ficlet: キワ ２０１２年１１月２７日

[elydesia]

Below is a ficlet I wrote on Nov 27th, 2012 late at night before bed. Please enjoy.

"Will you hurt me?"

"Yeah."

The little girl paused for a bit, looking up at the fearsome beast in front of her.

"Why?"

"That's just how things go. I'm a monster and you're a child. Monsters eat children."

"It's because everyone thinks you're scary, isn't it?"

"That's not why."

"Everyone runs away from you, so you got lonely and started eating children."

"You're wrong."

"If I was wrong, you would have eaten me by now."

She smiled up at the monster and touched its face as it fell to its knees.

"You're not alone any more." She stepped closer and wrapped her arms around the beast. It looked at her strangely before wrapping its arms around he little girl, too.

She began to sing a lullaby, and slowly the monster started to cry. He shed his tears in huge clumps that drenched the girl.

The monster wasn't a monster any more, and the little girl walked home with her father.