>>4335With this post you have given me the push to make the post I wanted that has nothing to do with it but it is a thorn in the story that I had built before they rejected me very hard from this cute kek It was in the middle of a winter like any other. The lottery of life is kind to almost everyone, but that day, the doctor shook his head, and it was understood that it was not for her.
"HEY?!"
It seemed like a joke, in a society in which quirkless people were becoming less and less likely, that it happening to someone who dreamed of being a heroine was the cruelest joke.
School hurt like any other. The direct mockery already hurt, but it also killed her with the whispers and the indifference, the laughter, the contemptuous looks. Moments that made him want to go back in time and punch the woman who promised to be a great heroine in the mouth. At least I had a friend! Another isolated child, with a useless gift, who seemed to feel sorry for her.
But still...
"SHUT UP! I DON'T CARE! I DON'T NEED A STUPID GIFT! I WILL BECOME A BETTER HEROINE THAN ALL OF YOU, YOU'LL SEE! I SWEAR!"
He burst out once, and everyone laughed. Even that boy who was supposed to be his friend. Her eyes filled with tears. And that day, he ran away from school without even stopping to grab his backpack.
He walked through the snow and the wind. Sniffing and whining.
"Stupid... I-I meant it... Stupid Shun... Who needs him... Who needs anyone..."
A crunch was heard at his feet. He ignored it for a couple of steps, imagining a branch or something... but when he turned around, he saw a small, squashed bird. Probably blown from its nest by the wind.
"AH!"
He runs and kneels to take it in his little hands.
"Oh no! Nono..."
Stepping on a baby bird is a traumatic event for any child. Rebecca felt herself on the verge of tears again, quietly begging for him to please stay alive, when something happened that stunned her.
>Canary"Uh... To the hospital, please."
Speak?
The girl took him home and bandaged him a little. His body seemed almost moldable, like rubber. I would resist, but not without complaints.
>Canary"OW!"
>Rebecca "Stay the fuck still!"
>Canary "Better do it right, bird brain!"
>Rebecca"Huh?! I'm doing my best, wait!" -finish- "ready, better, fool?"
The canary looks at his bandaged wing. He nods his head. Then he gives her a wave from his forehead.
>Canary"Thank you..." -Rebecca opens her mouth to stop swimming- "For nothing!" -Rebecca closes her mouth- "If you hadn't stepped on me, I wouldn't have needed you to heal me! You moron."
>Rebecca"I'm sorry."
>Canary"I mean, how come you don't look down? How careless, I'm not Jiminy Cricket."
>Rebecca "I'm sorry."
>Canary"And also! Wait, you said sorry?"
>Rebecca"HELL YES!"
>Canary"Hm... WELL, IF YOU'RE SO SORRY, YOU'D BETTER BRING ME THOUGHTFUL POTATOES TO MAKE UP UNTIL I CAN FLY AGAIN AND LEAVE THIS PITTLE, YOU GIRL! AND QUICKLY! -claps his hands twice- "AND YOUR CLOTHES ARE UGLY!" >Rebecca"LITTLE DEMON-!"
>Canary"Aaack aaack-" -he is hanged-
The relationship was not good at first.
"Look, look how I juggle."
>Rebecca"MY COLLECTIBLE FIGURES! YOU TOOK THEM OUT OF THEIR BOXES!"
>Canary"Well, or did you want me to juggle boxes?"
>Rebecca"I'm going to-" -she is stunned for a second-
The action figures that the canary was juggling took on a cel-shaded tone for a moment. Rebecca blinked a few times, surprised.
>Canary"What? Toys are for playing with, not for keeping in boxes! "Kuaakuakua"
>Rebecca"Mr. Canary."
>Canary (Avery)"Avery!"
>Rebecca "Do you have... a gift?"
>Avery"Yeah, I was born to juggle." -stop playing, finish with all the dekus, all mights and etc. stacked in one hand- "kuakuakua." -that's how he laughs-
>Rebecca"I say a gift of gift, of powers, idiot!"
>Avery"BUT HOW DO YOU CALL ME AN IDIOT, IF YOU JUST REALIZED?!"
...
And he taught him.
"Everything I touch..." -grabs one of the action figures- "becomes like a 1920s cartoon!" -he begins to twist and bend it, as if it were made of rubber- "I don't know what a cartoon from the 20s is, I guess my gift came with a disclaimer." -badum tss-
>Rebecca"Oh..."
She said, sitting next to him, on the couch. With your knees close to your chest. Then, he looked at the wall. Avery the same, not really knowing what else to add to that silence.
>Avery"...sep..."
And they stayed like that for a while, uncomfortable. Avery scratched her temple, looked here, looked there, found her deep in thought. Lost With almost melancholy eyes. And he was a little surprised to see this girl like that, who in those days had been so annoying and badly spoken.
>Rebecca"...Does it feel nice?"
>Avery"What? The rubber?" It feels like kuakuakua rubber."
>Rebecca"...have a gift."
>Avery"Ha! You tell me, you useless!"
>Rebecca"..."
>Avery"I told you useless. Idiot!" -he exclaims- "I'm being smart! Stinky, useless!" -no reaction-
Avery jumps, takes a breath.
"USELESS, CARABOTELLAAAAAA!" -he yells in her ear before falling back onto the couch and looking away as if expecting a blow-
>Rebecca"..."
>Avery"..." -opens one eye, looks at him- "Why don't you hit me?"
>Rebecca"...Yes, I'm useless..."
>Avery"What are you talking about?"
>Rebecca"I have no gift..."
>Avery "Oh..." -he sits down again, and returns to silence-
"..."
>Rebecca "..."
>Avery"It's not that groovy."
>Rebecca"...?"
>Avery"The other birds don't accept me, they are idiotic bird brains! Mommy had to take care of me a lot because everyone wanted to peck me."
>Rebecca"Really...?"
>Avery"Yes... And the things they sang! Uhh mom. That's where I learned my kuaakuakua insults." -laughs, then sighs-
>Rebecca"For me it's the other way around... they treat me badly because I have no gift..."
>Avery "Do you want to have one?"
>Rebecca"Yes... But the doctor said I'll never be able to..."
And Avery placed her hand on the girl's arm. Soon, giving much more color to its gray appearance. His eyes turned into black dots, and his arms stretched out, becoming thin as hoses. His entire body changed, like the cartoons Avery mentioned.
"Ah!"
The little bird climbed into her hair, and stayed there, maintaining contact while the girl looked at her new body. Without fully understanding what this change meant. But feeling... Better than ever!
"What is this?"
>Avery"You'll see it when you see it! Kuaakuakua. Get up, get up, get up!" -he shakes Rebecca's hair and they make a sound like the tents of a mare. The girl, affected by the cartoonish logic, starts running outside-
>Rebecca"HEY, WAIT, THE DOOR IS CLOSED!"
He crossed the wall next to the door, leaving the silhouette of his body in it like a gap.
...
The following days were of connection. They talked, Avery caricatured the girl more often. They soon became friends, and the girl was able to show her school that she was no longer a normal girl against all odds.They made jokes together, watched movies, wrestled, played video games, or listened to songs, Avery loved trying out the vinyl that his parents forgot in the attic, he had a taste for MORE classics like Herb Alpert's Whipped Cream and Other Delights, but Rebecca wasn't convinced by easy listening. She preferred metal! In that they did differ strongly.
And on a random day, in the middle of a dance together, where Avery was teaching Rebecca that she could dance just by moving her index finger... her blindfold fell off.
"Oh..."
>Avery"Oh."
It was already decided. The next day, Avery had packed her very small suitcases. Nobody knows where he got them from. He also carried the Whipped Cream album on his head. He was before the door. Ready to go.
"..."
He jumped forward like a bird. Rebecca watched from the door frame.
"..."
>Rebecca"..."
>Avery"..." -he turns around- "hey, don't you think mom won't recognize me? They say that if birds stay with a human for a long time, they get the smell and abandon them!"
>Rebecca"It's... it's a myth..." -he searched it on Google recently-
>Avery"Ah." -He lowers his gaze a little, then after a few seconds he raises it again, seriously- "Aren't you going to tell me anything?!"
>Rebecca "...thank you..."
>Avery"Huh?!"
>Rebecca"For fulfilling my dream..."
>Avery"...but wasn't your dream...?"
>Rebecca "..." -starts closing the door-
>Avery"WAIT!" -runs back-
>Rebecca"?!" -look down-
The little bird looks at him with shiny eyes.
>Avery"I thought I was being obvious... I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE, YOU IDIOT!"
>Rebecca"Uh...?"
The bird dropped the suitcases, and fluttered up to her hair. Nestling there, clinging to her hair.
>Avery"You're still too stupid for me to leave you alone! I think I'll have to take care of fulfilling your true dream."
>Rebecca whimper >Avery"ACK!"
Rebecca grabs him with her hand, pulling him from above her head to bring him to her chest and hug him tightly.
>Rebecca"Averyyyy..." -he says with his teary eyes-
>Avery"Kua...kua... You're going to break my wings again, idiot..." -a small tear falls- "...I don't hate you anymore..."
And so, Avery decided to dedicate the rest of her life to seeing Rebecca's dream come true... as long as she agrees to buy more stylish clothes.
>Rejected during re-boot planning milestones kek