Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ Wanderer and Waverer ❯ Wanderer and Waverer ( Chapter 1 )

Wanderer and Waverer

Which one, indeed, is the more difficult role?

 

 

 

 

Fireflies float on the cool night breeze. The river's mist rises, moistening her skin, frosting her hair. Night's birdsong caresses her ear, moonshine gleams on the water.

 

She pauses her search. Familiar footfalls break the silence.

 

Heartbeats clamor against her eardrums, drowning the quiet, intolerable words. Ragged breaths drawn against overpowering pressure. Her body paralyzed, unresponsive. Overwhelming helplessness.

 

Sudden, shocking strength of encircling arms. His warm, vibrant breath against her cool skin. Her body no longer paralyzed, instead faint and failing. Embrace long desired, desperately craved; now promises only emptiness.

 

She empties herself in tears—he takes his first step.