Title: I Can See A Lot Of Life In You
Day/Theme: July 22 - words without thoughts never to heaven go
Series: Tales of Symphonia
Character/Pairing: Lloyd, Colette
Rating: PG
Note: None, really.


Her beauty was unchanged. Her hair still fell around her face in golden strands. Her skin was still gently kissed by the sun. Her eyes were still the brightest of blues. But that voice, that often had embraced him with her song, was gone. Her sense of touch, her appetite, her need to sleep. So many things that let her experience the world. She was lost inside her body, and he was losing her faster every day.

He longed for that voice. For her silly notions of the world, her gentle belief that things would end up for the best. He had never realized how much her voice had been integrated into his life until those days. It was as if he was missing his best friend now more than ever, and he did his best to make up for the loneliness he knew they both were feeling. He did his best to ignore that sense of hopelessness that was spreading fast around them.

So, he sat with her often, on those lonely long nights, as long as he could keep his eyes open. He would with her beside the fire, letting her write letters gently into his palm so they could talk. He would smile and hold that hand, wondering at the sad feeling in his chest when he realized she could not feel that gentle pressure as he clasped it tight.

When they went to that final seal, the one lost within that foreboding tower, he wished he could hold her hand. He wished he could still her worries with a touch, like she had often done for him. He wished to take her place. He wanted to hear her fears and push them away for her. He wanted to hear her thoughts and mend them for her. He wanted to be there for her as they reached what could very well be the end of so many things. So, it was a shock to see her gone that morning, to see her leaving him behind again to spare him the pain.

It was for that sacrifice of hers that he ran after her. He did not want that sacrifice, he did not want to see her bear this pain any longer. He wanted her to sing, he wanted to her laugh, he wanted her to feel his touch as he held her hand and ran with her. He wanted her in this world, more than ever. So, he would sacrifice what he could to save her, to find a way to have her be his world again. Because, he would be lost without that smile and voice to guide him through this long, winding road called life.