The Life and Times of an Aver...

By Xiellesky

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This is were the scaredy cat is the main character of the story. "You know, you're not as cowardly as you thi... More

Chapter 02: You can be kid again
Chapter 03: Out of Tune Melody
Chapter Special: In the Eyes of a Mother
Chapter 04: The Song of the Despaired
Chapter 05: Meeting the Fox and the Tengu
Chapter 06: Moving Forward
Chapter 07: Feel the Thunder
Chapter 08: Lost and Something New
Chapter 9: Here Goes Nothing
Chapter 10: What Makes a Coward
Chapter 11: The Blade of Change
Chapter 12: Face your Fears
Chapter 13: Her (Part I)
Chapter 14: Let the Wind Tell You
Chapter 15: Safe and Sound
Chapter 16: This is Gospel (For the fallen ones)
Chapter 17: Animals
Chapter 18: Fourth Guessing is the Key to Self-Doubting
Chapter 19: To Reach a Hand
Chapter 20: More Than it Seems
Chapter 21: Butterfly (Hope) in the Dark
Chapter 22 Meet the Family
Chapter 23: Of Snakes and Suspicions

Chapter 01: It's a good day to die isn't it?

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By Xiellesky

The Life and Times of an Average Coward

Chapter 01: It's a good day to die isn't it?

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Is this... how I'm going to die?

The cheerful rays of sunshine seared my eyeballs with the intensity of a flashlight directly pointed on them but with the addition of uncomfortable heat. The sky was blue with clouds here and there with the occasional chirping birds flying by. The breeze was gentle, raffling my long black hair with it and the glades of grass surrounding me.

It was such a beautiful day.

The world must be mocking me and what the hell just happened? A lone white flower, that I don't know the name of, was right beside my face, brushing its soft unusual petals on my cheeks. With its closeness, I could focus on the pink spots creeping on its edges, slowly dying it red as it continued to brush alongside my face. What was the name of this flowers again? I can't really remember... but this was, Mama's favorite flower wasn't it?

Someone was screaming on the background, I can hear them saying something but I can't really make it out with the ears that I was always proud of. What Mama and Grandma were always proud of.

(I have perfect pitch if you must know.)

And it gave me a lot, except for my sorry excuse of a sperm donor's approval. Not that I cared what he says.

My eyes were starting to get blurry and the white flower looked nothing more but an undistinguishable blob of color.

Oh right... that guy visited didn't he? That good for nothing lout that my super awesome Mama doesn't deserve had the nerve to visit while he was drunk out of his mind and started yelling and breaking things.

Speaking of yelling, I think Mama is the one whose yelling and... is she crying?

"Ma... ma?" My voice came out hoarse and wet to my ears, with the taste of iron heavy on my tongue.

I can feel someone grasp my numbing hand, squeezing it almost painfully. "Sh... ar...—right?... Baby... no!... ple—...!" Her usual gentle tone sounded wrong in my ears, if anything it was barely audible for me, but from what I've heard it was filled with fear, sadness, denial and anguish.

Mama was supposed to smile not cry, it was supposed to be a happy day since I won the contest. She's not supposed to cry anymore.

I tried to glance at her direction but I can't make out her crying face, but I know it was her from just a blurry glance.

With difficulty, I moved my lips to say something and I barely succeeded. "...Don'... cry..." The sobbing intensified. "Shmile... p'ease..."

The warm shaking hands holding mine squeezed tighter but I barely felt it. "Sweetie— please... Mama st—, needs... you, see— smiling..."

Peace seemed to wash over me for some reason, I didn't panic like what I usually would and I'm kinda confused at myself for not crying at all. Me, not crying at a time like this is new, but rather than dwell on it I accepted that fact.

I felt the pain on my side go away, as my vision completely blanked out on me and for the first time in forever all I heard was the deafening sound of silence.

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Mama really is beautiful when she smiles.

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I thought the silence would last a lifetime but I was completely wrong on that account.

It was certainly surprising when I cried out of surprise and I heard the wailing sound of a crying baby.

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A/N: So this thing has been inside of my head by the time I started getting sucked in this hella good series and I hope someone out there enjoys this thing as much as I do. Because I surely enjoyed making it and I hope I won't disappoint fellow fans out there.

Anyway, I'm supposed to be doing my homework so bye for now.

Also, I have an account on fanfic.net account and I'm under the name Xielle Sky if you guys are wondering, go check it out!

Silencexxx~

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