Thirteenth

[colorlesschild.livejournal.com]

[Lost, as the castle has condemned him to be, Sora slipped from an unknown room to wander the halls. He wears his Paradisa High sweat jacket over a matching tee, which dangle off his frame like a tent. As he wanders he hugs the journal to his chest and rubs his eyes dazedly with his free hand. His voice is groggy and weak- after all, he had been ill before this growing-up business had reared its ugly head.]

...Is everything over now?

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[colorlesschild.livejournal.com]

[He snuggles close, voice muffled against her neck.]

What do you mean "back?"

Death should be an ending. It should be peace and rest.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

It's a little different around here. If people die they're gone for two weeks. But then they come back. Like they'd never left.

[colorlesschild.livejournal.com]

That-

That's wrong. How terrible...

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[leaning back just a little. Not to push him away, but so she can see him better]

But it wasn't their time to die. It's like a second chance.

[colorlesschild.livejournal.com]

But what about when God calls them home? Who are we to decide when it is or isn't their time?

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

I think...

[a pause as she tries to form the thoughts completely] this place took us away from our normal times. So if it ends here, it won't really be the end of our journey. Not where we were supposed to be. So if we die here, it's not when we were meant to go.

[colorlesschild.livejournal.com]

[He frowns, but understands, clenching his fingers in her top.]

What if we want it to end here? What if we don't want to go back?

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[hugging him tight again] Some people have been here for years. Maybe it lets some people stay.

[she hopes, for his sake, that it'll grant that wish for him]

[colorlesschild.livejournal.com]

Do you think I'll grow here? Get taller and bigger? [He stretches over his head.] Like I was before. But um. Stay that way.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[a small smile] Maybe. I don't know if anyone has been here long enough to know.

I'm not sure if the castle lets us grow or not.

[colorlesschild.livejournal.com]

[His face falls.] We don't grow? I'll be little forever?

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[oh Sora]

I honestly don't know. I think the longest anyone has been here is three years, and those people are already adults. You don't notice change as much with them.

[colorlesschild.livejournal.com]

[Sora squeezes a bit closer.]

I want to get bigger so I can protect you.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[her hand pauses in his hair for just a moment as she looks down at him in surprise] Protect me?

From what?

[colorlesschild.livejournal.com]

Demons and the bad things that come here?

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[a soft smile]

How about this? We can both be tiny and protect each other, okay?

[colorlesschild.livejournal.com]

[Tiny giggle.] But Jill~lee. You're not tiny! You're an adult!

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[a laugh] Well, that's true, I suppose. But I make a pretty tiny adult.

[colorlesschild.livejournal.com]

[Tugs her shirt.] You're big to me?

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[a smile] I guess I would be.