Four. I got over-enthusiastic.
Theme: Strawberries
Universe: The Siren RPCharacters: Irae, Hikari, Kap
Words: 137
"This is boring."
Hikari looked over at Irae, who was staring blankly at the bowl of plastic fruit sitting in front of her, the fake foods melting together and bubbling, the flames eating through the plastic like it was nothing but silk.
"What do you suggest we do?" Hikari asked, raising a slender eyebrow from her place on the couch beside the other woman.
Irae looked contemplative.
Twelve minutes later, the two women were sitting back on the couch, a strawberry suspended from the ceiling by a piece of string. Kap was under said strawberry, jumping with all the effort she had; flailing at said fruit, trying to grab it, but at least four feet short.
"Gah!" cried Kap, continuing to jump. "COME TO US!" she cried. "WE'RE HUNGRY! GAAAAAH!"
Irae and Hikari shared a sardonic smirk.
Theme: Ice Cream
Universe: Family Guy
Characters: Stewie, Rupert the teddybear
Words: 92
"Rupert!" cried Stewie, pointing at the little brown teddy-bear. "Did you place that bid on that abandoned nuclear wasteland on ebay?"
Rupert sagged a little from his place; propped up against the leg of the couch.
"You didn't?" seethed Stewie. "You incompetent, textile-packed, ludicrously taciturn caniform!"
Stewie slapped Rupert across the muzzle.
Rupert flopped onto the floor.
"Well," said the genius baby, rubbing his hand. "You know what this means..."
That night at dinner, Rupert was left in Stewie's bed, while Stewie smugly licked at his dessert: chocolate ice cream.
Rupert's favourite.
Theme: Rain
Universe: The Siren RPCharacters: Hikari, Kap
Words: 249
Rain threw itself down upon The Empire Of Evil Fire in sheets of grey; flooding the streets in an ankle-deep layer of Cold that bit you right down to your core: tearing into your clothing; your muscles; your mind.
Hikari walked through the one of the streets, her thin clothing weighed down from the heavy water; already soaked to the bone. Her emerald eyes snapped around, looking for something in particular.
At last, she found it.
Kap sat in a narrow alleyway between two buildings, her knees hugged to her chest, her face shielded from the outside world by a curtain of matted wet hair.
She was making the rain worse.
She was making it penetrate the minds of everyone in the empire. Make them sad. Heartbroken.
Like she was.
Hikari waded through the flooded street and sat next to the young girl, slowly and carefully curling an arm around her small shoulders.
With a feeble sniff, Kap turned and curled against Hikari's wet chest, nuzzling her nose as deep as she could to the warmth.
"Shh," whispered Hikari, letting her slender fingers rake through Kap's wet hair. "He didn't mean it, shhhh... It's okay..."
"We hurt..." the illusionist whispered in a trembling voice. "We hurt."
With gentle, warm fingers, Hikari tilted Kap's childlike face up to her own and placed soft, feather-light kisses down the other girl's cheeks, Kap's small hands gripping Hikari's shirt.
Even if the tears couldn't be seen in the rain, they were still there.
Theme: Starlight
Universe: Naruto
Characters: Naruto, Sakura
Words: 374
Naruto stared up into the dark sky, the stars twinkling above him.
It was a cold night in Konoha. He couldn't sleep. He needed some air.
He'd woken up because of the feeling of red, furry tails curling around his throat; constricting him; suffocating him; adding to the silky brush of red fur against his stomach.
He didn't like it when he awoke in the night. It was like his empty apartment was mocking him. Mocking his loneliness.
He stood atop the Hokage monument looking over Konoha: upon the Fourth's head, in his pyjamas, staring up at the twinkling sky.
Why was he so alone?
Slowly reaching a hand up, Naruto spread his fingers: reaching for the stars. Won't they keep him company? Help him? Love him? The stars twinkled at him. He felt his muscles along his shoulders and back burn as he reached higher and higher- but, the stars refused him.
Letting his hand drop to his side, Naruto sighed, blue eyes reflecting the far-away jewels in the sky.
A shooting star danced past and the teen closed his eyes.
I don't want to be alone anymore.
"Naruto?"
The blonde jumped a good four feet in the air, whipped around, staggered, and swore all at the same time. If he hadn't been so surprised, he would've congratulated himself at multitasking.
"Sa--Sakura-chan?"
His crush stood there, clad in a fluffy pink night-gown, staring at him from by the bushes behind the Hokage monument's heads. "What are you doing, Naruto?" she asked.
Naruto glanced away, his cheeks burning a little. He mumbled something. The starlight splashed down upon Sakura's soft pink hair and pale skin like liquid silver. She looked like an angel. A beautiful, holy angel.
The beautiful girl rose an eyebrow in an unimpressed fashion. "Didn't catch that," she said flatly.
"Couldn't sleep," the blonde said a little louder. Why did it have to sound so corny?
Sakura smiled a little. Shuffling forward in her night-gown, she came up beside him and let her fingers brush his hand. Bright blue eyes staring at her, she rose a slender eyebrow in question.
"Wanttogooutforsomeramen? Naruto blurted.
Sakura grinned and walked off. "No~"
"Sushi?" Naruto tried again at her retreating back.
"No~"
"Odango?"
"No~~"
Edited by YonderBeyonder, 05 May 2008 - 06:06 AM.