Challenge 186
Title: Blue Salvia
word count: 277
Challenge: 186 Black and White
notes: typed this up on my iPhone due to nasty weather and a lack of electricity.
It was just automatically assumed that what one thought, the other two would agree with. That was the way it worked with everything else. From ice creams (vanilla-chocolate swirl) to tv shows (sitcoms) to prefered school subjects (math) to favorite time of day (dawn). So it understandable came as somewhat of a shock when - lacking better conversation- they turned to discussing the merit of a certain crew of Nobodies.
"They were a pain," Sora groaned.
"They made everything so much more complicated." Riku kicked at a rock to expound his displeasure.
"They weren't all bad." Kairi said in her quiet way.
Both boys looked at her in shock. "Of course they were!" The boys echoed each other.
In truth, Kairi hadn't expected them to understand. Her boys tended to
see the world very cut and dry. You are in my way, therefore you are the bad guy, therefore I will take you down.
But she remembered the scared look in her captors eyes even as they proclaimed having no hearts to feel with. She remembered the feel of Namine's hand and the strength in her voice.
There was no point to prove here, she just aimed to make them aware; which was a different matter entirely. Instead of wasting her breath on lengthy arguing, she set them with her steady eyes and spoke one word, "Axel."
His eyes sparked a darker blue than normal as he flushed and turned away. "That's not the same," he murmured in a voice not quite his own.
Then the subject was effortlessly changed to something benign and safe and soothing against the pain that he couldn't completely claim as his.
word count: 277
Challenge: 186 Black and White
notes: typed this up on my iPhone due to nasty weather and a lack of electricity.
It was just automatically assumed that what one thought, the other two would agree with. That was the way it worked with everything else. From ice creams (vanilla-chocolate swirl) to tv shows (sitcoms) to prefered school subjects (math) to favorite time of day (dawn). So it understandable came as somewhat of a shock when - lacking better conversation- they turned to discussing the merit of a certain crew of Nobodies.
"They were a pain," Sora groaned.
"They made everything so much more complicated." Riku kicked at a rock to expound his displeasure.
"They weren't all bad." Kairi said in her quiet way.
Both boys looked at her in shock. "Of course they were!" The boys echoed each other.
In truth, Kairi hadn't expected them to understand. Her boys tended to
see the world very cut and dry. You are in my way, therefore you are the bad guy, therefore I will take you down.
But she remembered the scared look in her captors eyes even as they proclaimed having no hearts to feel with. She remembered the feel of Namine's hand and the strength in her voice.
There was no point to prove here, she just aimed to make them aware; which was a different matter entirely. Instead of wasting her breath on lengthy arguing, she set them with her steady eyes and spoke one word, "Axel."
His eyes sparked a darker blue than normal as he flushed and turned away. "That's not the same," he murmured in a voice not quite his own.
Then the subject was effortlessly changed to something benign and safe and soothing against the pain that he couldn't completely claim as his.