Looking Toward the Sun [Active]

[love_freak]

Character(s): Flonne, Teito
Content: Flonne goes for a walk on her own now that the snow has cleared up
Setting: Random streets
Time: Mid-day
Warnings: None

Even fallen angels of love needed a little fresh air and alone time. After strings of nightmares and the upsetting reminder of everything Laharl had gone through in the past, she decided to leave him with his family and set out on her own for awhile. Feeling a little pensive and certainly restless, it seemed like the best option.

The sky, such as it was, was clear and bright, painted blue swirls on a domed ceiling. The air was crisp and cold but, due to her inhuman biology, she needed no coat or mittens. It felt nice...it felt pure and clean. Standing in the middle of the cobblestone road, Flonne closed her eyes, folded her her hands over her heart and breathed deep the wintery air.

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[twice_promised]

The weather had been pretty rough, even for him, the first week he had appeared here. Despite that Teito would still try to go outside whenever he could, looking for answers. At the same time making mental notes of his surrounding so that he won't get lost. The number of times he left Fran's home only increased when the nightmares went into full effect, due to getting far too many sleepless nights without anything else to do.

Luckily things had been improving by then, both with the weather and sleep. By now he had also replaced his imperial uniform with more casual clothes from the city that made him blend in more (besides the lack of blond hair and blue eyes). He wasn't sure what he should be doing right now though. He still wanted to find the source of those nightmares but there wasn't any leads at all to what was doing it. He also just wanted to get back to his own world right now, but that was even less of an option.

For now Teito was simply walking down a street he had gone through several times before in the past, though it was now much more cleared of snow than it had been. He wasn't really paying attention to anything right now, however, mostly just lost in thought.

[love_freak]

Looking up at the sky as she was, still letting her mind go blank and her heart feel cleansed, Flonne missed noticing the oncoming traffic...until it was too late and she rammed right into him. Unfortunately, when she tried to adjust her footing, the slick road underneath was still icy from snowfall -- so she promptly fell back on her butt with a wince and a startled cry.

"Ow! S-Sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going!"

[twice_promised]

This probably could've ended better had he been paying attention too. Looking up just in time to see her slip, fall, and cry only just made him feel a whole lot worse.

All he could do was step back, panicked and embarrassed. "I-I--! Are you okay?!"

[love_freak]

"Ah, y-yes...I'm alright." Flonne stood up, brushing the back of her dress with a shaky smile. "Ooh, I sat in a puddle... Um, are you alright? I really ran into you!"

She turned back to Teito, brushing him off as well, whether he needed it or not. "The sky was just so pretty today that I wasn't paying attention to anything else..."

[twice_promised]

"I'm fine," after all he only got bumped into, it was no big deal.

"I haven't really been focusing that much either lately, otherwise I would have gotten out of the way."

[love_freak]

"Then there's nothing to worry about!" She smiled up at him, holding out her hand for him to take. "I'm Flonne, Fallen Angel of Love! I don't think I've seen you around here before...what's your name?"

[twice_promised]

Teito would have continued with the introductions, had it not been for one thing that Flonne had said. "... 'Fallen Angel'?"

Weren't angels supposed to have like, feathers or something? Or is that what the fallen part meant? How does an angel become fallen anyway?

On top of that, he wasn't even so sure why the fact of the matter interest him so much.

[love_freak]

"Eh? Oh, yes!" As she spoke, smiling her sweet and innocent smile, her devil tail (tied with an adorable pink ribbon) swayed a bit behind her and the red demon wings on her back twitched. "I was once an angel trainee but due to a lot of complications, I became a fallen angel instead!" Flonne gasped suddenly, taking a step forward to look up at him earnestly.

"Oh, but don't worry! I'm happy like this! I get to experience far more wonderful things in this form now. So it all worked out!"

I nearly forgot this, sob.

[twice_promised]

Teito blinked a few more times. It was still quite a bit impressive, though sadly not the strangest thing he's seen anymore.

"A-ah, well... If you're happier that way nothing else really should matter," never mind the fact he was still kind of confuse how one becomes fallen. But uh, oh right, introductions.

"My name is Teito, I'm still fairly new around here."

[love_freak]

Flonne smiled. "That's a great way of thinking...you're a lot more accepting than other humans I've met. It's nice to meet you, Teito!" Without waiting for permission, she took his hand and shook it. "Is there anything I can help you with? We visitors need to stick together, after all."

[twice_promised]

The handshake did catch him off guard but he didn't seem too bothered by it. The mention of humans being unaccepting did seem to trigger some unfortunate recollections though. Teito had seen more than his fair share of judgmental people after all, and been a victim of them enough times to know that kind of thing was wrong. He could easily understand what that must be like.

"I don't know how easy it is," he hesitantly tried to get to his hand back from her, "but I was hoping to uncover a few things."

Although, that's probably not what Flonne was referring to.

[love_freak]

Oblivious to Teito's discomfort, Flonne continued to hold on to his hand long after it was appropriate to do so. "Uncover a few things? What do you mean?" She finally let go, lifting her hand towards her chin as her eyes widened. "Are you solving a mystery? There's so many here, after all..."

[twice_promised]

"Well, there's been some people complaining about nightmares lately. So I was trying to figure out why.."

Never mind the fact he had been getting them too. Of course, having unusual dreams was kind of the norm for him anyway.

[love_freak]

"Oh...yes." Flonne turned away, brushing her hair from her face as she frowned. "Unfortunately, there are quite a few people here who would do such a thing to us. The Organization, for example...even the bad guys at the City Hall. I don't know how they did, but I'm sure it was to see our emotional reactions."

[twice_promised]

"But that's... why would they possibly want to do that?" Teito seemingly asked that aloud without really realizing it. Obviously there was still much he didn't know about Paixao and much he still needed to learn.

[love_freak]

Flonne smiled kindly at Teito, patting his arm. "I don't know...but it doesn't matter, because we'll beat them! That's why it's important to find friends here. You don't have to face the fear and pain alone."

[twice_promised]

"There was someone else that said to make more friends too," which may have been more easier said than done for him. Mikage was the only friend he ever had and never tried to make any others due to everybody else hating him so much. Honestly Teito's expertise in that field was quite a bit lacking.

[love_freak]

"Making friends can be hard, but if you need help, I can lend a hand." Flonne smiled and gestured for Teito to follow her down the road. "Some of us are lucky. Our friends and family show up here too. But sometimes, you stay alone for a long time..." She sighed, thinking of Laharl, alone in this world for so long.

"Do you have any friends back where you came from?"

[twice_promised]

"... Just one," he said awhile following behind Flonne. Although began to slow down slightly once he began talking, as if he was a little hesitant.

"Hopefully he's alright though. It already.. feels like it's been a long time since I've talked to him." That wasn't also including the time in Paixao. Mikage's name being erased from data banks for some unknown reason, and the things that other teen said prior to appearing in this world, all lead to the unsettling suspicion that something probably wasn't okay.

[love_freak]

Flonne's hand found its way to Teito's. Squeezing gently, she looked up at him with a gentle, reassuring smile. "It'll be alright. We'll find our way back home and you'll see him again. There's a good chance that you'll be brought back right at the moment you left, too! I've heard people who somehow leave and then are brought back report that nothing changed while they were gone. So I bet your friend is just fine."