http://clampfix.fanworks.net/re-fix/distance.txt </head><body><pre>'Kay, this is one small fic, and concludes the cleaning of the fanfics on my hard drive. Only thing left now is a few half-baked ideas that are flopping around like beached fish. ~_~; Um, I attempted to make part of this serious, and I have the feeling it didn't quite come off right, so C&C, _please_. ^^;; Next fanfic will be CCD, and will be a Choose-your-own-adventure type thingie. Probably will be a while before I finish. But does anyone want to help me proofread when it's done? I need someone to make sure it makes sense and that all the links work (it'll be in html format up at my site since posting it in one piece is impossible) and C&C it and stuff. ^^;;;; I'd appreciate it. Distance by Neko Juliano "Fuuuuu...." Fuu set her pencil down to rest on the calculus textbook which lay open on the kitchen table in front of her, amid various scraps of paper and notes scattered about the surrounding area. Recognizing that all too sweet voice, she glanced over toward the stairway to the right. It confirmed her guess as her sister came down the stairs with a gait that made her want to say she was "frolicking." She did indeed look the part of a maiden from a fairy tale, with half her long hair cutely braided into a wreath around her head, the other half left to drape about her back and shoulders. She was dressed in a casual outfit, though on her it somehow looked better than anything fancy or expensive; the cotton top and skirt suited the radiant summer day well anyway. Her eyes sparkled, almost to where Fuu could detect a slightly devilish glow to them, even in such an angelic creature like her sister...heh. Kuu swung her body around while her hand grasped one end of the railing as she hit the main floor, then letting go, she left her arms stretched out and made a pirouette to where her younger sister was studying. "Oh, Fuuuuu...would you be so kind...." Her sister leaned over her shoulder and looked at her upside down from her spot behind Fuu's chair. "As to help me with the dishes?" Fuu sweatdropped at the smile her sister was giving her. She could tell that Kuu was trying very hard to make it look cute, but when her sister grinned that much, it looked a little scary. Her eye teeth were sticking out, and they rather reminded her of short stubby fangs. Actually, it reminded her of the smile that Umi-san used a lot, and that was enough to be scary in itself. "I take it you're going somewhere, oneesan?" Her sister put her fingers together and squirmed, at first straightening up onto her toes, then setting herself down flat on her feet. Repeatedly. "Well, I *guess* you could say that...." Kuu really was the antsy girl today, Fuu mused, sizing up her sister. Well, a little teasing couldn't hurt. Fuu gave her sister a mischevious smile. "And with whom would you be going somewhere with?" Her sister's blush rather took Fuu aback. A boyfriend? Kuu? Hm.... She prodded her sister, poking her lightly in the arm. "And do mom and dad know about this?" Her sister squirmed some more. "Ee to...well, kinda...see...I'm supposed to do the dishes before I go anywhere...." Fuu hid her smile. So that was it. She supposed she *could* go easy on her sister...yet, teasing was so much fun, and heaven knew that she was the target of it most of the time. A little fun couldn't hurt, could it? "Well...." At her sister's explosive barrage of "pleeeease?" "c'mon, c'mon!" tugging and everything else under the sun that could be classified as begging, she threw up her hands. "Alright! I'll do it! Just go ahead, oneesan...." Well, she lost that one quick. Not that she really minded - it was the sort of thing she predicted. "Be sure to enjoy yourself, oneesan, and don't get obsessive...." She giggled, as Kuu stuck her tongue out at her wink. "Remember to tell me the details afterwards!" she told her sister's retreating form, as Kuu slipped out the door. Getting up and slipping the dishes into their proper shelves, she sighed as she thought about her own potential of having a boyfriend. She supposed she could say that she had had one once...but it wasn't as if that counted in real life. Real life...that was a very bad term for Tokyo. Admittedly, it *was* real, but so was the time she had spent in Cefiro, almost more so than her "real life". All the events, all the emotions she had felt there...they were so much greater than the ones she felt here at home, in the absolute monotony of her daily schedule. Go to school, eat lunch, chit chat with classmates, go home and study more.... Here, she hadn't ever had something to put her every at stake for, save her family and friends, but those, she had always assumed that she would have.... But still, time made the memories blur together so...and she hadn't been back since...since the abolishment of a pillar system.... She had had a boyfriend once, but he wasn't in this side of her life. And she wasn't certain that she would ever see that side again...ever see *him* again.... She sighed, leaning against the counter. Who was there to possibly take an interest in, anyway? The only time that she would talk to a boy, the only time that a boy would talk to *her*, was when they were admiring her brains, or wanted an answer.... And while there were a few boys who accepted her, they really didn't understand her. They didn't try to, and there was no way they could understand even if they did, without her sounding like a quack talking about Cefiro. Ferio was the closest thing she had ever had.... Even if she did find another man in this half of her life, would she really want to take the opportunity? Would she really want to give Ferio up, to desert him in favor of another with the excuse that she might never see him again? Would she really want to give her love to someone else? And what of Ferio? Would he think her foolish for not moving on with her life? Had he already gone on with his? Or did he still care, did he still wait for her to come back, like she waited to someday meet him? She shut her eyes. She didn't think that she could let go. He had stolen her heart, and he would forever fill that space inside her.... She brought an oval, silent, red-shaped jewel out of her pocket, holding it tight against her chest. Somehow, despite the distance, it told her she remained in his, too. ----- Owari. ^_~</pre><p><a href="./">Back</a></p><p><a href=http://www.dreamhost.com/donate.cgi?id=216><img border=0 alt="Donate towards our web hosting bill!" src=https://secure.newdream.net/donate1.gif></a></p></body></html>