Disclaimer: Clover is by Clamp. As always, I say it's something to be experienced at least once in your life.
After you wish on a Clover: Remember me…
By Miyamoto Yui
Prologue – Human instinct.
As the boy began to click away at his mouse, it had followed a certain rhythm that he only knew the beat to. It was something he gotten accustomed to after all this time of almost being alone.
But his hands would give out one day, he knew, and this certain beat would be lost forever. So, through his struggles in his silent race against time, he continued to use his hands while he still could to find what he had been seeking all along.
These hands that didn't know warmth, except from that of his partner.
But even that was barred from him. It seemed that this was the fate of every Clover.
After all, weren't they just tools and not people?
This made his stomach churn as he felt the all-knowing stares of those watching their every move. And so, he and his beloved companion had to live with codes even deeper and complicated than that of the scientists and all their experimentations.
They reached a mutual connection that even the elders wouldn't even understand. So, they together listened to the clicks as a means of emotion.
Through a web of wires and screens and unspoken words, they had learned about one another gradually.
And they were okay with this. They had no choice and a choice. It's a paradox really, but what can you really call this bind between two people who are human and not so at the same time?
Lan had a hope though. Even when he showed very little emotion because of the constraints put on him by his ever-present brother A and his upbringing while living with the cold tiles of the 'facilities', he, as a human, still had hope.
With a glance from his sunglasses, Gingetsu came into the room to get something and turned around to leave.
But with this look alone, he could look at Gingetsu's eyes from a certain angle in the light. And he knew what that particular look meant.
It was a warning.
Lan let it brush aside as he pretended to press the mouse to a certain rhythm once more to say in return, "I have this feeling deep inside."
Deep inside his heart and his logic, Lan knew there was something wrong with the silence that had encompassed the whole Clover project. His heart began to harden as he thought of it.
"Instinct is a human trait," he thought aloud.
Clovers…were to have these types of things? Even until now, he struggled to find the humanity that had invisibly bled away with the passing of years. And for it to be brought back by someone who says, "Do as you please."
He never smiled so much in his life…
Even if it is was just deep inside.
He had somehow gone through the barriers of Gingetsu, whom he found out through much searching and prying into personal records, had 'changed'. 'Changed' in the sense that he wasn't the icy bastard he was known to be.
That was, from what Lan assessed, from meeting Kazuhiko.
But he couldn't ask Gingetsu these types of things. He would avoid the subject all together, and it wasn't exactly something desirable for the elders either because they wanted to keep things quiet and to their advantage.
Click…click, click…
At that moment, Lan shook his head and wondered why was there static in the viewing field of his visor and going through the earphones.
At that moment, something was tapping in a certain melody with fingertips upon a wooden surface as if someone was listening to a song and sitting on a desk.
Tap, tap…tap…tap…tap, tap…
The static was growing louder and Lan became worried about what was happening around him until he heard a voice.
A familiar voice…
It almost sounded like an angel singing along with the finger tapping. The angel sang,
"I want to be your happiness…"
Lan's eyes slightly opened in shock. He didn't want to indicate anything to the cameras watching him, so he tried to keep his calm. But behind his visor and the stoic attitude, inside, he was in shock. His heart made beat quickly in reaction to the voice.
"Kono koe wa…" he struggled to believe what he always instinctively did.
But he stopped himself from finishing his own sentence. He couldn't even utter the name under his breath as he thought,
"…Suu?"
to be continued
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Author's note: I really really thought of the title that would be the essence of Clover. But since I'm still a struggling fanfic writer, I don't know if I've fulfilled that to its full potential. I don't know if I am the right author to attempt this type of fic, so please be patient with me. I'm trying my very best! ^_^
So, yes Hiki-chan, I love the way you and I are always on the same wavelength. I was waiting to do the third person omniscient with this Clover fic. * smiles * But you just _knew_ I had to start off with Lan!
Kono koe wa – this voice is…
After you wish on a Clover: Remember me…
By Miyamoto Yui
Prologue – Human instinct.
As the boy began to click away at his mouse, it had followed a certain rhythm that he only knew the beat to. It was something he gotten accustomed to after all this time of almost being alone.
But his hands would give out one day, he knew, and this certain beat would be lost forever. So, through his struggles in his silent race against time, he continued to use his hands while he still could to find what he had been seeking all along.
These hands that didn't know warmth, except from that of his partner.
But even that was barred from him. It seemed that this was the fate of every Clover.
After all, weren't they just tools and not people?
This made his stomach churn as he felt the all-knowing stares of those watching their every move. And so, he and his beloved companion had to live with codes even deeper and complicated than that of the scientists and all their experimentations.
They reached a mutual connection that even the elders wouldn't even understand. So, they together listened to the clicks as a means of emotion.
Through a web of wires and screens and unspoken words, they had learned about one another gradually.
And they were okay with this. They had no choice and a choice. It's a paradox really, but what can you really call this bind between two people who are human and not so at the same time?
Lan had a hope though. Even when he showed very little emotion because of the constraints put on him by his ever-present brother A and his upbringing while living with the cold tiles of the 'facilities', he, as a human, still had hope.
With a glance from his sunglasses, Gingetsu came into the room to get something and turned around to leave.
But with this look alone, he could look at Gingetsu's eyes from a certain angle in the light. And he knew what that particular look meant.
It was a warning.
Lan let it brush aside as he pretended to press the mouse to a certain rhythm once more to say in return, "I have this feeling deep inside."
Deep inside his heart and his logic, Lan knew there was something wrong with the silence that had encompassed the whole Clover project. His heart began to harden as he thought of it.
"Instinct is a human trait," he thought aloud.
Clovers…were to have these types of things? Even until now, he struggled to find the humanity that had invisibly bled away with the passing of years. And for it to be brought back by someone who says, "Do as you please."
He never smiled so much in his life…
Even if it is was just deep inside.
He had somehow gone through the barriers of Gingetsu, whom he found out through much searching and prying into personal records, had 'changed'. 'Changed' in the sense that he wasn't the icy bastard he was known to be.
That was, from what Lan assessed, from meeting Kazuhiko.
But he couldn't ask Gingetsu these types of things. He would avoid the subject all together, and it wasn't exactly something desirable for the elders either because they wanted to keep things quiet and to their advantage.
Click…click, click…
At that moment, Lan shook his head and wondered why was there static in the viewing field of his visor and going through the earphones.
At that moment, something was tapping in a certain melody with fingertips upon a wooden surface as if someone was listening to a song and sitting on a desk.
Tap, tap…tap…tap…tap, tap…
The static was growing louder and Lan became worried about what was happening around him until he heard a voice.
A familiar voice…
It almost sounded like an angel singing along with the finger tapping. The angel sang,
"I want to be your happiness…"
Lan's eyes slightly opened in shock. He didn't want to indicate anything to the cameras watching him, so he tried to keep his calm. But behind his visor and the stoic attitude, inside, he was in shock. His heart made beat quickly in reaction to the voice.
"Kono koe wa…" he struggled to believe what he always instinctively did.
But he stopped himself from finishing his own sentence. He couldn't even utter the name under his breath as he thought,
"…Suu?"
to be continued
--
Author's note: I really really thought of the title that would be the essence of Clover. But since I'm still a struggling fanfic writer, I don't know if I've fulfilled that to its full potential. I don't know if I am the right author to attempt this type of fic, so please be patient with me. I'm trying my very best! ^_^
So, yes Hiki-chan, I love the way you and I are always on the same wavelength. I was waiting to do the third person omniscient with this Clover fic. * smiles * But you just _knew_ I had to start off with Lan!
Kono koe wa – this voice is…