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[april 24] [howl's moving castle] in the round
Title: In the Round
Date/Theme: April 24 | Shall we dance?
Series: Howl’s Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki adaptation)
Characters: Howl/Sophie
Rating:
Notes: Just saw the movie last night, so quality is not a guarantee (well, not good quality, anyway). 322 words.
"If you fell, headfirst, into a black hole leading to a simple world - or not even a world, but a space, like an empty void.. do you think you would come out unchanged?" Sophie asked, her eyes peeking up through her lashes before darting to the floor. "Oh.. nevermind, nevermind," she laughed, "it's a stupid thought; I went off on a tangent really--"
"No."
"--and you probably don't want to answer my silly quest...ions. No?"
"No, you would not come out unchanged," Howl clarified, but he did not look at her. His eyes remained gazing out the window, up to the stars.
She watched him uncertainly, trying to place what she thought she saw skirting along his face. But that was a part of him which was still such a mystery to her. Sometimes she felt as if his expressions and their meanings were as elusive to her as the other side of the moon, and that it would always be that way. Sometimes that's all she feared about him; to not know him, to not understand him.
Howl then turned his head and watched her, eyes shining as if they were cousins to the celestial bodies in the backdrop of the window. Unbeknowest to her, he was studying her own features. Such things as the smooth way her cheeks curved down to her delicate jawline, and the cute 'o' shape her lips formed when she was confused.
Finally his mouth uncoiled into a grin of mirth and said, "It's such a beautiful night out, Sophie. Would we really rather stay inside and discuss the philosophies of life, or might we go outside and ballroom dance under the moonlight?"
To this Sophie could swear she felt her cheeks begin to burn, but not as much as her hand when he took it in his own to place a sweet kiss on it.
"Lead the way, for ladies are first through the hole."
Date/Theme: April 24 | Shall we dance?
Series: Howl’s Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki adaptation)
Characters: Howl/Sophie
Rating:
Notes: Just saw the movie last night, so quality is not a guarantee (well, not good quality, anyway). 322 words.
"If you fell, headfirst, into a black hole leading to a simple world - or not even a world, but a space, like an empty void.. do you think you would come out unchanged?" Sophie asked, her eyes peeking up through her lashes before darting to the floor. "Oh.. nevermind, nevermind," she laughed, "it's a stupid thought; I went off on a tangent really--"
"No."
"--and you probably don't want to answer my silly quest...ions. No?"
"No, you would not come out unchanged," Howl clarified, but he did not look at her. His eyes remained gazing out the window, up to the stars.
She watched him uncertainly, trying to place what she thought she saw skirting along his face. But that was a part of him which was still such a mystery to her. Sometimes she felt as if his expressions and their meanings were as elusive to her as the other side of the moon, and that it would always be that way. Sometimes that's all she feared about him; to not know him, to not understand him.
Howl then turned his head and watched her, eyes shining as if they were cousins to the celestial bodies in the backdrop of the window. Unbeknowest to her, he was studying her own features. Such things as the smooth way her cheeks curved down to her delicate jawline, and the cute 'o' shape her lips formed when she was confused.
Finally his mouth uncoiled into a grin of mirth and said, "It's such a beautiful night out, Sophie. Would we really rather stay inside and discuss the philosophies of life, or might we go outside and ballroom dance under the moonlight?"
To this Sophie could swear she felt her cheeks begin to burn, but not as much as her hand when he took it in his own to place a sweet kiss on it.
"Lead the way, for ladies are first through the hole."