http://tenshinomakai.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] tenshinomakai.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] paixaorpg2010-03-30 10:42 am
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All We Know of Heaven [Completed]

Character(s): Genie and Urd
Content: Urd needs some cheering up. Who better to help than Genie?
Setting: Urd's house in zone M6
Time: Week 20, morning
Warnings: More angst! Yay?

"Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated." So said the French poet, Alphonse de Lamartine. Urd couldn't remember where she read that quote or why it popped into her head now, but she couldn't deny the truth of it. With Belldandy gone, Paixao seemed so much more...empty.

Their house, the house Belldandy had created for them so that Urd could focus less on the details and more on some alone time with Genie, was quiet. She had no idea where Yorda went off to -- she hadn't seen the girl in some time, though she knew she was still somewhere in the city, safe. The morning light seemed dim as it slanted through the cheery curtains on the windows. Urd stopped her slow walk and gazed at the door in front of her, expression blank.

The sign on Belldandy's room read "Everybody's Tea Room." She lifted her hand and touched her fingertips to the familiar wooden placard. It was so like Belldandy to make what was supposed to be a space of privacy into a welcoming area for all. Sharing everything she had without question, embracing all with her undeniable warmth and quiet strength.

Urd's hand on the sign curled into a fist, head lowering as she felt a particularly strong pang of pain in her heart. She turned, placing her back against the door and slowly slid down to the carpet. She wasn't strong. To the outside observer, Urd had always seemed the most confident, most capable of all the sisters, but anyone with any real perception could see the truth.

She was only as strong as Belldandy made her feel.

Urd brought one knee up to her chest, loosely hugging it. It was better this way, she tried to remind herself. Belldandy was with Keiichi once more, where she belonged. It was selfish to want her to stay with Urd as long as she did. But Urd was selfish. Before Belldandy came, staying in Paixao was just a fun way to pass time until she figured out a way home. With her sister here and then gone, being in Paixao was somehow harder. It was as if she finally knew what she'd been missing all along.

Lowering her head to her knee, hair covering her face on either side, the goddess sat in the hallway outside her sister's room and tried desperately to rid herself of the heavy weight on her heart.

[identity profile] ttlynotblue.livejournal.com 2010-04-12 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
Genie looked up in alarm at Urd’s outburst, worried that the goddess had managed to burn her tongue. However once he realized what she had said a warm smile returned to face. Silver Needle, eh? No surprise there. He brought his own cup to his lips and looked at the teapot thoughtfully, then to Urd. Not a word was shared between them after that first long sip nor did it need be. Genie could see the life return to Urd, the memories she could recall through her eyes. It made such a small gesture feel all the more rewarding. Only a cup of Belldandy’s tea was capable of such power. Funny how even in her absents she was capable of making them smile. She had this goddess business down to the tee, didn’t she?

He looked down at his cup of plain hot water and broadened his smile. The remainder of Bell’s tea belonged to Urd and she deserved to savour every bit of it down to the last drop.