Fanfiction: Fairytale

‘You complete me and I just ha...’
- Jerry McGuire, Jerry McGuire

Normalcy is overrated, at least to both of them. They were unconventional and weird to Ishida, downright scary to Keigo, perfectly perfect to Orihime, loud and noisy to Chad, cute and cuddly to Rukia (surprise, surprise) and even match made in heaven to Kon (the teddy-lion did mention on how similar they were…what with their aggressive tendencies…and, oh yeah, that would mean his nee-chan would be save from the scowling pumpkin head)! While these were comments by their friends and thus actually matters, it didn’t bother them much because, to them, they were them.

Sure, saying things were downright nice and warm and fuzzy would be simply stretching the limit. For he is not a knight in shining armor, striding atop his faithful steed, just awaiting the piteous cry for help from his fair maiden, secreted away by the villainous villain in a hidden tower, guarded by a powerful but perpetually depressed guard (the maiden would then have to change her name from Tatsuki to Orihime and start growing long orange locks and have a sudden growth burst in the bosom department).

He is not noble (stubborn), not virtuous (loves to curse), not filial (enjoys beating up his father), not charming (loves to scowl) and simply not knightly. But to be fair, he is strong and powerful and has the weirdest notions in his mind to go a-rescuing damsels in distress (the said Orihime comes to mind). He is loyal to his friends and he loves to fight. Oh yeah, and he loves Shakespeare, too.

And she’s not a princess, all prim and proper, all womanly (he actually shuddered when he tried imagining her being a girl). She was of average build, black hair and has fairly decent features. She does not have an impressive rack, nor does she have a sob story bearing on her like an unseen burden and fortunately, she is not a beauty queen (it lessens the suitors and a certain aggressive molester of a woman). She was simply not a queen.

She is not kind and gentle to all creatures (learns karate and has a tendency to thrash around bullies and/or perverts), not submissive and docile (states what she wants and when she wants…anything less and they be talking to her hand), not simpering and facetious (honestly brutal and brutally honest) and dislikes being protected (prefers protecting). But she is not all that wrong, for she is fair-minded and sensitive to the needs and wants of others. She loves her friends to death and is willing to die for them. And she is brave and courageous.

On paper, they would seem to be a disastrous match, should they be brought into the same room. In reality, it was disastrous the first time they ended up in the same room (he ended up crying to his mama). Nevertheless, with much compromise and tolerance (and less of being a sissy on his part), they both grew. Grew to tolerate. Grew to compromise. Grew to understand. Grew to love.

What would seem like a volatile relationship was not that much volatile than it was a relationship. His hot-headedness suited hers; it does not allow the other to over-dominate the relationship. His saving-people complex melds well with her honesty, she never hastens to tell him when he should be heroic and when he is a fool. His tendency to go overboard with protection falls short in face with her utter hatred in being protected (he would rather whatever that was threatening her face her anger than he himself).

But it would be a lie to say that they do not fight or quarrel like other couples. For they do and the only difference is, when they do, it matters. Like the time when he went off to fight some crazy power-hungry megalomaniac with strength almost five times that of his. Or like the time when she almost died because she wanted to follow him and do the impossible. Fights between them were usually lightning storms, vicious, dangerous and quick. For they would make up immediately, for he simply cannot live without her and vice versa.

Unsurprisingly, they don’t believe in happy endings. For they both agree, true love never dies.

FAIRYTALE noun:
a tale about fairies or magic, an incredible tale, a falsehood