Snippet #1927639

Naoki's heart flutters with relief as the mute nods to her, answering her question for Zenith. It was good to know he was well. It would allow her to leave with peace in mind that he would be okay...It was then that she realized it looked as if the girl desperately wanted to communicate something with her, but wasn't sure how. She stares, in confusion, for a short while, before Vivian finally shrugs and walks off. Blinking slightly, Naoki watches her back as she walks towards Zenith and Pearlie. She was actually a very nice girl...Cute too. Everyone here looked pretty; all the different colors, beautiful in their own way...She wondered if she was beautiful too...

Brushing the thought aside, her eyes cast towards the ground, as she walks off towards where the girl had pointed. Walking through the dirt and sand, sometimes tripping slightly over the sand which shifted easily under her feet, she did, eventually, reach the shore of a beach. There was a far off fence in the water which would keep any Deviant from thinking they could swim off. She didn't know how any could, however...There was no other land on the horizon...They would have to swim for days, and would probably just die out on sea...Yes, still, they tried prevent this from happening...Naoki wasn't sure whether to take this as a sign that they didn't want them dead, or simply as a ironic sign in which they had not spotted....

She watches silently as the white foam of the ocean laps up onto the sand, hearing the hiss of the waves in the distance...It was so relaxing...It calmed her quite a bit...Although there were so many other Deviants here, she still felt as if she didn't belong...Naoki wasn't exactly sure why; maybe because it was just something so...different...Slipping her shoes and socks off, she dips her toe into the ice cold water, a shiver running up her spine. Then, one at a time, she placed her feet in, walking up and down the shore through the water. It felt nice on her bare skin...And the screeches of the birds above her made her feel as if she were free..Although she knew she wasn't...

It was then that she spotted her reflection in the water which pushed up towards her feet, and then quickly pulled back...Her orange hair..Her sky blue eyes and pale skin...She was what the perfects considered a freak...She tried hard to see the beauty in herself, but couldn't...Each strand of her hair...Each part of her body felt horridly ugly...Even when she was with her family, Naoki tried hard to avoid contact with any mirrors....Tears sting at her eyes...How long would she be here? She had tried hard to push all these thoughts away, but it was just so sudden...Being forced here...away from her family...Would they be like this forever?...In the middle of no where?...But the real question which bugged her was...What kind of life was this? Did she even have a real life?...Would it be better if she never existed?...