street fighter oneshots (2023) - dhalsim x e honda

HONSIM ; encounter

au; fallen star au

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astronomer edmond honda, professor of the astronomy major program from metro city's famous university. he's paid very well and he still has his passion for sumo wrestling but he retired to have a permanent break. he's loved by his fans and students even on his retirement for sumo wrestling. one night, edmond brought his telescope to a cold windy night. social media claims that there will be a meteor shower by 23:00, which made the astronomer prepare the camera to look at it and take pictures. with the assignment due at midnight, edmond made sure he supervised his students' submissions.

eyes up close to the telescope, he waited for the first shooting star he'll watch. edmond sighed and remained focused on the night skies, taking the picture quickly as the first shooting star shone. "got you." he smiled as he took the camera up close. he takes more pictures of other stars with his special telescope. one of them can let him watch the planets like saturn, jupiter, and mars.

with another picture taken in the telescope, he noticed something so bright that he stopped using it to take a look. edmond squinted his eyes as the shooting star got brighter, falling into where it landed as the professor covered himself. after a brief blow, he decided to follow it as he carefully took away his telescope, camera, and laptop and placed it in the back of his car.

with careful footsteps, he covered his eyes from the brightest light of indigo flashing onto him. it faded away as he watched a beautiful body of sparkling dark skin. shining like a holograph, it opened its eyes and suddenly touched its head. seems to edmond that the man was sent here for a task, but then it looked at the astronomer and went three steps back. "wait." edmond called. "i won't hurt you. i'm an astronomer." he lent a hand with a smile. "and very friendly."

the man couldn't say anything. it doesn't know if it can trust edmond honda by just lending a hand. but he's all alone and he had no choice but to communicate. "are you sure?" he asked as edmond nodded his head. the man sighed and grabbed the astronomer's hands to get up. "how did you come all there falling down the forest? who are you?" honda asked while the man looked around the forest. "well.. i don't know how do i tell you this. but i am called dhalsim, a fallen star."

"wait- you're a fallen star?!" edmond gasped as dhalsim nodded. "i thought they were not real at all as humans! daddy is right about them all along." the fallen star chuckled. "the key is to believe in them. your father is lucky to see them come to life." edmond smiled. "but how did you end up here?" dhalsim sighed. "i was curious about what the world looks like. years and years of looking at the universe, i guess that's how i ended up in."

"do you have friends from your universe?" the astronomer asked as dhalsim looked at his face and sighed. "no, basically i'm all alone in this place. there's nothing i can do where i am. just only ignorance." honda placed his hands on the fallen star's shoulders. "maybe you can live in my apartment. it's pretty cozy if you ask me. and when i'm livin' here, you can always become my friend." dhalsim smiled back. "sure. i wonder how you live in this world." he agreed as they lent each other's hands. "follow me and i'll take you home." with the walk back into the car, they opened the door and entered the front seats. "i never caught your name before." dhalsim spoke. "i'm edmond honda." he replied as he turned the car on.