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"Hey," I spoke out. No response. "Hey, Lil."

With a subtle twitch, Lilium slowly turned to face me but didn't appear to really hear any of my previous calling. My friend looked on with a blank uncertainty and I was so sure I would hear her ask, 'Did I just hear something?' In fact, I wasn't even sure if Lilium was aware that our eyes had met at all.

Perhaps it was the deafening silence that made it difficult to hear, or the uncomfortably heavy air that blurred her vision. After all, the stress and burden of an unimaginable weight was upon the fae. A weight I couldn't have possibly comprehended.

"Hey..." I called once more.

She blinked. Finally, a definite reaction.

"Tadako..."

She said my name as if she were tasting it, like testing out the sound in her mouth (or if she could produce a sound at all at this rate).

"Are you doing okay?" I asked. "Is there something I can help with?"

She blinked again, although I couldn't say that the liveliness was completely back in her eyes. Not at all.

"...I'm fine," she replied, "Please, do not be so concerned about me."

So formal. Yet so unlike her.

She turned her head back in the direction of nothing, her eyes reverting back to the short distanced gaze that observed things unseen.

I was sick of the ice that had formed around her. But was it really my place to break that ice? ... **Act now, think later, right?**

Obeying my gut, I reached out and placed a hand on her shoulder and she tensed up at my touch.

"Please take care of yourself," I said.

At that moment, her face dropped and she shut her eyes tight. It would be a guess to say that she didn't want to let a tear drop that night... and I think i was right.

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OMG A TRADITIONAL PIECE WAT.


no, the drawing isn't an actual portrayal of what's going on in the mini-story but you get the idea... yes? >_> ...OH AND i screwed up Lil's hair. B(

Lil © Michelle Gamboa
Medium: Watercolors, Watercolor Paper

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