[Secret Santa] "Smile for Me - Cause It's All Gonna Be Okay" for lucathia_rykatu
Title: Smile for Me - Cause It's All Gonna Be Okay
For: lucathia_rykatu
Request: Request #2: the 4th week. This can be a fourth week in the game, or
the 1st week the crew are back to life. Rhyme-focused preferred~
Rating: PG-13 only on some of Beat's language
Notes: I do hope that I got the characterization right. It was my first time writing Beat and I wasn't so sure about his voice but I did try. As for the actual prompt I hope you don't mind me doing my own interpretation on it. I hope you enjoy it and Merry Christmas! ^^
After playing the Reaper’s Game, I found myself opening my eyes wearily as a stark white light blinded me. The next thing I knew, Beat’s face filled my vision and Mom and Dad’s relieved voices echoed in the background behind Beat’s cries of joy.
“Rhyme, you’re okay!”
“Daisukenojo - get back in the bed! The doctor said not to have any sporadic movements!”
“BWUAHHHHH - Don’t call me that!!”
“It’s your name though Dai -“
“Shaddup!!”
The scene was odd. Before the Game, Beat wouldn’t have been able to have a proper conversation with our parents without stomping off somewhere let alone stay in the same room with them. And I had no doubt in my mind that once he had woken up, Beat probably would have run off somewhere if it hadn’t been for the fact that I was lying in the bed next to him. I stared at the scene unfolding before me and for a few minutes I was lost in my own thoughts before the sound of my laughter joined their conversation and they paused startled before they hesitantly joined in too.
“Raimu, are you okay honey?”
I continued to giggle until I nodded, reassuring my parents of my sanity. I didn’t really blame them. After all, waking up after who knew how many days and to start laughing would have been considered odd behaviour I would think.
“Then what’s wrong?”
“It just...I’m just happy. We haven’t been together like this for a while.” My parents exchanged glances but I could hear them silently acknowledge that I was right. Mom sniffled slightly and her eyes watered when my Dad put his hand around her to comfort her. I smiled at them and grinned a little at Beat who looked unsure about what I had meant. After making sure that I was fine, my parents left the room saying that Beat and I should have our rest.
“Rhyme?”
“Yes Beat?”
“...Was that all, a dream or sumthin’?”
“I don’t think so Beat. I hope not. If it was, I thought it was a nice dream.”
“So you remember everythin’?”
“For the most part.” And so I told him: our first week in the Game and what I remembered of being turned into a Noise. I remembered being there perched on his shoulder while he went through his short week as Reaper and then after that Konishi turning me into a pin. As soon as I finished, Beat fell silent and I noticed his fists clench. “Beat?” I asked softly from my spot on the hospital bed.
When he didn’t answer I sighed silently and slowly slid off the hospital bed making sure to mind all the tubes. He still didn’t look up as I arrived at the side of his bed and I stood there a moment before smiling slightly and wrapping my arms around his neck as best I could.
“I’m sorry Rhyme. I-I couldn’t do nuthin for ya when you were a Noise and...you lost your dreams n’ -,”
“Its fine Beat,” I said softly a smile forming slowly on my face. “I’m glad that you were there - you being there was enough you know.
“That stupid bitch...We beat her in the end though - we got you back, me an’ Phones!”
“I know.”
“B-but...”
“Beat.” He stopped, startled by the sound of my voice, and I kind of was too. Besides the soft hum of the machines in the background, the room was relatively bare and made my voice echo. “It’s okay. Just knowing that...” I smiled, “Just hearing it makes me happy.”
“How can you just let it go though Rhyme?! After all that crap that we went through --,”
“But we made it right?” I loosened my hug slightly and looked at him, “We made it through the dark and reached the light at the end of the tunnel; you, me, Neku, Shiki - everyone.
“But -,”
“Everything is going to be okay now Beat.” I smiled at my brother despite the confusion that stirred in his eyes. I could see him fighting with himself inside, punishing himself for having the events that happened during our time in the Game occur. I could see how he wanted so badly to ask how I knew everything was going to be okay. That was something that I didn’t have an answer to though. I just...knew. I had a feeling that Neku and Shiki made it out okay too. “So just smile okay?”
I remember during our time in the Game, Neku had once asked me why I kept smiling. I guess he had found it kind of odd, but I didn’t. It was kind of a habit, a sort of reflex I guess you could call it. Regardless of what it was, I couldn’t answer him. It wasn’t so much that I didn’t know the answer; it was more like I couldn’t express the reason in words. I just felt that smiling, even in the darkest times, meant that I could give someone - anyone hope. And even it was just a little bit of hope; it meant that things could get better. Hope was like that light at the end of the tunnel for me.
“Smile Beat.”
He sniffed and I couldn’t help but giggle slightly; it did after all sound like a herd of stampeding elephants. Finally he grinned and lifted his eyes to meet mine and a grin broke out over his face.
“It’s all gonna be alright, ain’t it right?”
Hope meant that you could do anything you wanted if you believed in it enough. So that even if my dreams had been taken as my entry fee for the Game, I had no doubt that they would come back again to me in one form or another. I smiled at Beat and images of everyone we had encountered in the Game flashed through my mind briefly before I nodded. Dreams were everywhere in all kinds of shapes and forms. Just like hope was.
“I know it will Beat.”
For: lucathia_rykatu
Request: Request #2: the 4th week. This can be a fourth week in the game, or
the 1st week the crew are back to life. Rhyme-focused preferred~
Rating: PG-13 only on some of Beat's language
Notes: I do hope that I got the characterization right. It was my first time writing Beat and I wasn't so sure about his voice but I did try. As for the actual prompt I hope you don't mind me doing my own interpretation on it. I hope you enjoy it and Merry Christmas! ^^
After playing the Reaper’s Game, I found myself opening my eyes wearily as a stark white light blinded me. The next thing I knew, Beat’s face filled my vision and Mom and Dad’s relieved voices echoed in the background behind Beat’s cries of joy.
“Rhyme, you’re okay!”
“Daisukenojo - get back in the bed! The doctor said not to have any sporadic movements!”
“BWUAHHHHH - Don’t call me that!!”
“It’s your name though Dai -“
“Shaddup!!”
The scene was odd. Before the Game, Beat wouldn’t have been able to have a proper conversation with our parents without stomping off somewhere let alone stay in the same room with them. And I had no doubt in my mind that once he had woken up, Beat probably would have run off somewhere if it hadn’t been for the fact that I was lying in the bed next to him. I stared at the scene unfolding before me and for a few minutes I was lost in my own thoughts before the sound of my laughter joined their conversation and they paused startled before they hesitantly joined in too.
“Raimu, are you okay honey?”
I continued to giggle until I nodded, reassuring my parents of my sanity. I didn’t really blame them. After all, waking up after who knew how many days and to start laughing would have been considered odd behaviour I would think.
“Then what’s wrong?”
“It just...I’m just happy. We haven’t been together like this for a while.” My parents exchanged glances but I could hear them silently acknowledge that I was right. Mom sniffled slightly and her eyes watered when my Dad put his hand around her to comfort her. I smiled at them and grinned a little at Beat who looked unsure about what I had meant. After making sure that I was fine, my parents left the room saying that Beat and I should have our rest.
“Rhyme?”
“Yes Beat?”
“...Was that all, a dream or sumthin’?”
“I don’t think so Beat. I hope not. If it was, I thought it was a nice dream.”
“So you remember everythin’?”
“For the most part.” And so I told him: our first week in the Game and what I remembered of being turned into a Noise. I remembered being there perched on his shoulder while he went through his short week as Reaper and then after that Konishi turning me into a pin. As soon as I finished, Beat fell silent and I noticed his fists clench. “Beat?” I asked softly from my spot on the hospital bed.
When he didn’t answer I sighed silently and slowly slid off the hospital bed making sure to mind all the tubes. He still didn’t look up as I arrived at the side of his bed and I stood there a moment before smiling slightly and wrapping my arms around his neck as best I could.
“I’m sorry Rhyme. I-I couldn’t do nuthin for ya when you were a Noise and...you lost your dreams n’ -,”
“Its fine Beat,” I said softly a smile forming slowly on my face. “I’m glad that you were there - you being there was enough you know.
“That stupid bitch...We beat her in the end though - we got you back, me an’ Phones!”
“I know.”
“B-but...”
“Beat.” He stopped, startled by the sound of my voice, and I kind of was too. Besides the soft hum of the machines in the background, the room was relatively bare and made my voice echo. “It’s okay. Just knowing that...” I smiled, “Just hearing it makes me happy.”
“How can you just let it go though Rhyme?! After all that crap that we went through --,”
“But we made it right?” I loosened my hug slightly and looked at him, “We made it through the dark and reached the light at the end of the tunnel; you, me, Neku, Shiki - everyone.
“But -,”
“Everything is going to be okay now Beat.” I smiled at my brother despite the confusion that stirred in his eyes. I could see him fighting with himself inside, punishing himself for having the events that happened during our time in the Game occur. I could see how he wanted so badly to ask how I knew everything was going to be okay. That was something that I didn’t have an answer to though. I just...knew. I had a feeling that Neku and Shiki made it out okay too. “So just smile okay?”
I remember during our time in the Game, Neku had once asked me why I kept smiling. I guess he had found it kind of odd, but I didn’t. It was kind of a habit, a sort of reflex I guess you could call it. Regardless of what it was, I couldn’t answer him. It wasn’t so much that I didn’t know the answer; it was more like I couldn’t express the reason in words. I just felt that smiling, even in the darkest times, meant that I could give someone - anyone hope. And even it was just a little bit of hope; it meant that things could get better. Hope was like that light at the end of the tunnel for me.
“Smile Beat.”
He sniffed and I couldn’t help but giggle slightly; it did after all sound like a herd of stampeding elephants. Finally he grinned and lifted his eyes to meet mine and a grin broke out over his face.
“It’s all gonna be alright, ain’t it right?”
Hope meant that you could do anything you wanted if you believed in it enough. So that even if my dreams had been taken as my entry fee for the Game, I had no doubt that they would come back again to me in one form or another. I smiled at Beat and images of everyone we had encountered in the Game flashed through my mind briefly before I nodded. Dreams were everywhere in all kinds of shapes and forms. Just like hope was.
“I know it will Beat.”