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Misuzu, now a young woman, brushed a strand of blonde hair out of her eyes and looked to her companion. "Isn't it nice, Chii? I mean, the sunset never stops being pretty...even after so long?"
The two of them sat on a horizontally bent palm tree that overlooked the sun setting on the ocean skyline. Riku once remarked to them that Destiny Islands once had one just like it, that him, Sora, and Kairi would watch the sun set in this exact same way. The tradition of going to that place with the fireflies had long faded mutually, but occasionally the two of them would come here and wait until the sun setting made the fireflies visible once more.
Over time, even if Chii's vocabulary had grown, she seemed to speak less and less, preferring to be the listener instead of parroting and mimicking everyone's actions as she once had. Misuzu reflected that it made her sound more and more like Freya, even if the other twin was nowhere to be found these days.
And so Chii played the role of the listener again today, as Misuzu talked about her day, about the puppies Atashi has raised, about life at the Overlord's castle where all three of them stayed. She asked Chii about what was happening in her life, but Chii didn't have much to say, aside from the fact that she was writing another book, and this one would be called "The Stars in the Mirror."
Curious, Misuzu asked if it would follow the adventures of the bunny Chii liked to write about, and Chii nodded, saying it would be her last book in the series. "Well, even so...you could write more stories, Chii. I'm sure the children at the school would love them. Maybe about a new bunny...?"
Chii didn't say anything, but merely nodded. "Maybe..."
"...! Look at the time, Chii! The sun already set a while ago...We should go back, they'll worry about us."
Shaking her head, Chii said she'd stay a little while longer, so that she can work on the last few pages of her book. A bit unwillingly, Misuzu left without her.
Chii pulled the sketchbook in her lap. The last few pages were still blank, and she wondered briefly if she would ever fill them.
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She doesn't notice the footsteps behind her. "Miss Chii?"
A man is looking at her innocently, a few battered books under his arm. His pocket watch clearly says that it's well past midnight, and yet she still hasn't moved from her spot. He takes a moment to notice the contrast between them--he had grown up naturally, she had stayed looking like the same young woman he met years ago. Somehow, it added a ghostly air to her, like a phantom fated to haunt the same spot for eternity.
"It's dangerous to stay alone out here, shouldn't you be heading back?"
She turns her head towards him, and he notices this time her eyes have changed. Instead of the faded browns and golds that never seemed quite clear and always a bit glassy, they were piercing hazel, like a normal human beings. And they were moist with tears. Only now does he realize the strange ears are gone, replaced with human ones.
"The island is playing a trick on me today..." Her arms are folded over herself and she's shaking. "This is the first time it's changed me like this. I feel so different...so this is what it's like."
In an instant, he shrugs his coat off and puts it around her shoulders. "Miss Chii, you're...!"
She blinks the tears out of her eyes and reaches up, touching them with pure curiousity as they run down her cheeks, as if it's a miracle it can even happen. "Alphonse, they won't stop..."
He doesn't know what to say, if this is the first time she's ever cried or felt like she's needed to, what comfort could you possibly offer? All he has for her is a hug, going 'sshhh' and telling her it will be alright. If he doesn't know what's making her cry, the least he can do is help in this way.
And they stay like that for a long time, before Chii pulls away and apologizes. Alphonse asks her why she had to cry in the first place, and Chii merely shakes her head, rubbing her eyes.
"I was...working on my book, but I couldn't figure out the ending to my story...but when I changed, all of a sudden, looking through the pages at the last few stories I wrote, it made Ch--...it made me feel like my heart hurt. And then..."
"...You've never felt that way before, have you, Chii?"
Slowly, she shakes her head. "When I was still a persocom, Freya told me we were programmed like this--that our feelings weren't real. I guess what she said was true...if this is what she meant by feeling."
"I don't believe that."
She looks up, surprised as he continues. "Just because you can't cry tears, it doesn't mean you can't feel like you need too--just because Freya said you were programmed...you're not a machine, Chii."
"...What is Chii?" Her voice cracks, slipping back into her old speech pattern.
He remembers how she introduced herself when they first met, long ago. And he can't think of a better answer. "Chii is Chii."
That night, they didn't go home. He stayed with her out on the beach as she sat down and finished the last few pages of her book.
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"Chii, did Riku ever teach you about paopu fruits?"
The blonde shook her head, and looked enthused when Kairi pulled out the little star-shaped fruit, but looked downcast a moment later. "Chii can't eat, though."
Kairi had forgotten, but smiles again. "Even if that's true...you know, they're more than just fruits!" She put the paopu in Chii's hand, laughing a little as she turned it over in her hand, not knowing quite what to do with it. "They've got a wonderful legend behind them!" Chii merely tilted her head, not sure what that meant, but Kairi went on, lifting the basket of paopu she collected while she was out and about.
"People who share a paopu will be linked by fate forever, destined to be together forever." Chii closes her fingers around the fruit, understanding a little bit more.
"So if Chii gives a pao-pu to someone Chii cares about, Chii will be able to be with them forever?"
Kairi brushes a strand of red hair behind her hair as they go back inside. "That's right...it's only a legend of course, but I believe it's true."
The persocom holds it close to her heart and thinks, even if she isn't able to eat it...perhaps there is already a reason to share it?
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That evening after dinner, everyone was relaxing outside, watching the stars together until they were all too tired to stay up. Chii came out with a pie--something simple, to be sure, but she sets it out on the table and insists that everyone tries a bite. Even Freya, who can't eat, takes a slice feeding bits of it to the puppies and the chicks who live with them.
"It's good, Chii." Riku finally says, "But what's it made out of?"
She smiles widely, taking Kairi's lesson close to heart. "It's pao-pu! Because Chii ...wanted to stay with everyone forever."
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"Don't they make an adorable pair, Chii-chan?"
Chii looks up at just what Haruko is talking about, watching the two of them tend to the sunflowers that Misuzu had planted so long ago. Sadly, Chii doesn't have much of a concept of relationships, and Haruko may not be the best person to learn from, considering her erotic confessions corners and whatnot. Chii looks back to Haruko, wanting to know exactly what Haruko means by adorable pair.
"Ahh~ Didn't Freya teach you about this? You see, when two people love eachother--even if they're not anywhere near admitting it..."
And Haruko goes on to explain, and Chii still doesn't understand. Even Haruko's patience has to run out at some point, so she pats Chii's head and says maybe another day, Chii will know, and the older woman goes back inside.
Chii gets up from where she sits on the swing to see them laughing and smiling together, the kind that she knows Freya taught her about.
And she understands a little.
Misuzu, now a young woman, brushed a strand of blonde hair out of her eyes and looked to her companion. "Isn't it nice, Chii? I mean, the sunset never stops being pretty...even after so long?"
The two of them sat on a horizontally bent palm tree that overlooked the sun setting on the ocean skyline. Riku once remarked to them that Destiny Islands once had one just like it, that him, Sora, and Kairi would watch the sun set in this exact same way. The tradition of going to that place with the fireflies had long faded mutually, but occasionally the two of them would come here and wait until the sun setting made the fireflies visible once more.
Over time, even if Chii's vocabulary had grown, she seemed to speak less and less, preferring to be the listener instead of parroting and mimicking everyone's actions as she once had. Misuzu reflected that it made her sound more and more like Freya, even if the other twin was nowhere to be found these days.
And so Chii played the role of the listener again today, as Misuzu talked about her day, about the puppies Atashi has raised, about life at the Overlord's castle where all three of them stayed. She asked Chii about what was happening in her life, but Chii didn't have much to say, aside from the fact that she was writing another book, and this one would be called "The Stars in the Mirror."
Curious, Misuzu asked if it would follow the adventures of the bunny Chii liked to write about, and Chii nodded, saying it would be her last book in the series. "Well, even so...you could write more stories, Chii. I'm sure the children at the school would love them. Maybe about a new bunny...?"
Chii didn't say anything, but merely nodded. "Maybe..."
"...! Look at the time, Chii! The sun already set a while ago...We should go back, they'll worry about us."
Shaking her head, Chii said she'd stay a little while longer, so that she can work on the last few pages of her book. A bit unwillingly, Misuzu left without her.
Chii pulled the sketchbook in her lap. The last few pages were still blank, and she wondered briefly if she would ever fill them.
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She doesn't notice the footsteps behind her. "Miss Chii?"
A man is looking at her innocently, a few battered books under his arm. His pocket watch clearly says that it's well past midnight, and yet she still hasn't moved from her spot. He takes a moment to notice the contrast between them--he had grown up naturally, she had stayed looking like the same young woman he met years ago. Somehow, it added a ghostly air to her, like a phantom fated to haunt the same spot for eternity.
"It's dangerous to stay alone out here, shouldn't you be heading back?"
She turns her head towards him, and he notices this time her eyes have changed. Instead of the faded browns and golds that never seemed quite clear and always a bit glassy, they were piercing hazel, like a normal human beings. And they were moist with tears. Only now does he realize the strange ears are gone, replaced with human ones.
"The island is playing a trick on me today..." Her arms are folded over herself and she's shaking. "This is the first time it's changed me like this. I feel so different...so this is what it's like."
In an instant, he shrugs his coat off and puts it around her shoulders. "Miss Chii, you're...!"
She blinks the tears out of her eyes and reaches up, touching them with pure curiousity as they run down her cheeks, as if it's a miracle it can even happen. "Alphonse, they won't stop..."
He doesn't know what to say, if this is the first time she's ever cried or felt like she's needed to, what comfort could you possibly offer? All he has for her is a hug, going 'sshhh' and telling her it will be alright. If he doesn't know what's making her cry, the least he can do is help in this way.
And they stay like that for a long time, before Chii pulls away and apologizes. Alphonse asks her why she had to cry in the first place, and Chii merely shakes her head, rubbing her eyes.
"I was...working on my book, but I couldn't figure out the ending to my story...but when I changed, all of a sudden, looking through the pages at the last few stories I wrote, it made Ch--...it made me feel like my heart hurt. And then..."
"...You've never felt that way before, have you, Chii?"
Slowly, she shakes her head. "When I was still a persocom, Freya told me we were programmed like this--that our feelings weren't real. I guess what she said was true...if this is what she meant by feeling."
"I don't believe that."
She looks up, surprised as he continues. "Just because you can't cry tears, it doesn't mean you can't feel like you need too--just because Freya said you were programmed...you're not a machine, Chii."
"...What is Chii?" Her voice cracks, slipping back into her old speech pattern.
He remembers how she introduced herself when they first met, long ago. And he can't think of a better answer. "Chii is Chii."
That night, they didn't go home. He stayed with her out on the beach as she sat down and finished the last few pages of her book.
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"Chii, did Riku ever teach you about paopu fruits?"
The blonde shook her head, and looked enthused when Kairi pulled out the little star-shaped fruit, but looked downcast a moment later. "Chii can't eat, though."
Kairi had forgotten, but smiles again. "Even if that's true...you know, they're more than just fruits!" She put the paopu in Chii's hand, laughing a little as she turned it over in her hand, not knowing quite what to do with it. "They've got a wonderful legend behind them!" Chii merely tilted her head, not sure what that meant, but Kairi went on, lifting the basket of paopu she collected while she was out and about.
"People who share a paopu will be linked by fate forever, destined to be together forever." Chii closes her fingers around the fruit, understanding a little bit more.
"So if Chii gives a pao-pu to someone Chii cares about, Chii will be able to be with them forever?"
Kairi brushes a strand of red hair behind her hair as they go back inside. "That's right...it's only a legend of course, but I believe it's true."
The persocom holds it close to her heart and thinks, even if she isn't able to eat it...perhaps there is already a reason to share it?
--
That evening after dinner, everyone was relaxing outside, watching the stars together until they were all too tired to stay up. Chii came out with a pie--something simple, to be sure, but she sets it out on the table and insists that everyone tries a bite. Even Freya, who can't eat, takes a slice feeding bits of it to the puppies and the chicks who live with them.
"It's good, Chii." Riku finally says, "But what's it made out of?"
She smiles widely, taking Kairi's lesson close to heart. "It's pao-pu! Because Chii ...wanted to stay with everyone forever."
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"Don't they make an adorable pair, Chii-chan?"
Chii looks up at just what Haruko is talking about, watching the two of them tend to the sunflowers that Misuzu had planted so long ago. Sadly, Chii doesn't have much of a concept of relationships, and Haruko may not be the best person to learn from, considering her erotic confessions corners and whatnot. Chii looks back to Haruko, wanting to know exactly what Haruko means by adorable pair.
"Ahh~ Didn't Freya teach you about this? You see, when two people love eachother--even if they're not anywhere near admitting it..."
And Haruko goes on to explain, and Chii still doesn't understand. Even Haruko's patience has to run out at some point, so she pats Chii's head and says maybe another day, Chii will know, and the older woman goes back inside.
Chii gets up from where she sits on the swing to see them laughing and smiling together, the kind that she knows Freya taught her about.
And she understands a little.