𝖍𝖝𝖍 𝖔𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖍𝖔𝖙𝖘

Kite thinks Reader is beautiful

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Author: LazyPerfectionist(on ao3)

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You sat at the edge of the small stretch of beach surrounding the mines, watching the sunrise. You let your toes dip into the water, closing your eyes as you inhaled the soft spray of ocean water that picked up with the morning breeze.

It was calming. The warm rays of sun caressed your skin, making you feel a little less alone as you watched the small-billed swans travel in a flock, adding to the sense of togetherness you had been missing.

People had been disappearing, one by one, over the past couple of weeks. While you yourself had always been alone since you were very young, you weren't used to the cries of mothers missing their children, husbands mourning their wives or young lovers forced to part too early by some unseen force. You weren't worried about vanishing into thin air yourself per se - you had no one to care for and no one to care for you - but it didn't make you any less careful. However, you still made it out to the beach every morning to see the first morning hues, and sat by the river at night to write poetry. You wouldn't give up those pleasures for the world. They were the only things that made life worth living to you.

You heard soft footsteps behind you, and while you tensed up initially, you took a deep breath and calmed yourself, knowing that whatever was behind you had a sort of peaceful life energy to it. You had always been able to pick up on those with good intent, even from afar.

You turned, looking up at a man who stood a polite distance behind you. He was tall and slender, with hair that was pure white and long enough to graze the back of his knees, and his eyes were plain but imbued with a softness as he watched you and then the sunrise.

"Good morning," you acknowledged him briefly, then turned back to the view. He took this as an invitation to approach, and stood beside you.

"My name is Kite," he introduced himself, his eyes on the birds.

"___." You offered. You might have been reckless offering your details like that so immediately, but your instincts about people tended to be correct. You would trust your inner voice. He wasn't the one ravaging your village.

"I saw you last night... you looked beautiful," he said.

Your breath audibly caught in surprise, and you looked at the man again. He still stared straight ahead, but a small smile replaced the neutral expression he'd initially had on his face.

"By the river. You looked peaceful, like this sunrise."

"Thank you," you replied, your face warming up enough that you wondered if the sun had just started to shine a little brighter. He sat down next to you, still keeping a polite distance away. He said nothing else, but his unobtrusive company was welcomed.

The two of you continued to watch the sunrise, but together in silence. In these dark times where your loneliness was rearing its ugly head again, this sunrise and a kind stranger was possibly all you needed.

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