NiER: Gestalt, Kaine & Emil, Challenge 210 'Ebullient', Tehexile

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 Title: Jack-o-Lantern

Fandom: NiER: Gestalt

Pairing/Characters: Kaine & Emil

Rating/Category: R/Gen

Word Count: 453

Spoilers: major

other tags: strong language, mentions of child abuse and unethical experimentation

 

"How can you still be so fucking happy?" demanded Kaine, her voice a growl, "We're losing everything we care about in a meaningless battle - you do know this quest is bullshit, right? That I'm just a psycho obsessed with revenge and that book is going to kill us all in our sleep? And," she added as an afterthought, "Your head looks like a mouldy pumpkin."

 

"Yeah, I know all that," he sighed, "About the Shades being people. I can hear them being just as lost and confused as us. But we've got to get Nier's little daughter back, and that's always gonna be most important for a dad. And I knew what I was getting into when I did this to myself. Although I think you're being a bit harsh on the book." 

 

"Then why? Can your big ugly head not come out of that grin or are all kids like this where you're from?"

 

"Aren't kids happy where you're from?" he frowned. She hissed and jerked back as if scalded by boiling water.

 

"Hey, don't you EVER look at me with pity in your eyes, you... anyway, you shouldn't be looking at anyone else like that, with your ugly mug!"

 

"So you did have a bad experience with other kids when you were a kid. That's sad. We were like brothers and sisters to each other but we fought all the time too, to be honest," he said, "And then the men in white coats would come around and some of us started disappearing and not coming back..." 

 

"Will you stop GRINNING when you say that shit? Those are little kids you're talking about!"

 

"You're being honest now. You're always nice when you're honest, you know. You don't like people hurting others who are weaker than them or just because they're different. That's what the real Kaine is like."

 

She let out a hoarse, throaty chuckle, "There are lots of things you'll never find out about me, kid. And, talking of hiding shit, you still haven't answered my question."

 

"Oh... why do I laugh and smile all the time? Because it doesn't change anything not to, and it makes everyone else sad."

 

"But you're screwing yourself over, you know. People can't tell you're sad if you don't show it on your face. They can't do anything to help. They might not even know anything is wrong and it might put them in danger."

 

"Oh, I knew you were just being concerned about me!"

 

"Go and die in a fire," she growled, "Anyway, I'm hungry and there's a boar over there."

 

"Be careful!" yelped Emil but she was already gone, blades out, roaring at the top of her voice as she charged.