[SOUNDBITE] Cendrillon

[nekokoban]

What is this. I don't even.

I BLAME FLOOR.

Also, semi-context.

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The clock-tower struck midnight in slow, steady beats. She counted them with the beats of his heart: one ... two ... three ...

She needed to leave. Someone was bound to come looking, more likely sooner than later, and if she was found--

(six ... seven ... eight ...)

A wet red bubble swelled on his lips and popped. It left a faint pattern against his white cheek. She touched it with a fingertip and traced down; the corners of his mouth still remained turned up, and his eyes are like pieces of frosted blue glass. Her other hand ached; she couldn't make them let go.

(eleven ... twelve. Silence.)

Voices echoed in the hallway, slowly approaching. She leaned down in a careful arch until her forehead touched his and smiled.

"It's stopped," she whispered. "All of it, just for you.

I hope you find your princess, someday."

They didn't kiss: it wouldn't do if he woke, somehow. He might ask her to stay (she would), or he'd offer to go with her (he would), and midnight was already past. The magic spell was broken.

"Good night," she said, and finally let go of the knife.

Comments

[oftendistracted.livejournal.com]

Well see it goes something like

- darknightrain alerts me to nekokoban selling her soul forever to the little singing robots
- oftendistracted laughs a lot, and starts needling her in gchat
- oftendistracted notes happyparasol's comment on a singing robots related post
- oftendistracted tells darknightrain 'brb kidnapping echo to singing robots community'

best tactics ever

[nekokoban]

YOU ARE HORRIBLE

[happyparasol.livejournal.com]

...sob. Icon is so perfect right now.

I'LL JOIN ONLY BECAUSE YOU ASKED ME TO AND I HAVE AN INTEREST ok?

[oftendistracted.livejournal.com]

And thus the army grows.