the weight of it all; Sophia&Mina
there’s something about the silence filling up the empty streets which calms sophia. she oddly found comfort from the dim lights offered by the tall street lamp posts; the main source of it all shining above her, accompanied with dazzling stars which never fails to swallow her up whole. the simple sight of just her shadow keeping her company and dancing along with her every time she chooses to get on her toes got her floating on clouds. and if she gets lucky, on some nights, she gets to witness two individuals getting lost into their own world, sounds of their soft giggles and their lips clashing against one another slowly warming up her heart. it seems, as though how lonely she would feel at times, being alone at these rare moments are what kept her sane. besides confrontations, being alone allowed her imagination and thoughts to run wild.
she spent her night out on the empty streets; roaming it alongside with her shadow who had shared numerous dances with her as she walked down a single street. she wasn’t paying much attention to where she was heading; all she had in mind was to walk, or dance to be precised, and though she knew she should probably get back home at this hour, she found herself discovering the the fresh smell of salty seawater as well as the sound of waves crashing; begging for her and her tail to stay.
now, who dares tell a mermaid to stay away from their home?
it didn’t take too long for the blonde to have her feet sink into the cold damp sand. with her fingers hooking and holding onto her ballerina flats, she walked along the shore; stopping from time to time to pick up shells and draw whatever she could on the sand with her toe. the sound of waves crashing invited her for a small dip, and as she stood there, allowing the waves to backwash and feeling the coldness of the water, she took in a deep breath – in that moment she was invincible.
her journey didn’t stop there. as she continued to walk further down, her focus was captured by a small fiery light. the crackling sound and orange flame drawing her attention, which adverted immediately onto the dark haired girl seated before it. she was on her beach – the beach she would come down late at night to clear up her mind, the beach she would often wander off to, the beach she would build her own bonfire at. a rush of realization hit the blonde; instantly making her want to run from where she had rooted herself – but there was too a part of her which missed her little talks with mina, or just the girl in general; and soon, after bucking up the courage she approached her.
“hi,” sophia quietly and hesitantly greeted mina. she swallowed as she waited for a reaction, but found herself quickly flashing a small smile the second the other had lifted her head up to have her eyes meet with sophia’s very own. “can’t sleep?”
there she was -- the wind in her hair, looking every bit the part of an angel. it startled mina out of her thoughts that sophia would show up so suddenly, or perhaps she was just so focused that she hadn’t noticed the girl coming up along the shore of the beach. whatever it was, she was now presented with a situation. the air felt thick around them -- as if even on the open beach with the wind blowing up from the water, mina was going to be suffocated. there just wasn’t enough air for her lungs to cling to.
“hi,” mina replied, after a few moments of silence where the only sound she could hear was the thudding of her pulse in her ears. “yeah. you know ... i like it out here. helps me think better,” she shrugged. the corners of her mouth twitched upward into what could almost be considered a smile before she nodded again. “what about you? same thing?”
