Memory 003 || Accidental Video | Chasing forgotten dreams

[busagi]

[....It's always the same. Just like in my dreams...I'm always chasing after him. Why doesn't he stop? Even though he's so close to me, I can never get close enough to touch him. To see his face. ]

Where are you going!?

[The SFC bounces up and down attached to a string around Alice's neck. Random blurry images of buildings, the outdoors, red material

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[pristinestar]

[this curse is going too far... and just when a good day is approaching, too. just when everyone is supposed to smile together...

but there's no point of damning the place. he had to do his best.]

Alice...

[busagi]

[Alice sat motionless with her face in her hands. She didn't want to open her eyes and see the man she had been longing for so long, taunting her from afar. The worst was probably the smile he kept plastered on his face the entire time. The one thing visible upon his face beneath his long golden locks. He was smiling at her. Calling to her. But he wouldn't stay close enough for her to reach. It just wasn't fair!

Red's familiar voice was quiet, but she heard it beckon for her. It took her a moment to place whose voice it was. There were so many long-familiar voices in her head that she couldn't place. She couldn't remember who they belonged to. Finally she grasped the SFC and held it up so that she could actually match a face to the lingering voice that emitted from the device. She then responded in a miserable voice, choking on her tears.]

...Red...?

[pristinestar]

Hey, come on now... Don't cry. [he felt pained just to watch that tear-filled expression. he hid away his trembling hands and just smiled out gently. he's seen enough people in just one day crying.]

Where are you? Can I come over?

[busagi]

I...I-I'm... [Where exactly was she? She didn't really know. She had been futilely chasing that apparition from her past. She was so intent on catching him that she didn't pay attention to where he had lead her.]

U-Um I don't know, I- [She stopped short glancing around her. Houses. Lots of them. Most likely the Lower district. She wiped her eyes and squinted at a sign not too far off in the distance.]

Olie Street...

[pristinestar]

Hang in there. I'll be there soon...

[he doesn't hang up, just in case she wanted someone to talk to as he ran out of his room]

;; btw, I'm so sorry this angst ruined our HAPPYGOODTIEMZ CHRISTMAS DATE we had been planning ;A;

[busagi]

[She simply nodded and pulled her knees up close to her chest to wait for Red to find her. She felt so helpless, and she hated it. She didn't want to admit that she needed a hero to come and find her. To save her. She watched Red race out of his room to locate her. She wanted to speak but she could find no words. ]

[...]

[Alice caught sight of two boots stopping in front of her, and the familiar trim of a green robe. There he was. He was right in front of her. She reached out to him, waiting for him to gift her his warm embrace that she had longed for, for far too long. But his touch wouldn't meet her... it couldn't meet her.]

NO, IT DIDN'T. NOTHING STOPS RED. B)

[pristinestar]

[it's still going to take him a while to get to Olie, but he's doing his best as he ran across the streets. he looked down at her transmission again.]

... Ali- [he paused from his words, noticing her reach out to something. was there someone else there with her? ... it was probably those damn ghosts. he had to hurry.]

ASDFGHJHFDS oh geez I love you both so much xD

[busagi]

Why....Why? [And the tears started flowing again.]

Why must it hurt so much? ...Why can't I reach you? [And shes back to rubbing her eyes with her fists and crying like a small child. All while the blond haired figure in front of her remains smiling down at her.]

\o/! ♥

[pristinestar]

[after a minute more, he finally found where Alice is. he silently cut off the connection as he kept away his SFC back in his pocket. he leaned down to her as he sat across her now.]

Alice?

♥~

[busagi]

[It wasn't until Red spoke her name that she was aware of his presence. She was too absorbed with the voices in her head and trying to make them go away. She looked up to him, eyes once again pooling with tears, and managed to just barely choke out his name.]

Red

[She was a bit hesitant. After trying so hard to grasp something she was incapable of obtaining, she wasn't sure she could touch anything. She wasn't sure if it was real.]

I-Is that really you?

[pristinestar]

What? [a faintly pained smile. it's so sad to imagine that one day, Alice can't reach him, or anyone... he quietly smiled and thought to himself that he won't ever let that happen. no one deserved to be alone.

he reached a hand to her head and patted it gently, keeping his smile as he did.]

Of course. I said I'd come, right?

[busagi]

[His touch. It's so warm. And real. His touch, she could really feel it! Without a moments hesitation she pushed herself forward and into Red, grasping desperately around his midsection in order to seize a good hold on him. Finally, long awaited warmth!

She couldn't really manage to say much in between sobs but, somehow-]

What took you so long!?

[pristinestar]

Sorry... [he smiled a tiny bit painfully, he wished he could've been there in a flash but he's only human. still, he's here now. that's what matters. quietly, he moved his arms around Alice to keep her warm and comforted, letting her stay like that for as long as she wanted.]

[busagi]

[Alice lay draped across his lap and held on to him tightly, afraid that he would be ripped away from her grasp at any moment. She felt much better now that he was there, but she couldn't keep the tears from forming in her eyes. He was so warm, so warm. She wanted to be warm like him.]

nng... [She turned her face away from his chest slightly and sniffled before biting her bottom lip, trying to force herself to stop crying. It was so embarrassing!]

[pristinestar]

Alice... Sometimes, letting it all out will make it better. If you want to cry... or hit me, don't hold back.

[he's serious about that. he moved a bit back for now, but he didn't remove her away from him. it's just so he could look down at her and gaze down.]

[busagi]

! [Alice's eyes widened with shock at what Red had just said. As he leaned back to gaze down at her she also lifted her head to look up at him. She studied his face, searching, trying to understand why he had said what he just said. She glanced back down and away from him and bit her lip harder.]

You're not the one I want to hit.