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zarahjoyce) wrote2014-05-11 01:47 pm
zarahjoyce) wrote2014-05-11 01:47 pm
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RST fic: Anchor
Rating: G
Summary: "Look! Look down there," Mio said, and he did, and his nerves were quick to remind him just how much he loathed heights.
He should have known what was on Right's mind, the very moment they stepped inside the amusement park.
"We're gonna ride everything anyway!" he proudly proclaimed, sidestepping Kagura's request for nothing too scary and Mio's echoing of what was on Hikari's thoughts right there and then--
Nothing too high.
"Make sure your seat belt's fastened tightly," Mio said, turning towards him from her seat in front, and he nodded, not telling her that this was fine, as long as he had something to anchor him to something solid then it was all right. He'd be all right.
Besides, Hikari reasoned that he could always close his eyes to avoid seeing how high they'd go and just how low they'd descend to. He ignored Kagura's bubbling excitement and Tokatti's nervous enthusiasm and thought that this was stupid, that he allowed himself to be dragged into riding this monstrosity, but it wasn't like Right was going to allow Hikari to miss out on anything and even Mio was against leaving him behind, and oh god they're moving and it'll be over soon and it should be over soon-- the odds of this train stopping and dropping to the ground without warning should be close to nil and--
"That was fun!" Kagura declared as soon as the ride came into a stop. Hikari opened his eyes and breathed out, slowly willing his stomach to settle and his frazzled nerves to calm down.
"Hikari, are you okay?" Tokatti asked him, and he nodded curtly in response; he disliked making anyone making a fuss over him and his so-called acrophobia, after all.
"We should do it again!" Right declared, pumping his fist in the air, and Hikari aimed a glare at him, ready to shoot him down--
Then Mio calmly stepped between them and smoothly said, "Why don't we try another ride first and if we still have time, we'll try this one again?"
Hikari glanced at her, and she grinned at him, her eyes bright.
"All right," Right said, knowing what they all did - that it was useless to try to appeal to Mio when she spoke in that tone of hers. "Then I want to try--" his eyes scanned the horizon, then pointed at something-- "that one!"
Hikari's stomach dropped to dizzying depths when he saw just what Right was referring to.
"Oh! That looks awesome, Right!" Kagura said, and together the two of them raced towards the ride.
Mio sighed loudly. "They didn't even ask us if we wanted to ride it."
Hikari fell into step beside her. "Do you?"
"Well--"
"It's not that high, is it?" Tokatti asked from behind them.
"No," Mio said, looking up. She smiled wistfully. "I think it looks fun, though."
"Then let's go." Hikari shoved his hands into his pockets, resolutely striding forward.
"Are you sure?" Mio asked, catching up to him.
He shrugged. "We'll try everything, right? And that ride's a part of everything."
It was only after a few minutes that Hikari found out, to his dismay and mounting anger, that the ride lacked the one thing he thought all rides should have in the first place--
"What do you mean," he fairly snarled to the attendant, "that this doesn't have any seat belt?"
"Um--"
"Hikari, it's all right," Mio said, stepping down from the ride she was supposed to share with Kagura and quickly moving towards them when she noticed the ruckus. "Tokatti and I will change places. I'll ride with you." She smiled placatingly at the panicking attendant and all but shoved Hikari inside the small compartment.
"I can't believe a seat belt isn't required in this," he said, standing stock-still at the very middle, knowing that relatively this was a safe space and--
"It won't go as fast or as high as a roller coaster," Mio reasoned, moving closer to the edge and Hikari wanted to reach out and tell her to stay beside him where it was safe--
The ride began to ascend, and he did reach out, catching her sleeve instead.
Her smile was so warm and bright as she looked down at the ground beneath them.
"Look! Look down there," Mio said, and he did, and his nerves were quick to remind him just how much he loathed heights. But it was impulse that compelled him to do as she asked, to find out what amused her so, and despite not knowing what it was, at least he could say that he tried.
The ride descended quietly, much to Hikari's appreciation. The door swung open and he was only too happy to step out.
Kagura and Right were off racing to another ride that caught their eye, when Mio laughed suddenly.
"Hikari?" she said. "We're on the ground now."
He raised his brows, silently asking her what her point was.
She then pointed at his hand and sweetly asked, "Can you please let go of my sleeve?"
Summary: "Look! Look down there," Mio said, and he did, and his nerves were quick to remind him just how much he loathed heights.
He should have known what was on Right's mind, the very moment they stepped inside the amusement park.
"We're gonna ride everything anyway!" he proudly proclaimed, sidestepping Kagura's request for nothing too scary and Mio's echoing of what was on Hikari's thoughts right there and then--
Nothing too high.
"Make sure your seat belt's fastened tightly," Mio said, turning towards him from her seat in front, and he nodded, not telling her that this was fine, as long as he had something to anchor him to something solid then it was all right. He'd be all right.
Besides, Hikari reasoned that he could always close his eyes to avoid seeing how high they'd go and just how low they'd descend to. He ignored Kagura's bubbling excitement and Tokatti's nervous enthusiasm and thought that this was stupid, that he allowed himself to be dragged into riding this monstrosity, but it wasn't like Right was going to allow Hikari to miss out on anything and even Mio was against leaving him behind, and oh god they're moving and it'll be over soon and it should be over soon-- the odds of this train stopping and dropping to the ground without warning should be close to nil and--
"That was fun!" Kagura declared as soon as the ride came into a stop. Hikari opened his eyes and breathed out, slowly willing his stomach to settle and his frazzled nerves to calm down.
"Hikari, are you okay?" Tokatti asked him, and he nodded curtly in response; he disliked making anyone making a fuss over him and his so-called acrophobia, after all.
"We should do it again!" Right declared, pumping his fist in the air, and Hikari aimed a glare at him, ready to shoot him down--
Then Mio calmly stepped between them and smoothly said, "Why don't we try another ride first and if we still have time, we'll try this one again?"
Hikari glanced at her, and she grinned at him, her eyes bright.
"All right," Right said, knowing what they all did - that it was useless to try to appeal to Mio when she spoke in that tone of hers. "Then I want to try--" his eyes scanned the horizon, then pointed at something-- "that one!"
Hikari's stomach dropped to dizzying depths when he saw just what Right was referring to.
"Oh! That looks awesome, Right!" Kagura said, and together the two of them raced towards the ride.
Mio sighed loudly. "They didn't even ask us if we wanted to ride it."
Hikari fell into step beside her. "Do you?"
"Well--"
"It's not that high, is it?" Tokatti asked from behind them.
"No," Mio said, looking up. She smiled wistfully. "I think it looks fun, though."
"Then let's go." Hikari shoved his hands into his pockets, resolutely striding forward.
"Are you sure?" Mio asked, catching up to him.
He shrugged. "We'll try everything, right? And that ride's a part of everything."
It was only after a few minutes that Hikari found out, to his dismay and mounting anger, that the ride lacked the one thing he thought all rides should have in the first place--
"What do you mean," he fairly snarled to the attendant, "that this doesn't have any seat belt?"
"Um--"
"Hikari, it's all right," Mio said, stepping down from the ride she was supposed to share with Kagura and quickly moving towards them when she noticed the ruckus. "Tokatti and I will change places. I'll ride with you." She smiled placatingly at the panicking attendant and all but shoved Hikari inside the small compartment.
"I can't believe a seat belt isn't required in this," he said, standing stock-still at the very middle, knowing that relatively this was a safe space and--
"It won't go as fast or as high as a roller coaster," Mio reasoned, moving closer to the edge and Hikari wanted to reach out and tell her to stay beside him where it was safe--
The ride began to ascend, and he did reach out, catching her sleeve instead.
Her smile was so warm and bright as she looked down at the ground beneath them.
"Look! Look down there," Mio said, and he did, and his nerves were quick to remind him just how much he loathed heights. But it was impulse that compelled him to do as she asked, to find out what amused her so, and despite not knowing what it was, at least he could say that he tried.
The ride descended quietly, much to Hikari's appreciation. The door swung open and he was only too happy to step out.
Kagura and Right were off racing to another ride that caught their eye, when Mio laughed suddenly.
"Hikari?" she said. "We're on the ground now."
He raised his brows, silently asking her what her point was.
She then pointed at his hand and sweetly asked, "Can you please let go of my sleeve?"