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F a n t a s y

Akutagawa

I don't claim to be the happiest person out there. I won't even say I'm entirely satisfied with my life thusfar.

Though, just being able to see her like this made me whole again. I no longer fester over a mistake or failure.

She's taught me how to forgive and forget. How to accept things for what they are. She's taught me how to believe, to hope.

I owe my life to her.

As the full moon rests high up in the air, I lie down on earth wondering how I was able to become this way.

I'm not one to be sentimental in the slightest bit, but with her lying in my arms under the stars, I wished time would freeze forever.

"Hey Ryu, why have you never thought of leaving this place?" She mused. I glanced down at her small frame. She was mesmerized by the vast open water. How it could stretch for miles without stopping.

"I never truly wanted to. I've grown accustomed to this life." I stated.

"What about change? Are you afraid of it? That one slight difference could send everything haywire?"

"Not particularly."

She subconsciously bit her lip, thinking deeply about something I cannot even begin to process.

"You're a peculiar man Ryu."

I bent down planting a kiss on her forehead.

"As if you aren't, Yoko Tawada."

She smiled to herself watching the waves once again. This moment, we could be ourselves dispite the conflict and horror around us.

"After all this time, you never told me your definition." She muttered.

Definition. A description of one's nature.

"You never told me yours either." I stated trying to find my way out of her query.

"I'm The Fool. I act unwisely and imprudently. I don't follow my heart nor my head, but act on a mere whim. You?"

I stared up at the sky. My definition? How do I describe myself?

"The Void. The emptiness created by loss. I am the darkness, I am fear. 'Fear death, fear slaughter. For the void kills indiscriminately, and it is unescapable.' That's who I am."

She looked up at me with a grin.

"I guess I'll just have to find the missing puzzle piece."

This moment in time, being with her, is what I'd define as fantasy.