14th Combo - [Dream]

[redcladidealist]

The dream starts off simply enough, with the figure of a glowering forevveraglub standing with arms crossed. The scenery around him is indistinct, perhaps a field or a forest. rainbowpalette, a girl, is standing in front of him. Neither one looks happy, but the girl is particularly upset. Eridan snaps something at Kanaya, who looks like she's almost in tears.

For a moment, the dream fuzzes and goes out of focus and...

You know what? This sort of dream is best represented with a series of horribly drawn MSPaint pics~




THREATEN THREATEN THREATEN



Lloyd leans forward, smiling at Kanaya as he holds her protectively. "Don't worry," he says. "I don't care what Eridan says about the future. I'll make sure it never happens."

"Thank you, Lloyd." Kanaya smiles back, arms around his neck. "You're a really good friend."

And watching them draw close, seeing how happy they are, the only thing Eridan can do is sob. If only he'd been nicer to his friend, that could have been him in her arms!

Comments

[rainbowpalette.livejournal.com]

Like this?

[She holds a pair of shiny green feathers at the front of the hat.]

[redcladidealist]

No, I meant in front of the rest of the feathers. What do you think? Would it look good there as an accent?

[rainbowpalette.livejournal.com]

[That's some pretty good taste you've got there, Lloyd.]

[Kanaya moves the feathers to where he indicated, putting their hands very close together again, almost touching.]

Like this? That would look lovely, I think. Red and green are very nice complementary colors.

[redcladidealist]

[Art is one of the few subjects Lloyd actually does well in. His friends might argue about his sense of taste (Zelos especially when it comes to clothes), but that's more a matter of perception. Fashion is something Lloyd will never really grasp, but in terms of an arts and crafts project? He's got this.]

Yeah! [And he is really, really pleased that Kanaya agrees with him! So pleased that he leans just a little so he can nudge shoulders with her. He's practically radiating excitement.] That's what I want. I want the feathers like that, and maybe some brown fluffy ones to help hide the ends where they connect. Can you do that?

[rainbowpalette.livejournal.com]

[Kanaya leans into his shoulder, and shyly brushes her fingers across his. If he wanted to take her hand again, she wouldn't complain. No, not at all.]

I can absolutely do that.

[Grin!]

You're good at this! Maybe the next time I'm doing some designing, you can help me!

[redcladidealist]

[When she brushes his hand, a bit of nervousness flutters in his stomach again, but he's riding on enough of a euphoric high that it only makes him hesitate a little before letting go of the feathers so he can wrap his fingers around hers.]

Th-thanks!

Man, that'd be awesome! I'll have to show you some of the things I can do! Maybe when you come by! Then we can come up with ideas to use what we're both good at.

So, I'll... see you really soon, right?

[Does he sound hopeful at the prospect? He does.]

[rainbowpalette.livejournal.com]

Very soon.

[Kanaya agrees, they need to get together again at some early date. She will definitely hurry this hat along--but not fast enough to do shoddy craftstrollship--just so she can see him again.]

[She thinks about trying to kiss his cheek again, but chickens out at the last second, and squeezes his hands instead.]

I'll call you as soon as I'm done.

[redcladidealist]

[Lloyd might have managed to fumble her fingers somehow despite already holding them, but he squeezes them back and... and... He has no idea what he's supposed to do. He's never... Is he supposed to...? Are they even...?]

G-great. I'll look forward to it, then!

[He'll see her again. He'll figure it out by then. And they are holding hands, so that means something special right there. Speaking of hands, he should probably hand his hat over, feathers and all.]

Thanks, Kanaya.

[Another squeeze before he reluctantly lets go.]