Number 5!~ heart
Shihna quietly opened the door of her hotel room and slipped outside. She shut the door behind her and tiptoed towards the door that lead outside. For some strange reason she couldn't sleep. She took a deep breath and stretched. "The air in Haima is the best isn't it?" Shihna barely managed to hold back a scream. "Zelos! What are you doing here?!"
The red-haired Chosen was sitting on the porch of the inn. "I couldn't sleep," was Zelos' answer, but he didn't really appear to be paying much attention to Shihna for once. He had his eyes focused on the sky. "The stars are beautiful tonight, don't ya think?"
Shihna looked up. "Yeah. They are." She sat down next to Zelos. Zelos looked at Shihna from the corner of his eye. There is something more beautiful than the stars... "Do you think we could see the stars better if we walked to the top of the mountain?" Shihna asked. "Eh? Is my voluptuous hunny actually inviting me to do something?"
"Grr! I shouldn't have asked you! You always answer like that!" Shihna whacked Zelos on the head. "Ow! But you never ask me to do anything!" Zelos rubbed his head. He took Shihna's hand in his. "Let's go."
"Eh?" Zelos pulled Shihna up and pulled her up the mountain. "We can see the stars better if we go up right?" he said cheerfully. Shihna nodded and tried to keep up to his pace. "You could at least slow down a bit!" Zelos just laughed and continued running.
They reached the top, almost out of breath. They took a few minutes to catch their breath. They looked up at the stars, which appeared to be brighter than before. "I feel like I could reach out and touch them..." Shihna said, turning to look at Zelos...but he wasn't there. "Zelos?..."
Suddenly Shihna found herself being picked up and somehow floating in the air. "Would you really like to touch the stars Shihna?" She was in his arms. "Zelos! Let me go!" Shihna started squirming in his arms. "Whoa there, Shihna! If I let you go you'll fall!" Shihna forced herself to calm down. "But how come we're float-" Then, she noticed them. His wings. "Zelos, those-"
"Yeah, yeah. I'm the Chosen remember? Of course I have wings." Shihna couldn't stop staring at them. They were so beautiful, those yellow-orange wings that had sprouted from Zelos' back. Suddenly she found herself back on the ground again. "Sorry, hunny. I can't keep my wings out that long." Zelos' wings dissapeared. "They tire me out."
"Oh..." Shihna tried to hide the dissapointment in her voice. "Hmm? Are you dissapointed, hunny? Heh heh. Don't worry. Some time I'll take you flying with me," Zelos said, grinning. "It's a promise, okay?"
"What? You don't have to promise such a thing to me!" Shihna was about to argue with Zelos some more, but something in the sky caught her attention. She turned around. "Shooting stars..." Zelos turned around too. "Yeah..." They stood there and watched the stars fall in the sky. "Let's head back now..." The sky had returned to normal.
They walked back down to the inn. I want to see you smile like that again...in the starlight.
"Let's do that again sometime, hunny."
"What?! No way!"
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