No More Tears
“Wow. The sky looks very beautiful tonight, doesn’t it, April?”
The chief advisor moaned a relaxing sigh as agreement. It was a very
beautiful sight to behold. That was something she readily could admit.
The young woman’s bright marble eyes left their gaze on the railing
behind, and dared to hazard another look out into the distance. It the
pitch of darkness, the gem-like stars dotted around scene sparked
magnificently, overshadowed only by the romantic overhanging veil of
moonlight, passing over the Mayship and the two sweethearts adorning one
of its many balconies.
It had been a great while since April had taken the time to stare at the
night with Dizzy like this; in previous instances she would have
considered it a chore. Now it seemed like a gift. Of course, back then;
April’s concerns were very different. Concealing love, masking it under
a false mask of happy obliviousness. Dreadful process though it was, the
heart can force the mind to make silly choices in life. Especially when
your attentions were fixed on a certain woman.
April’s eyes rolled slowly from thinking about those days. Those days
when she hid her love for Dizzy from everyone, including herself. They
were harsh, and taxing, never did April expect to have gone through
something like that of a girl. But if you just took a simple look at the
object of her affections, you would understand why.
The pirate made an un-hurried look to her left, casting her eyes away
from the nightly setting and towards her other half. Dizzy. Even now,
when her sadness had been resolved, April could help but feel light
headed and absent minded whilst staring upon her Dizzy. Hungry and
passionate eyes devoured gorgeous features of elongated sapphire hair,
radiant crimson eyes, creamy skin and a lithe, petite but healthy body.
That immature glance of excitement that Dizzy carried along her face was
just another one of those little quirks that April had come to love. And
for such a beautiful woman, vanity had not corrupted her personality.
That bashful demeanour and reluctant charm was genuinely alluring, at
least in a certain someone’s opinion. It was probably that aspect of
Dizzy that made her so magnetic to April, her shining personality. The
voluptuous looks and beauty just made April’s feelings that much harder
to control.
And if you took it from that perspective, it was no wonder that April
had fallen in love with Dizzy the way she did. After all, who could
blame her? April couldn’t count the amount of times she had fallen prey
to jealousy when she and Dizzy landed on the surface to get supplies.
Men flocked to her like drunken moths to an intoxicating flame. Though
Dizzy had eyes for none of them. Because April now knew that her
seemingly ‘unrequited’ love was very much requited.
“Yeah...” April finally replied. “It is pretty cool. I should come up
here more often, I guess. But with all the effort that Johnny’s been
making and all that business with that crazy guitar woman, we haven’t
had much time to waste.”
Dizzy lowered her eyes. “...Rescuing me caused the crew a lot of grief,
didn’t it?”
“Hey,” April began. She could see that slight twinge of sadness in
Dizzy’s eyes. “You can’t blame yourself for that at all. You’re a member
of the Jellyfish Pirates, Dizzy. We’ll always look out for you. Heck, if
you weren’t here, then who’d help me keep May under control?”
The innocent Gear giggled slightly. April felt relieved for that. Dizzy
always seemed to blame herself for things. It was like she was
conditioning herself to take on some great responsibility. April figured
that it came with being a Gear. Holding so much power, so much strength.
To know that you in kind are a child of a form of creature so powerful
that it altered the fate of the world. With that kind of power, a great
sense of duty came with it. It was probably this notion of
responsibility that made Dizzy so selfless. And probably why her
protector, that man wielding the scythe, was so dedicated to guarding
the forest that Dizzy had once inhabited.
“I’m sorry for being so...”
April interjected as Dizzy trailed off. “What, so wonderful? Nah, I
think that’s just a part of you that’s never gonna change. And I think I
like it that way.”
The blush of flattery on Dizzy’s cheeks couldn’t be more evident. Again,
not that April was complaining. The ruby-eyed Gear had to have the
cutest smile and the sexiest pout this side of the Japanese colonies.
Quickly, April pushed herself away from that railing overhanging the
balcony, and moved closer to her Dizzy. The pirate girl instantly
wrapped her loving arms around the neck of her love, pushing herself
upwards to tip toes to meet with the lips of the slightly taller Dizzy.
April felt herself quiver, as she felt the warm breath of her lover
lingered gently on her lips, their current closeness a godsend after the
months of torture that April had previously went through.
“Don’t ever change, Dizzy.”
No response could be offered to that, as April eagerly quenched the
thirst her lips had been harbouring, stealing a precious and longed for
kiss from Dizzy. The young Gear was still very new to all this, so
didn’t do much in turn, rather she let her feelings guide her and in an
instant her lips were moving in sync with her April’s, their breaths
mingling as they displayed their affection below the hauntingly
beautiful light that the moon and stars had cast along the Mayship and
the wide open sea below it.
As April’s hands clasped eagerly at Dizzy’s tender cheeks, she relished
this new tingling in her body, this feel of abrupt and electric warmth
rising from her chest and along the rest of her torso. It was almost as
if simply kissing Dizzy made her feel as though she were on top of the
world.
“Hey guys!”
“Gah!” April broke off from Dizzy with a gasp, startling the younger
girl whom she had been kissing. Both looked back towards the door
leading back inside the Mayship, to see the ever-energetic May, smiling
at the two bashful young pirates. Realizing that it was May, April
calmed herself a bit, taking in a sip of air. While she was doing that,
May continued to address the two of them.
“Uh...” She began. “As much as I’d like to leave you two alone to-“
April cut May off when she finally got a breath. “Geez, May?! Do you
mind?”
“Sorry!” May said playfully, placing both hands at her waist. “You and
Dizzy are part of a crew, remember? You two can’t slack off and make me
do all the work around here.”
“It must be a dream I’m having if I think I heard you say that you’re
doing some work.” April replied sardonically.
May just shut her eyes, looking away. “Oh, ha, ha. You’re a real laugh
riot. Don’t forget it was me who hooked you guys up in the first place.
You aughta show me a little more respect, y’know?”
Dizzy didn’t focus on May, but rather April. “Why did you pull away like
that? It was only May.”
“I thought it was...” April shuddered. “That guy.”
May looked strangely confused. “What guy?”
“That guy with the scythe.” April said, staring back at Dizzy. “Y’know,
somehow, I don’t think that he likes me very much, Dizzy.”
“Testament?” Dizzy said surprised. “I know that he has not really warmed
up to you yet, but, when he sees how much I like you… well…”
“Dizzy.” April said blankly. “He hates me.”
Dizzy shook her head. “Please just give him a chance, April? I know he
likes you, Testament is just... very distrustful of people.”
“Yeah, and it’s not like he’s gonna be here for long.” May supplied. “As
soon as April’s party is over, then he’s gone. Anyways, that reminds me.
He’s over at the shipping bay, Dizzy, and he wants to speak to you.
Something about ‘ascertaining your true wish’ or whatever that means.”
Dizzy nodded quickly. “I see. I will go and see him.”
The newest addition the Jellyfish pirates, gently snuggled up to her
girlfriend, placing a sweet kiss at her cheek, then eagerly bounding
through the door to the innards of the winged wonder, the Mayship. The
love-stricken April stood in a literal trance, softly holding the cheek
upon which Dizzy had placed her kiss. May just grinned at the sight of a
helpless April. She had to admit, she had not seen the signs with these
two until things were reaching crisis point, but luckily she figured out
how they felt about each other before it was too late. And it was all
for the better. You could see that April was so much happier now than
she had been before. A trademark after-effect of that intangible thing
we call love.
“Man, you really love her, don’t you?” May already knew the answer to
that.
“Of course I do.” Bingo! “I just wish I hadn’t wasted so much time like
I did before.”
May shrugged. “You didn’t know how she felt about you.”
“Yeah, I know, but...” April said this with the utmost passion. “It’s
‘cause of you that Dizzy even knows about my feelings. I really owe you
one, May.”
The cheerful girl of orange just laughed, tossing an arm around April’s
shoulder. “Heh, you don’t need to worry about that, April. You’re my
best friend. I wasn’t gonna watch you hurt like that when I could do
something about it.”
“Yeah... thanks, May.”
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