresponded with the theme. And then I liked it so much that I wrote an entire ficlet to go with it. Um. Yeah.
They are walking down the street, and the sun is shining. Selphie nudges her shoulder with her own, grin brilliant and open and just a little shy. Kairi smiles back, and tries to pretend like she isn't perpetually distracted these days.
"Hey, Kairi. I am SO HAPPY that you're here." Selphie giggles, and does a quick twirl of glee. "Really, you know? I love hanging out with you! It's so much FUN!"
"Of course, Selphie," Kairi says, with a bemused little grin. "Where else would I be?"
(she feels, strangely, hollow)
*
Kairi frowns into the dressing mirror. The light is dim, soft, and makes everything look rich and muted. She thinks that's because people are afraid to see themselves clearly, then thinks that she's going insane, because she doesn't think like that.
Does she?
She shakes her head, smoothes down her dress, watching the folds of the skirt rustle coyly against her thighs. It’s very pretty, and very girly, and Kairi's brain hurts, a little, because the red reminds her of something.
She shrugs, and pulls the zipper down.
(she can't help but think: do I even like dresses?)
*
Sometimes, when Kairi dreams of the boy she can’t remember, she wakes with the vision of lights like stars falling around her, like the sky is softly weeping. She wonders if the tears were meant to heal.
(she wonders if she is going insane)
*
"Kairi, you okay?"
Kairi's fingers are cold against the window pane, pressing against the glass, like the darkness outside is pressing in against it. She looks out at the stars, and frowns.
"Was I always this weak?" She asks before she knows that she was questioning. She blinks, startled, but waits for Selphie's answer.
"I...what? You're not weak Kairi."
Kairi shakes her head, glares at the stars, pale light in the black heavens. "I'm supposed to be doing something," she whispers, fierce. "But I...can't. Why?"
Selphie comes up close to her side, looks out with her. She doesn't understand, but she tries.
(once, she was more than this)
*
Wakka is sheepish and hopeful, and it makes Kairi feel horrible. Because she can't. She can't.
There is someone, already. She tries to think, to remember. It's strange, how strongly she feels it, how strongly she knows. It's mostly all heart-felt instinct. Trying to put it logically is almost beyond her.
She remembers...Riku. He's one reason. And there's...another. One she can't recall. But, still. She can't; they call to her, and Wakka has no place in her heart.
"I'm sorry."
(she is waiting, and she hates it)
*
She remembers, now, finally: Sora and Riku and Kairi.
"Why are beginnings so hard," she asks the sea. Dark portals are her answer. It's answer enough.
Because they are.
(she begins)
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I'm glad you liked! ♥
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(Anonymous) 2006-07-26 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)no subject
Yay, I'm glad you like the formatting. :] I like playing around with styles like that.
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Thanks for reading, I'm glad that you liked it!
secondary characters are ♥