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SKYFALLENSHIPPING MINI-FIC

For some reason a couple days ago out of nowhere I had a dream about Akari and Rei. So I wrote a mini-fic basically about what I dreamt about. Also some bonus sketches.

 I have never played Legends of Arceus nor do I know what even happens in it except some basic things. Therefore, this is an AU where what I’m saying happened. Also idc if LOA isn’t popular anymore I’m always late on trends. Hope you enjoy it though. 

CONTEXT of AU: Akari and Rei formed a very strong bond while together. Unlike in the games(?), Akari has to return to her old world, leaving Rei behind. Her absence ends up with him in turmoil and loneliness. He keeps a journal, and every other entry he writes to her - not only to repress how much he misses her but to express his thoughts.

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Journal Entry 1,134    X/X/X

Dear Akari,

Yesterday, the evening reminded me of you. There was a faint thought in the back of my mind remembering your eyes and thinking that the night's shade of blue was almost as beautiful as yours.

That must have been why I dreamt about you. 

I guess, even after all this time, I still couldn’t get you out of the corners of my mind. 

There is a part of me that refuses to forget the way your mouth smiled, the hue of blue that was your hair and the way it drifted behind you as the air caressed it. 

A foolish part of me believes you are still here. Why else does my heart ache at the thought of you?

Still, I’m forgetting. I know I am. Your presence, with every second that it is gone, fades ever so slightly. Your laugh is an echo slowly being buried deep, tainted, under fresh laughter – All this against my will. 

Yet, nothing before you seems to exist either. It seems that there has only ever been you. That time existed only then. And now, now there is nothing. 

Akari, the truth is, I often find myself thinking you never left. I sometimes turn a corner and helplessly believe you are there. Some mornings I wake up in a cold sweat of relief, believing this was all a nightmare and that you are still here beside me. The most awful part of these mornings is the realization. My chest aches just as painfully as it did back then. 

Last night was not this dream, however. No, instead I was tortured with the memory of that afternoon in its entirety. I found you standing by the cliffs, fields of wheat and long grass being rocked by the wind. I remember following after you, unsure why my hands were so unsteady. 

I think. . . somehow I knew you wouldn’t stay forever. All beautiful things are temporary things. Like the morning glory, I only got to gaze at your beauty once. I had known this, and yet, I could not understand why my hands were so anxious to hang on. . . You must have known I felt it too. 

That day, you were mostly quiet. Truth be told, you always were somewhat reserved, but that day was different. It was an uncertain kind of silence. The kind that is like glass – one that shouldn’t be broken. 

I approached you cautiously like a curious animal, even though you already knew I was there. Were your eyes embracing the landscape for the last time? Or were you absently watching the way the wind cradled the earth? I sometimes wonder.

It was you who spoke first in that soft, regretful voice. 

“I’m going to miss this place. The village and the Pokémon.”

I had said nothing. My eyes were afraid to leave your hair. 

“I’m going to miss. . .the people. . . the atmosphere. . .and . . .” You turned to me, slowly, and your eyes fell onto mine. 

“I’m going to miss you, Rei. I’m going to miss you most.” 

At that moment, it was as if my mind had refused to think. My mouth was frozen in its pathetic silence, and for a moment, so were my hands. 

I wish I could say our gaze said it all. But they didn’t. There were many unspoken things in that space between us. Maybe you waited for my answer. Maybe if I had said something, you would have found yourself unable to leave. But no, my words were trapped in my throat. My feelings were locked in my chest. 

Our gaze was the last thing tying us together before you were lost forever. I finally understood the pathetic desperation of the ocean that claws at the sand to reach the Earth. . .

I had relived this moment for so long in my imagination as if longing for it enough would change anything.

Now there is nothing more to be said except what I couldn't. I love you Akari, and while I still spend some nights hoping on some miracle that you turned back, I have yet to see your face. So, this is my goodbye. 

Signed,