charloft - 100 drabbles - 66. Red Balloon

[toodamnmanymuses]

Red Balloon Image


The little boy sat on the edge of the bench, watching the man selling balloons longingly.

Curious, and a sucker for small children, K’tanya walked over to him. "Is everything okay?"

He looked up at her. "I lost my balloon, and I don’t have any money left."

"Is that all?" She took the boy by the hand and proceeded to buy him one of every color.

Grinning, the boy thanked her before walking a little ways off, then letting go of the balloons and watching as they floated up and away.

"What did you do that for?"

"Mine was lonely."

Comments

[aoutlaw321.livejournal.com]

I swear to god that I thought that this would end with the boy floating away...

[idealized-sue.livejournal.com]

Well, maybe if I'd got him the whole bunch!

[aoutlaw321.livejournal.com]

Thankfully that didn't happen.

[idealized-sue.livejournal.com]

I'm not that cruel, despite what you might think.

[aoutlaw321.livejournal.com]

It nothing that you would do, just that I had the image in my head that this little kid just floated away.

[idealized-sue.livejournal.com]

Which...is so you.

[aoutlaw321.livejournal.com]

I have an over active imagination.

[idealized-sue.livejournal.com]

That's a good thing.

[watcher-diaries.livejournal.com]

I like this very much. It's a lovely story.

[idealized-sue.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D