Salt and Water chapter 2 ToraxShou
Title: Salt and Water
Chapters: 2/10
Author: mxtrxofsomer
Genre: angst, romance, AU
Band(s): Alice Nine
Pairing: Tora x Shou
Rating: R
Warnings: contains some sensitive issues that some people might find disturbing
Summary: “... it was an encounter too short from the view of the heavens, fair enough in the eyes of the humans, infinite from my own sense of time and... non-existent in his.”
Notes: Still not blessed with any artistic talent in graphics (e.g. drawing and Photoshop) so wrote it instead. Hopeless. Written for j10_ways under Set C theme #2 - Fool
Previous Next
Silence stretched between me and Uruha as we walked through the narrow maze-like passageway amidst the thousands of fir trees dwelling in the depths of the thick forest. Our footsteps were hushed and careful, so very unlike our minds, inattentive to everything that surrounded us, be it seen or unseen. I guess being alone in our own secret paradise could not alter old practices the echelons had etched upon us in that expanse of time. But it was a sacred land only known to us, a part of the covenant we had secured, the instant we had recognized the revelation of our inevitable destiny together. In this place, I’d like to believe that there was nothing to be cautious about, that we could be carefree. But perhaps, no matter what I hoped for, it was a dream that would always remain unrealized.
I caught a few strands of the light growing fainter as we delved in the innermost part of the woods. The absence of brightness always amused, fascinated me in a way, having to live in a place where night suns were unnecessary. It brought me admiration to those who could withstand darkness, only dependent of some artificial stars. We did not need them to survive the battles held in the shadows, our eyes could serve that purpose. Sometimes I wondered who were better, us- beings who were close to perfection, or them- the most beloved creations of God.
I probably would have been laughed at if I had let anyone aside from Uruha to see a glimpse of my thoughts. It had been made clear to us that we were neither superior nor above others, but then I could never say that we were simple too. I would not call it conceit, the way my fellow comrades took our value to the balance that God has created, I was once proud of it too. It was merely the truth, we held the power that they did not have and it was enough to end the debate about our status. I was the only one irrational enough to consider unbelievable things.
I sighed, forming a bitter smile on my lips. I wasn’t always like this. I used to be confident, a being full of pride who celebrated his strength whenever he had the chance to. I had been looked up on, admired by many for my boldness and just. I could only laugh at myself now with complete mock. I might have been bold but I never had that sense of justice. I had to learn that fact in the most painful way, a harsh event that I do not wish to remember, ever.
It was probably when I had lost all my respect for everything, began seeing the ugliness that I had denied wholeheartedly in the past. Nothing was left, only a hole, slowly eating me away.
Uruha, I was glad that I found him. He seemed to be the only one who could understand me, my lost pride, my self-loathing and the growing hatred that I had for the world we both belonged to. He was not the cure, I know there was none. But if there was someone I regarded as genuine, it was him. And he was kind enough to bear half of the remaining sanity I contained.
Stranded in my own reverie, Uruha had to nudge my shoulder with his, making me halt my tracks. Snapping out of trance, I scrambled beside him, standing in front of one distinct fir tree, its bark severed by two blade slashes, a marker, our marker, carved using our own daggers. My eyes widened in surprise, noticing that we had unconsciously come this far.
“Shou, let’s stop this falsified peace between us shall we?” Uruha finally broke out, turning to look at me with a face that he used for giving reprimands. “It’s rather tense won’t you agree?”
“Oh,” I nodded, only glancing at him with a single blink. “We’ve reached this far. When were you planning to tell me that we’re about to get to the other side?”
“You’re out of it again,” he said raking his fingers through his hair, laughing sheepishly. “I guess I’m out of it too. I just found out that we’re already here without sparing each other a word or two. It’s weird you know. We went here so we could talk before the gathering but we wasted our time.”
“You’re right,” I said, offering him a little smile. I was being selfish again, asking for a favour that I could not even participate in. How was he able to endure me? Even if we were angels, we were not martyr saints. “I’m sorry, I got lost.”
“It can’t be helped,” Uruha answered, starting to pace ahead of me. “I actually have things to tell you.”
“Things to tell me?” curiosity hitting me, I inquired, gaining speed to catch up with him. It had to be something serious; he sounded nothing close but him, relaying information to me meant that it was of huge importance. “And you have kept unspoken for that long?”
“Matters, issues we ought to deal with,” he answered, lowering his voice to an almost inaudible utter. His strides slowed down, sight beginning to wander around with an alert demeanour. “Of my interest and yours.”
Yours. My heart raced faster hearing him say it. My interest connoted my wellbeing and my conduct. As far as I knew, I had not done anything to attract attention towards me. I had kept my reputation low, unnoticeable as possible. Had I somehow unknowingly made something regrettable? Or was it because...?
“Because it’s you I’m talking to right now, your interest would have to come first before mine,” Uruha started, stepping towards a different direction, not the route we had commonly used. And it occurred to me that he was buying us time.
“You do realize that I’m getting anxious,” I said, heaving a deep breath and tailing him behind.
“I’m not sure if you’re going to like it but I am hopeful.”
Confounded rather than curious, I frowned at his statement, trying to recall in my memory an incident that would make a connection. Probing through my mind for a few seconds, unfortunately, did not yield a satisfying answer.
“Do you know the reason why there is a gathering?” he questioned.
I frowned even more at his inquiry. The gathering? Of course I knew the reason, everybody knew it. It was a regular occasion, anticipated by many. “Should there be a reason apart from an assembly and celebration afterwards?”
At this, Uruha stopped walking to stare at me. His eyes were determined, pinning me to stay rooted on the spot. “You are not supposed to know but I thought that it is better if you are warned,” he mumbled, gaze never faltering. “Yes, there is a celebration. Your celebration. And many of the others chosen. The Higher Council has finally decided to give you a remarkable title.”
It took a while for the statement to fully sink in my brain. For an instant, I did not know how to feel or react. I stood there completely frozen, only gaping at Uruha. A title? A new rank? How could that be? No, it was impossible. It had to be a mistake, it just had to be.
“You’re not- serious right?” I managed to say in a broken stutter once the wave of shock dissipated away.
“Shou,” he breathed tiredly moving a little closer so that we were literally face to face. “We may have been standing on different grounds but don’t you see even a small positivity in this?”
I shook my head just as exhaustedly, trying hard to hold his gaze. Uruha was in all aspects right; it could not be bad news for it brought many favours to my side. But he knew as much as I did that a new position was nothing that I desired. I had long abandoned the interest of climbing the hierarchy. That was after...
“I cannot be more reassured that you finally saw the truth that not everything in this world is as beautiful as it seemed to be,” he said, placing his hands on my shoulder and shaking me with a delicate force He oddly looked both concerned and pleading at the same time. “But I was hoping that we’d go through this together and this is a good chance.”
“I am aware of the principles we share,” I said, clasping my hands on his, pressing them gently. “But Uruha, as you have said, we act on our own individual instincts. I am sure that I can help you in some other ways, not thru this.”
He let out an exasperated sigh in defeat, dropping his hands to his side. “Stubborn,” he laughed, ruffling my hair.
“Stop that,” I demanded, withdrawing backwards, prying myself away from his reach. He only laughed harder as I sent him a glare, fixing my hair back to its original appearance.
“But Shou,” he said, laughter dying into a subtle and contemplative tone. “I cannot say that it is your foolishness because I am not one and so are you. However, how are you going to decline? That is an action which will never be understood easily.”
I felt the time freeze, reality hitting the numb parts of my mind. From there a shade of dejection started to crawl its way towards the rest of my senses. Full sympathy was evident in Uruha’s visage, not really waiting for an answer. I wanted to wipe that expression from his face; it was something I never liked to witness on him. But I could not bring myself to do that, not when I could not even see a plausible solution.
“I honestly don’t know.”
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Busy streets, tall buildings and synthetic nature, these were not the most suitable complement for someone who wanted a time alone to clear his head. Of course that was just reasonable, the concept of getting away always accompanied greenery, fresh air, and stillness, and that went for both humans and us.
When it came to nature, there were no other places better than the ones in heaven, where earth was modeled after. If there was a place best for me to escape, heaven itself would be most perfect. En, the forest which Uruha and I had claimed ours was an ideal example. But now, for the very first time, En did not possess the charm it had over me. It instead, served as a reminder of the predicament I would have to deal with.
I could have chosen anywhere else, or somewhere in earth that had a resemblance. It should have comforted me the same way as En did. But of all the places I had selected from, I had settled on the most unexpected- a crowded city with all the many people bustling around me. Noise, pollution, and congestion, not at all soothing, I really must had gone insane as what the others were accusing me of.
Well at least here, I was left alone; no one would bother me even if I was surrounded by an unbelievable number of people. In the human eye, I was invisible- we were, unless we use our power to access a physical body.
It was not as if I was foreign to this place. I had frequently visited the mortal world even if it was not part of my responsibility. It became a place where I could let out all my frustrations about heaven’s society. Those times, I had grown a little attachment to the humankind. There were not a lot of differences between us but at least, they remained themselves, something I greatly respected. Maybe that small liking was the reason why I was not bothered at all about my weird preference.
Seated comfortably with my legs dangling at the edge of the rooftop of a sixty-storey company building in the heart of Tokyo, I watched the time pass by insignificantly without me achieving any kind of accomplishment. It was not as if I had something important to attend to, aside from my problem, but I was not free either. They were probably searching for me now. I might have caused an uproar by disappearing before the assembly, only leaving Uruha a message that I would be gone and asking his favour to not give away my location. Call me coward, but I did not have the courage to face the Council yet just to receive my blessed position.
When asked by Uruha about my plans of refusal, I did not have an answer so I had panicked. I was desperate and fleeing was the only thing that came into my mind. It was the most ridiculous idea but I had no other options. It was unwise too for it would not solve anything. The best thing it offered me was to give me time to think of a way or delay my inauguration.
I really hated what was happening to me.
Getting bored of the long hours sitting like a statue, thinking so much without reaching a solution, I looked down and found the concrete floor, hard and promising. If I was a mortal it could have appeared appealing to my mood. Jumping down to kill myself would have been a nice approach to end all my miseries. Death. It was another reason why I envied the humans, it was easy for them to do something like that. I could not get it why some of them were so trapped in the idea of immortality. I would do anything to get away from it, even if it meant that I would completely vanish without a single trace from the face of this universe.
It guess it would not be that bad if I try, a small adventure would not hurt. I could not die anyway. So, keeping my hold on the flat surface, I eased forward slightly, exposing the lower half of my body to the wind lapping intensely against the side of the building. A little more force from me and I could be plunging down in a second. I bit my lip mischievously, the figure of Uruha in a pout, scolding me suddenly popping into my memory. I chuckled. As if he could really do something about it. Oh well, here I go...
“HEY YOU! DON’T JUMP!”
Startled and almost losing my balance- I could have really fallen, I stiffened, my body torn between jumping and staying behind. Puzzled, I stayed unmoving, cautiously familiarizing myself to the intruder. His voice was nothing I recalled that I knew and from his aura, I could tell that he was not one of my kind. And if ever he was, it would be obvious to him that jumping would not hurt me at all.
“I’ll get you out of there! Don’t move,” he again shouted, slow footsteps advancing towards me.
Getting more confused, I turned around to find a tall, black haired beauty, hand held out towards me standing at a distance. He looked stern, eyes resolutely boring into mine. My heart pounded into my ears as I had seemed to have forgotten how to breathe.
“Come on that is not the way to solve your problems,” he spoke, this time a little calmer and friendlier.
“Are- you- talking to me?” I asked, finally gaining back my senses. It was impossible. I must be hallucinating again. He definitely was a human and I was not in my physical form so he should not be seeing me.
“Who else would I be talking to?” He replied like I was out of my mind. He was drawing nearer and no sooner, he would be right in front of me.
It was not a hallucination then. But how? It was simply out of question. Humans did not have the ability to see an angel especially someone like me. The only ones they were allowed to see were those angels of earth, the angels who would guide them to their destination when they die and the lone time they could see them was the moment they are about to pass away. But from what I was witnessing, he was far from dying and I could not smell the scent of death on him.
Deciding that it would be imprudent if I let him see me fall and survive alive in that height, I pushed myself back until my feet were safely back on surface.
“That’s better,” he said, heaving a huge sigh of relief. “Now if you can only come a little closer here.”
I did not know what came to me but I just found myself obeying his instruction. I carefully stood up and stepped forward, only stopping a few feet away when I remembered that he should not be able to touch me.
“You are not supposed to see me,” I said.
“Don’t be stubborn now,” he snapped, rolling his eyes. Without a warning, he grabbed my wrist and before I could even protest, he had pulled me roughly, making me stumble, my face landing on his chest.
What was happening? As I slammed on his torso, I felt solid. We were skin against skin, a thing that should never have taken place. I was not even made of flesh.
“You really scared the hell out of me there,” he uttered, closing his arms around me. “Why are you so eager to end your life?”
In his arms, I felt very weak and it was peculiar because I never was. In fact, I was one of the strongest Powers in heaven and I was known for that. “I can’t die,” I replied, my voice muffled by his shirt.
“Now that is impossible,” he quietly laughed. He must have thought that I was crazy.
“The impossible thing would have to be you holding me,” I was tempted to say.
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Endnotes: Finished! Yay! ^^ after weeks~ gawd... comments are love~
Fanfic Archive
Chapters: 2/10
Author: mxtrxofsomer
Genre: angst, romance, AU
Band(s): Alice Nine
Pairing: Tora x Shou
Rating: R
Warnings: contains some sensitive issues that some people might find disturbing
Summary: “... it was an encounter too short from the view of the heavens, fair enough in the eyes of the humans, infinite from my own sense of time and... non-existent in his.”
Notes: Still not blessed with any artistic talent in graphics (e.g. drawing and Photoshop) so wrote it instead. Hopeless. Written for j10_ways under Set C theme #2 - Fool
Previous Next
Silence stretched between me and Uruha as we walked through the narrow maze-like passageway amidst the thousands of fir trees dwelling in the depths of the thick forest. Our footsteps were hushed and careful, so very unlike our minds, inattentive to everything that surrounded us, be it seen or unseen. I guess being alone in our own secret paradise could not alter old practices the echelons had etched upon us in that expanse of time. But it was a sacred land only known to us, a part of the covenant we had secured, the instant we had recognized the revelation of our inevitable destiny together. In this place, I’d like to believe that there was nothing to be cautious about, that we could be carefree. But perhaps, no matter what I hoped for, it was a dream that would always remain unrealized.
I caught a few strands of the light growing fainter as we delved in the innermost part of the woods. The absence of brightness always amused, fascinated me in a way, having to live in a place where night suns were unnecessary. It brought me admiration to those who could withstand darkness, only dependent of some artificial stars. We did not need them to survive the battles held in the shadows, our eyes could serve that purpose. Sometimes I wondered who were better, us- beings who were close to perfection, or them- the most beloved creations of God.
I probably would have been laughed at if I had let anyone aside from Uruha to see a glimpse of my thoughts. It had been made clear to us that we were neither superior nor above others, but then I could never say that we were simple too. I would not call it conceit, the way my fellow comrades took our value to the balance that God has created, I was once proud of it too. It was merely the truth, we held the power that they did not have and it was enough to end the debate about our status. I was the only one irrational enough to consider unbelievable things.
I sighed, forming a bitter smile on my lips. I wasn’t always like this. I used to be confident, a being full of pride who celebrated his strength whenever he had the chance to. I had been looked up on, admired by many for my boldness and just. I could only laugh at myself now with complete mock. I might have been bold but I never had that sense of justice. I had to learn that fact in the most painful way, a harsh event that I do not wish to remember, ever.
It was probably when I had lost all my respect for everything, began seeing the ugliness that I had denied wholeheartedly in the past. Nothing was left, only a hole, slowly eating me away.
Uruha, I was glad that I found him. He seemed to be the only one who could understand me, my lost pride, my self-loathing and the growing hatred that I had for the world we both belonged to. He was not the cure, I know there was none. But if there was someone I regarded as genuine, it was him. And he was kind enough to bear half of the remaining sanity I contained.
Stranded in my own reverie, Uruha had to nudge my shoulder with his, making me halt my tracks. Snapping out of trance, I scrambled beside him, standing in front of one distinct fir tree, its bark severed by two blade slashes, a marker, our marker, carved using our own daggers. My eyes widened in surprise, noticing that we had unconsciously come this far.
“Shou, let’s stop this falsified peace between us shall we?” Uruha finally broke out, turning to look at me with a face that he used for giving reprimands. “It’s rather tense won’t you agree?”
“Oh,” I nodded, only glancing at him with a single blink. “We’ve reached this far. When were you planning to tell me that we’re about to get to the other side?”
“You’re out of it again,” he said raking his fingers through his hair, laughing sheepishly. “I guess I’m out of it too. I just found out that we’re already here without sparing each other a word or two. It’s weird you know. We went here so we could talk before the gathering but we wasted our time.”
“You’re right,” I said, offering him a little smile. I was being selfish again, asking for a favour that I could not even participate in. How was he able to endure me? Even if we were angels, we were not martyr saints. “I’m sorry, I got lost.”
“It can’t be helped,” Uruha answered, starting to pace ahead of me. “I actually have things to tell you.”
“Things to tell me?” curiosity hitting me, I inquired, gaining speed to catch up with him. It had to be something serious; he sounded nothing close but him, relaying information to me meant that it was of huge importance. “And you have kept unspoken for that long?”
“Matters, issues we ought to deal with,” he answered, lowering his voice to an almost inaudible utter. His strides slowed down, sight beginning to wander around with an alert demeanour. “Of my interest and yours.”
Yours. My heart raced faster hearing him say it. My interest connoted my wellbeing and my conduct. As far as I knew, I had not done anything to attract attention towards me. I had kept my reputation low, unnoticeable as possible. Had I somehow unknowingly made something regrettable? Or was it because...?
“Because it’s you I’m talking to right now, your interest would have to come first before mine,” Uruha started, stepping towards a different direction, not the route we had commonly used. And it occurred to me that he was buying us time.
“You do realize that I’m getting anxious,” I said, heaving a deep breath and tailing him behind.
“I’m not sure if you’re going to like it but I am hopeful.”
Confounded rather than curious, I frowned at his statement, trying to recall in my memory an incident that would make a connection. Probing through my mind for a few seconds, unfortunately, did not yield a satisfying answer.
“Do you know the reason why there is a gathering?” he questioned.
I frowned even more at his inquiry. The gathering? Of course I knew the reason, everybody knew it. It was a regular occasion, anticipated by many. “Should there be a reason apart from an assembly and celebration afterwards?”
At this, Uruha stopped walking to stare at me. His eyes were determined, pinning me to stay rooted on the spot. “You are not supposed to know but I thought that it is better if you are warned,” he mumbled, gaze never faltering. “Yes, there is a celebration. Your celebration. And many of the others chosen. The Higher Council has finally decided to give you a remarkable title.”
It took a while for the statement to fully sink in my brain. For an instant, I did not know how to feel or react. I stood there completely frozen, only gaping at Uruha. A title? A new rank? How could that be? No, it was impossible. It had to be a mistake, it just had to be.
“You’re not- serious right?” I managed to say in a broken stutter once the wave of shock dissipated away.
“Shou,” he breathed tiredly moving a little closer so that we were literally face to face. “We may have been standing on different grounds but don’t you see even a small positivity in this?”
I shook my head just as exhaustedly, trying hard to hold his gaze. Uruha was in all aspects right; it could not be bad news for it brought many favours to my side. But he knew as much as I did that a new position was nothing that I desired. I had long abandoned the interest of climbing the hierarchy. That was after...
“I cannot be more reassured that you finally saw the truth that not everything in this world is as beautiful as it seemed to be,” he said, placing his hands on my shoulder and shaking me with a delicate force He oddly looked both concerned and pleading at the same time. “But I was hoping that we’d go through this together and this is a good chance.”
“I am aware of the principles we share,” I said, clasping my hands on his, pressing them gently. “But Uruha, as you have said, we act on our own individual instincts. I am sure that I can help you in some other ways, not thru this.”
He let out an exasperated sigh in defeat, dropping his hands to his side. “Stubborn,” he laughed, ruffling my hair.
“Stop that,” I demanded, withdrawing backwards, prying myself away from his reach. He only laughed harder as I sent him a glare, fixing my hair back to its original appearance.
“But Shou,” he said, laughter dying into a subtle and contemplative tone. “I cannot say that it is your foolishness because I am not one and so are you. However, how are you going to decline? That is an action which will never be understood easily.”
I felt the time freeze, reality hitting the numb parts of my mind. From there a shade of dejection started to crawl its way towards the rest of my senses. Full sympathy was evident in Uruha’s visage, not really waiting for an answer. I wanted to wipe that expression from his face; it was something I never liked to witness on him. But I could not bring myself to do that, not when I could not even see a plausible solution.
“I honestly don’t know.”
-----
Busy streets, tall buildings and synthetic nature, these were not the most suitable complement for someone who wanted a time alone to clear his head. Of course that was just reasonable, the concept of getting away always accompanied greenery, fresh air, and stillness, and that went for both humans and us.
When it came to nature, there were no other places better than the ones in heaven, where earth was modeled after. If there was a place best for me to escape, heaven itself would be most perfect. En, the forest which Uruha and I had claimed ours was an ideal example. But now, for the very first time, En did not possess the charm it had over me. It instead, served as a reminder of the predicament I would have to deal with.
I could have chosen anywhere else, or somewhere in earth that had a resemblance. It should have comforted me the same way as En did. But of all the places I had selected from, I had settled on the most unexpected- a crowded city with all the many people bustling around me. Noise, pollution, and congestion, not at all soothing, I really must had gone insane as what the others were accusing me of.
Well at least here, I was left alone; no one would bother me even if I was surrounded by an unbelievable number of people. In the human eye, I was invisible- we were, unless we use our power to access a physical body.
It was not as if I was foreign to this place. I had frequently visited the mortal world even if it was not part of my responsibility. It became a place where I could let out all my frustrations about heaven’s society. Those times, I had grown a little attachment to the humankind. There were not a lot of differences between us but at least, they remained themselves, something I greatly respected. Maybe that small liking was the reason why I was not bothered at all about my weird preference.
Seated comfortably with my legs dangling at the edge of the rooftop of a sixty-storey company building in the heart of Tokyo, I watched the time pass by insignificantly without me achieving any kind of accomplishment. It was not as if I had something important to attend to, aside from my problem, but I was not free either. They were probably searching for me now. I might have caused an uproar by disappearing before the assembly, only leaving Uruha a message that I would be gone and asking his favour to not give away my location. Call me coward, but I did not have the courage to face the Council yet just to receive my blessed position.
When asked by Uruha about my plans of refusal, I did not have an answer so I had panicked. I was desperate and fleeing was the only thing that came into my mind. It was the most ridiculous idea but I had no other options. It was unwise too for it would not solve anything. The best thing it offered me was to give me time to think of a way or delay my inauguration.
I really hated what was happening to me.
Getting bored of the long hours sitting like a statue, thinking so much without reaching a solution, I looked down and found the concrete floor, hard and promising. If I was a mortal it could have appeared appealing to my mood. Jumping down to kill myself would have been a nice approach to end all my miseries. Death. It was another reason why I envied the humans, it was easy for them to do something like that. I could not get it why some of them were so trapped in the idea of immortality. I would do anything to get away from it, even if it meant that I would completely vanish without a single trace from the face of this universe.
It guess it would not be that bad if I try, a small adventure would not hurt. I could not die anyway. So, keeping my hold on the flat surface, I eased forward slightly, exposing the lower half of my body to the wind lapping intensely against the side of the building. A little more force from me and I could be plunging down in a second. I bit my lip mischievously, the figure of Uruha in a pout, scolding me suddenly popping into my memory. I chuckled. As if he could really do something about it. Oh well, here I go...
“HEY YOU! DON’T JUMP!”
Startled and almost losing my balance- I could have really fallen, I stiffened, my body torn between jumping and staying behind. Puzzled, I stayed unmoving, cautiously familiarizing myself to the intruder. His voice was nothing I recalled that I knew and from his aura, I could tell that he was not one of my kind. And if ever he was, it would be obvious to him that jumping would not hurt me at all.
“I’ll get you out of there! Don’t move,” he again shouted, slow footsteps advancing towards me.
Getting more confused, I turned around to find a tall, black haired beauty, hand held out towards me standing at a distance. He looked stern, eyes resolutely boring into mine. My heart pounded into my ears as I had seemed to have forgotten how to breathe.
“Come on that is not the way to solve your problems,” he spoke, this time a little calmer and friendlier.
“Are- you- talking to me?” I asked, finally gaining back my senses. It was impossible. I must be hallucinating again. He definitely was a human and I was not in my physical form so he should not be seeing me.
“Who else would I be talking to?” He replied like I was out of my mind. He was drawing nearer and no sooner, he would be right in front of me.
It was not a hallucination then. But how? It was simply out of question. Humans did not have the ability to see an angel especially someone like me. The only ones they were allowed to see were those angels of earth, the angels who would guide them to their destination when they die and the lone time they could see them was the moment they are about to pass away. But from what I was witnessing, he was far from dying and I could not smell the scent of death on him.
Deciding that it would be imprudent if I let him see me fall and survive alive in that height, I pushed myself back until my feet were safely back on surface.
“That’s better,” he said, heaving a huge sigh of relief. “Now if you can only come a little closer here.”
I did not know what came to me but I just found myself obeying his instruction. I carefully stood up and stepped forward, only stopping a few feet away when I remembered that he should not be able to touch me.
“You are not supposed to see me,” I said.
“Don’t be stubborn now,” he snapped, rolling his eyes. Without a warning, he grabbed my wrist and before I could even protest, he had pulled me roughly, making me stumble, my face landing on his chest.
What was happening? As I slammed on his torso, I felt solid. We were skin against skin, a thing that should never have taken place. I was not even made of flesh.
“You really scared the hell out of me there,” he uttered, closing his arms around me. “Why are you so eager to end your life?”
In his arms, I felt very weak and it was peculiar because I never was. In fact, I was one of the strongest Powers in heaven and I was known for that. “I can’t die,” I replied, my voice muffled by his shirt.
“Now that is impossible,” he quietly laughed. He must have thought that I was crazy.
“The impossible thing would have to be you holding me,” I was tempted to say.
-----
Endnotes: Finished! Yay! ^^ after weeks~ gawd... comments are love~
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