We'll Always Have Paris (Wish-verse)
Title: We’ll Always Have Paris
Author: alliterationhor
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Spoilers: Outo can't possibly still be spoilery, can it?
Rating: G.
Author’s note: part of the Wish-verse. written mostly because I adore the image of Fai and Sakura sitting on a couch with their feet in slippers up on the coffee table, eating ice-cream and watching sappy movies.
Another note: also, Drowning has been updated to the finished version!
Word count: 1,058
Comments/concrit appreciated.
We’ll Always Have Paris
“Are you ready?” Fai asked.
“I think so.” Sakura answered, nervously.
They both stuck their spoons in their mouths at the same time.
“Mm! It’s good!” Sakura exclaimed. “Really, really good!”
“Yes, it is.”
Fai had known what chocolate was, and mint. He had never heard of fudge or ice-cream before, though. But it had seemed to him that anything that was ‘double double chocolate’ could not possibly be bad.
“I knew what chocolate was, and fudge.” Sakura commented. “I’ve never heard of mint, or ice-cream. Is mint that kind of ... sharp, tingly taste?”
“Yes. So your world didn’t have ice-cream either?”
“No.”
“Mokona has had ice-cream before!” Mokona declared proudly. “Mokona loves ice-cream!”
Mokona had his own carton and was, thankfully, using a spoon instead of devouring it whole. For a creature so small, Mokona had voracious eating habits.
“So this box is supposed to tell stories, right?” Fai questioned, pointing at the odd box in front of the coffee table.
“Really?” Sakura asked, her green eyes bright with curiosity.
“Your world didn’t have these either?”
“No.” Sakura shook her head. “At least, I don’t think so.”
“Mokona?”
Mokona hopped onto the coffee table and pushed the power button on the remote with his foot. “Mokona will find us something good to watch!”
Fai smiled. “What would we do without Mokona?”
“Mokona is helpful! Helpful, helpful!”
“This ice-cream is delicious. We should save some for Syaoran-kun and Kurogane-san.”
“This ice-cream is so delicious, I don’t think we can save any for the puppy pair.” Fai remarked, cheerfully evil. “But we can buy some more tomorrow.”
“Do you think they’re alright?” Sakura glanced out the window, at the darkness outside. “It is awfully late, and they’re out hunting those Oni ...”
“I’m sure they will be fine.” Fai answered easily. “Both Big Puppy and Little Puppy are very capable of taking care of themselves; and together they should have no trouble at all.”
She answered, a bit distractedly, “Yes.”
“But you still worry.”
“Yes.”
“You are a very sweet girl, Sakura-chan.” Fai said, smiling.
Sakura looked over at him, curiously. “You don’t worry, at all?”
“A little.” Fai admitted. “But I also trust what I know. As I said; they are strong. And together they are stronger. And I know that they both have a purpose, and neither of them will let themselves fail until they fulfill that purpose.”
“I hope that’s true. Because of my feathers, yes, but also because I don’t want anything to happen to them.”
“I found it!”
“What have you found, Mokona?” Fai inquired.
“Mokona found a movie!” Mokona said, bouncing proudly. “It’s called Casablanca. Yuuko loves this movie! Mokona has watched it many times!”
“Well, if it has the Mokona seal of approval, it must be good.” Fai put his slippered feet up on the coffee table, leaning back into the couch and getting comfortable. “What do you say, Sakura-chan? Would you like to watch the funny moving pictures in the box?”
Sakura laughed and snuggled down into the cushions. “Why is it in monochrome?”
“It was made before they knew how to put the colour in too.” Mokona answered.
“Very odd, isn’t it?”
“Yes, it is.”
“Hush!” Mokona cried. “This is the good part!”
* * *
“Hey.”
Fai had woken up when the front door had opened, signaling Kurogane and Syaoran’s return home. Now, at Kurogane’s voice, he opened sleepy eyes.
“Mm. Where is Syaoran-kun?” he asked in a whisper, not wanting to disturb Sakura, who was fast asleep with her head on his shoulder.
Kurogane nodded in the direction of the stairs. “He went up to bed already.”
“And you are both alright? No one needs tending to?”
“We’re fine.”
“Good. Sakura-chan was worried.”
A slight smile. “She looks very worried.”
Fai eased himself off the couch, gently laying the young girl’s head on a pillow. She stirred a bit sleepily, but did not awaken.
Fai took a few steps to stand nearer to the ninja, and crossed his arms loosely. “It is hard for her, you know. She was fighting to stay awake.” He smiled a little, looking over his shoulder at the sleeping girl. “She fell asleep before the end of the movie.”
“‘Movie’?”
“It’s a story with moving pictures and sound that plays on that funny box over there. Mokona said it’s called a movie.”
“We should get her to bed.” Kurogane said quietly, moving past him.
Fai watched Kurogane carefully slip his arms around Sakura and lift her from the couch. Fai wondered, as he followed the ninja up the stairs, where Kurogane had learned to be so gentle. Those large, rough hands were more accustomed to combat than the care-taking of children. Fai wondered, but he would not ask.
He opened Sakura’s door for Kurogane and pulled back the covers on her bed. Kurogane laid the sleeping princess down so very gently, and Fai pulled off her slippers. As Kurogane pulled the covers up around Sakura’s shoulders, Fai stood in the doorway with a shoulder against the doorjamb.
“It’s probably better that she fell asleep before the end,” Fai murmured. “It was a beautiful love story, but the man and the woman parted ways at the end. It would have made her sad.”
“Why did they?” Kurogane asked quietly, as he came to stand near Fai.
“Because of a war. It was for the greater good. Sakura-chan is too young to understand that, though.” A smile, somewhat sad, touched his face as he looked at the sleeping girl. “She still believes in happy endings.”
“Sounds like a stupid movie to me.”
“I think I will tell her that it had a happy ending.”
Kurogane sighed. “If you’re going to lie, then tell her that you fell asleep before the end of the movie too. That way, if she ever does find out how it ends, she won’t know you lied to her.”
Fai blinked in surprise, then laughed a little. “That’s a good idea.”
Kurogane announced, “I’m going to bed.”
With a nod, Fai moved out of the doorway to let the ninja pass. “Goodnight, Kuro-che.”
Kurogane grumbled something over his shoulder as he walked down the hall.
Fai looked at Sakura, who was sleeping peacefully under the covers, and smiled a little. “I hope you find your happy ending, Sakura-chan. Goodnight,” he whispered as he closed the door.
Author: alliterationhor
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Spoilers: Outo can't possibly still be spoilery, can it?
Rating: G.
Author’s note: part of the Wish-verse. written mostly because I adore the image of Fai and Sakura sitting on a couch with their feet in slippers up on the coffee table, eating ice-cream and watching sappy movies.
Another note: also, Drowning has been updated to the finished version!
Word count: 1,058
Comments/concrit appreciated.
We’ll Always Have Paris
“Are you ready?” Fai asked.
“I think so.” Sakura answered, nervously.
They both stuck their spoons in their mouths at the same time.
“Mm! It’s good!” Sakura exclaimed. “Really, really good!”
“Yes, it is.”
Fai had known what chocolate was, and mint. He had never heard of fudge or ice-cream before, though. But it had seemed to him that anything that was ‘double double chocolate’ could not possibly be bad.
“I knew what chocolate was, and fudge.” Sakura commented. “I’ve never heard of mint, or ice-cream. Is mint that kind of ... sharp, tingly taste?”
“Yes. So your world didn’t have ice-cream either?”
“No.”
“Mokona has had ice-cream before!” Mokona declared proudly. “Mokona loves ice-cream!”
Mokona had his own carton and was, thankfully, using a spoon instead of devouring it whole. For a creature so small, Mokona had voracious eating habits.
“So this box is supposed to tell stories, right?” Fai questioned, pointing at the odd box in front of the coffee table.
“Really?” Sakura asked, her green eyes bright with curiosity.
“Your world didn’t have these either?”
“No.” Sakura shook her head. “At least, I don’t think so.”
“Mokona?”
Mokona hopped onto the coffee table and pushed the power button on the remote with his foot. “Mokona will find us something good to watch!”
Fai smiled. “What would we do without Mokona?”
“Mokona is helpful! Helpful, helpful!”
“This ice-cream is delicious. We should save some for Syaoran-kun and Kurogane-san.”
“This ice-cream is so delicious, I don’t think we can save any for the puppy pair.” Fai remarked, cheerfully evil. “But we can buy some more tomorrow.”
“Do you think they’re alright?” Sakura glanced out the window, at the darkness outside. “It is awfully late, and they’re out hunting those Oni ...”
“I’m sure they will be fine.” Fai answered easily. “Both Big Puppy and Little Puppy are very capable of taking care of themselves; and together they should have no trouble at all.”
She answered, a bit distractedly, “Yes.”
“But you still worry.”
“Yes.”
“You are a very sweet girl, Sakura-chan.” Fai said, smiling.
Sakura looked over at him, curiously. “You don’t worry, at all?”
“A little.” Fai admitted. “But I also trust what I know. As I said; they are strong. And together they are stronger. And I know that they both have a purpose, and neither of them will let themselves fail until they fulfill that purpose.”
“I hope that’s true. Because of my feathers, yes, but also because I don’t want anything to happen to them.”
“I found it!”
“What have you found, Mokona?” Fai inquired.
“Mokona found a movie!” Mokona said, bouncing proudly. “It’s called Casablanca. Yuuko loves this movie! Mokona has watched it many times!”
“Well, if it has the Mokona seal of approval, it must be good.” Fai put his slippered feet up on the coffee table, leaning back into the couch and getting comfortable. “What do you say, Sakura-chan? Would you like to watch the funny moving pictures in the box?”
Sakura laughed and snuggled down into the cushions. “Why is it in monochrome?”
“It was made before they knew how to put the colour in too.” Mokona answered.
“Very odd, isn’t it?”
“Yes, it is.”
“Hush!” Mokona cried. “This is the good part!”
* * *
“Hey.”
Fai had woken up when the front door had opened, signaling Kurogane and Syaoran’s return home. Now, at Kurogane’s voice, he opened sleepy eyes.
“Mm. Where is Syaoran-kun?” he asked in a whisper, not wanting to disturb Sakura, who was fast asleep with her head on his shoulder.
Kurogane nodded in the direction of the stairs. “He went up to bed already.”
“And you are both alright? No one needs tending to?”
“We’re fine.”
“Good. Sakura-chan was worried.”
A slight smile. “She looks very worried.”
Fai eased himself off the couch, gently laying the young girl’s head on a pillow. She stirred a bit sleepily, but did not awaken.
Fai took a few steps to stand nearer to the ninja, and crossed his arms loosely. “It is hard for her, you know. She was fighting to stay awake.” He smiled a little, looking over his shoulder at the sleeping girl. “She fell asleep before the end of the movie.”
“‘Movie’?”
“It’s a story with moving pictures and sound that plays on that funny box over there. Mokona said it’s called a movie.”
“We should get her to bed.” Kurogane said quietly, moving past him.
Fai watched Kurogane carefully slip his arms around Sakura and lift her from the couch. Fai wondered, as he followed the ninja up the stairs, where Kurogane had learned to be so gentle. Those large, rough hands were more accustomed to combat than the care-taking of children. Fai wondered, but he would not ask.
He opened Sakura’s door for Kurogane and pulled back the covers on her bed. Kurogane laid the sleeping princess down so very gently, and Fai pulled off her slippers. As Kurogane pulled the covers up around Sakura’s shoulders, Fai stood in the doorway with a shoulder against the doorjamb.
“It’s probably better that she fell asleep before the end,” Fai murmured. “It was a beautiful love story, but the man and the woman parted ways at the end. It would have made her sad.”
“Why did they?” Kurogane asked quietly, as he came to stand near Fai.
“Because of a war. It was for the greater good. Sakura-chan is too young to understand that, though.” A smile, somewhat sad, touched his face as he looked at the sleeping girl. “She still believes in happy endings.”
“Sounds like a stupid movie to me.”
“I think I will tell her that it had a happy ending.”
Kurogane sighed. “If you’re going to lie, then tell her that you fell asleep before the end of the movie too. That way, if she ever does find out how it ends, she won’t know you lied to her.”
Fai blinked in surprise, then laughed a little. “That’s a good idea.”
Kurogane announced, “I’m going to bed.”
With a nod, Fai moved out of the doorway to let the ninja pass. “Goodnight, Kuro-che.”
Kurogane grumbled something over his shoulder as he walked down the hall.
Fai looked at Sakura, who was sleeping peacefully under the covers, and smiled a little. “I hope you find your happy ending, Sakura-chan. Goodnight,” he whispered as he closed the door.