Re: In Dust, You Conquer [1c/2]
anonymous
September 28 2011, 00:40:46 UTC
There was a quiet knock on her door, days later.
Prussia answered, looking down at the child with a wry smile. More monsters to fight.
“I beg your pardon for disturbing you at this late hour,” he said, polite as a duke, and silently she marvelled at how much education had improved his speech. “But may I please sleep with you tonight, sister?”
Prussia stepped aside to let him through. “Nightmares, kid?”
“No, sister.”
He tried to climb onto her bed but succeeded only with a little boost from her. As she tucked him in and stroked away his bangs, she realised that he was watching her in that quiet little way he always did.
“Something you want to say?”
“Are you… angry with me?”
“No, just wondering why you want to sleep with me is all.”
“Well… You never really like it when I’m around, do you?”
She was taken aback at this. “What makes you say that?”
“I want to be with you but you don’t want to be with me.”
Prussia blinked. “You want to… what?”
“I feel lonely when you don’t talk to me. Ever since I started learning how to read and write, you never speak to me anymore.”
“You… want to speak with me?”
“Is it wrong of me?”
“Well… no. But why?”
And he looked up at her like it was the most obvious thing in the world. “Because I love you, sister.”
Prussia stared at him for the longest moment before she broke into a smile.
Sort of skimmed through the requests when I saw "BECOMING a family". I wrote it for fun and I know it's not technically what you asked for OP, but I hope you like it nonetheless. :(
Prussia answered, looking down at the child with a wry smile. More monsters to fight.
“I beg your pardon for disturbing you at this late hour,” he said, polite as a duke, and silently she marvelled at how much education had improved his speech. “But may I please sleep with you tonight, sister?”
Prussia stepped aside to let him through. “Nightmares, kid?”
“No, sister.”
He tried to climb onto her bed but succeeded only with a little boost from her. As she tucked him in and stroked away his bangs, she realised that he was watching her in that quiet little way he always did.
“Something you want to say?”
“Are you… angry with me?”
“No, just wondering why you want to sleep with me is all.”
“Well… You never really like it when I’m around, do you?”
She was taken aback at this. “What makes you say that?”
“I want to be with you but you don’t want to be with me.”
Prussia blinked. “You want to… what?”
“I feel lonely when you don’t talk to me. Ever since I started learning how to read and write, you never speak to me anymore.”
“You… want to speak with me?”
“Is it wrong of me?”
“Well… no. But why?”
And he looked up at her like it was the most obvious thing in the world. “Because I love you, sister.”
Prussia stared at him for the longest moment before she broke into a smile.
Sort of skimmed through the requests when I saw "BECOMING a family". I wrote it for fun and I know it's not technically what you asked for OP, but I hope you like it nonetheless. :(
On that note, it's not done yet. :Db
The title is from latin: In pulvere vinces.
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Can't wait to see what comes next!
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