[Fanfic] Limbo In You

Title: Limbo In You

Author: Vianna Orchidia / Annasthacy Chashyme
Fandom: Final Fantasy XIII Series
Character: Hope Estheim, Lightning Farron, Rose-Haired Phantom?
Rating: K
Genre: General
Disclaimer: I do not own the series and the characters, and I do not gain any profit from this fanfiction

Warning: read A/N below.

Another dream. Dreaming meant seeing her, the rose-haired phantom that always carried sadness in her eyes somehow. And Hope was beginning to learn more about this woman, while she seemed to know everything there was to know about him in the first place. How she did it, though, he would never know.

When the darkness of sleep slowly changed into stark whiteness, he would always find her standing straight in the center of this realm. (He began to call this his personal dream realm, located inside his head, the dark parts not yet discovered by humanity. She didn't complain.) Just like tonight. She was there, as if she had been waiting for him in the deepest recess of his mind during the day. Her face was devoid of any emotion but her eyes were soft.

They didn't say anything at first. Eyes met eyes, ocean blue to sea foam green, reading each other. He finally gave up, a little too quickly, in favor of his unstoppable curiosity.

“What are you?”

The rose-haired phantom showed a small smile on the corner of her full lips. It was almost parody, he realized, because once upon a time he asked who she was. (Back when he was younger, feeble, new to this woman.)

“I am a being,” she started, a little unsure at first, but regaining confidence then, “that only exist inside you.”

He frowned. “Why me?” he asked softly.

“...you shall find out in time. For now, just believe that this is not something I could control myself.”

“Then, are you real?”

A second of silence ensued as the woman in military uniform turned her eyes away from his. “As real as you are... I think.”

“You think? That's not very convincing, you know.”

“I know,” she turned around. “Even to me, it doesn't feel real. But I'm here, I'm still here, so it means I still exist, real.” Hope noticed her shoulders were shaking a bit before she clenched her fist tightly.

“Please, Hope, don't forget about me.”

A/N: 

So this is just a quick fanfic, not really meant to be continued. The main point here is Hope was reborn into the new world.. while Light wasn't. Something went wrong or something, and her soul ended up inside Hope's body instead of her own body. That's why she was real, a separate being from Hope, but she could only exist inside his mind. It's weird, I know, but I guess I got ahead of myself lol.