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400 word drabble: Uncharted
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avatar_500 prompt #3, Undying.
Summary: The first new moon.
Uncharted
Yue rose early, pale and lusterless in the morning sky. “Hello Agni,” she greeted, bowing her head.
Beaming, he waved to her as she climbed higher. Her hands trailed though the air, pulling the ocean waters after them, and La reached his hand up to her, but she didn’t take it.
He wanted Tui. She couldn’t be Tui.
When she came close enough, Agni took her hands and pulled her into an embrace. “You feel so thin,” he whispered.
She leaned against him, letting his short, round body bear her weight for a while, her head against his pudgy arm. “Is something wrong with me?”
He shook his head and tucked her braids behind her ears. His eyes took on a faraway look. “Tui always had a hard time just before the new moon too.”
Yue let go abruptly. “I’m sorry,” she wanted to say.
She hadn’t realized she had spoken it aloud until Agni laid his hand over hers. “What for?”
“You must miss your sister terribly,” she murmured.
Agni rubbed the back of her hand with his thumb. “Your sister too.” Smiling sadly, Yue shook her head, and let him keep holding her hand. After a moment, he let go and stood back, dangling in the air in front of her. “Do you want me to help you through the sky?”
She felt horribly weak nodding, but her head bobbed without her permission. He lifted her and her sliver of moon into his arms and carried her through the sky, letting the sun disk drift along behind them. “Was-” she stopped talking, and looked away. “Was Tui your real sister, or was she your sister like I’m your sister?”
His brow furrowed, puzzled. “You’re my real sister.”
“No, I mean, did you have the same parents?”
“We don’t have parents.” He closed his eyes as she looked back to him. “But I’m the Sun, and she was the Moon, so she was my sister.”
Yue wished he would smile. His round face was made for it. She wished she could make him smile.
“I’ve never missed anyone before. She’s the first of us to die. I...” He closed his eyes again and fought back tears. “I didn’t even know we could.”
A piece of Yue was circling La in the pool at the spirit oasis, frail, and living, and vulnerable. She brushed her hand against her brother’s cheek.
avatar_500 prompt #3, Undying.Summary: The first new moon.
Uncharted
Yue rose early, pale and lusterless in the morning sky. “Hello Agni,” she greeted, bowing her head.
Beaming, he waved to her as she climbed higher. Her hands trailed though the air, pulling the ocean waters after them, and La reached his hand up to her, but she didn’t take it.
He wanted Tui. She couldn’t be Tui.
When she came close enough, Agni took her hands and pulled her into an embrace. “You feel so thin,” he whispered.
She leaned against him, letting his short, round body bear her weight for a while, her head against his pudgy arm. “Is something wrong with me?”
He shook his head and tucked her braids behind her ears. His eyes took on a faraway look. “Tui always had a hard time just before the new moon too.”
Yue let go abruptly. “I’m sorry,” she wanted to say.
She hadn’t realized she had spoken it aloud until Agni laid his hand over hers. “What for?”
“You must miss your sister terribly,” she murmured.
Agni rubbed the back of her hand with his thumb. “Your sister too.” Smiling sadly, Yue shook her head, and let him keep holding her hand. After a moment, he let go and stood back, dangling in the air in front of her. “Do you want me to help you through the sky?”
She felt horribly weak nodding, but her head bobbed without her permission. He lifted her and her sliver of moon into his arms and carried her through the sky, letting the sun disk drift along behind them. “Was-” she stopped talking, and looked away. “Was Tui your real sister, or was she your sister like I’m your sister?”
His brow furrowed, puzzled. “You’re my real sister.”
“No, I mean, did you have the same parents?”
“We don’t have parents.” He closed his eyes as she looked back to him. “But I’m the Sun, and she was the Moon, so she was my sister.”
Yue wished he would smile. His round face was made for it. She wished she could make him smile.
“I’ve never missed anyone before. She’s the first of us to die. I...” He closed his eyes again and fought back tears. “I didn’t even know we could.”
A piece of Yue was circling La in the pool at the spirit oasis, frail, and living, and vulnerable. She brushed her hand against her brother’s cheek.
