Once in Brooklyn

– Hello. SHADOW gently ran a finger over her lips.

For some reason, the Light was not at all afraid of him. He inspired confidence with his absolute inner calm.

– My name is SHADOW. I found you two hours ago. I tried to bring to my senses. But you still didn't want to wake up.

– It's Three. They attacked me.

– I guessed. You got robbed and beaten, right?

– Ddda … – Light oyknula, apparently reminded of himself hit on the head.

SHADOW lifted her off the ground, picked her up and flew up.

On his way to the cloud, he lulled her to sleep with quiet singing and talking.

“No one will ever offend you again. You are mine now. LIGHT didn't ask anything else. She just smiled gratefully, almost blissfully.

***

A SHADOW lived in a castle on a cloud. It was a special, almost magical place where only he and his friends – the heavenly dogs-chimeras – lived. Watchdog chimeras had several rows of teeth, each of which could easily tear human flesh to shreds.

They reliably guarded the castle from intruders. LIGHT immediately fell in love with this place. In the castle on the Cloud, there was no need to cook, wash, make the bed – here you just had to be yourself. At least that's what the SHADOW told her. The first three weeks, she did not get out of bed, because down on the ground, she was seriously injured. She had a bruise on her head, all her hands were bruised and her lip was split. Shadow stroked her hair, made compresses on the damaged areas and sang wonderful melodies all the time. After three weeks, Light for some reason thought that it was probably time to return to earth.

She asked Shadow what he thought about this. He told her that he did not advise her to return to Earth, because people are heartless and cruel. And sooner or later, this situation will happen again. Light nodded. And she stayed with him. Thus began their life in a castle on a cloud, a place where nothing bad ever happened. Shadow occasionally visited Earth on various matters, but always returned very soon. And the LIGHT did not let go to the Earth any more. Over time, their "cloudy" life turned three years old.

***

– Bito. – Coward put the jack of spades on top of the Loser's three tens.

The loser chuckled.

– Loser, damn it. Whoever is lucky in the game will not be lucky in love. The loser said that and burst out laughing.

The coward bared his teeth:

“Soothe yourself with that, dear.

The bastard at this time was cleaning weapons and not paying attention to the other two friends, humming something to himself.

Suddenly they heard screams in the street.

– SHADOW! SHINE! YES SHADOW HELLO! YES HELLO LIGHT! shouted the crowd.

The coward looked out the window and said in bewilderment:

– Here some folk heroes showed up.

– Oh, let's go and see! – The loser grabbed a revolver from the table, and dragging Coward along with him, went out. The bastard continued to sit in silence.

Two men walked along the central alley of a suburb of New York, surrounded by a crowd of people. An incredibly bright and beautiful girl, and next to her is a prim, sedate, but young man.

The coward recognized her at once.

– Hey, Loser! This is the same woman that we robbed three years ago in Brooklyn!

– Hey, exactly! The loser lifted his glasses, so that the windows were fogged up at once.

– Let's go quickly, tell the Bastards! Let's make him laugh!

Coward and Loser scrambled and ran back into their kind of garage – their secret headquarters.

Friends vying with each other began to tell the Bastards about what they saw.

The bastard was furious.

He did not like it when the victims of his attacks were raised from the dead or raised higher than they deserved in his opinion.

– It seems that a new business is brewing! – The bastard smiled maliciously. – Let's finish her off! “The bastard passed the verdict, in a voice that could not tolerate objections.

The two friends nodded.

***

SHADOW AND LIGHT have dined on Earth today. It was SHADOW's idea to finally show LIGHT to people, their fans. And he was pleased with the way she was received. I liked the light in the restaurant, it was very tasty. Nice music played and in general the evening was wonderful.

SHADOW was like a superhero to humans, like Batman or Spider-Man. He was outlawed, but people idolized him.

The SHADOW pulled people out of trouble more than once, and the fame of his exploits and good deeds went far beyond Manhattan.

A SHADOW moved to the head of the LIGHT, and whispered in her ear:

– Are you happy, dear?

– Oh yeah! Yes, in general, I could not even dream of such a thing!

– I am glad. I am happy when you are happy.

Light chuckled and smacked SHADOW on the lips. They walked after dinner, holding hands, not thinking about anything. Quite by chance, they again passed the unfortunate place where they met.

LIGHT looked around.

– I still hate this day. But if not for him, I would never have known about you!

– And I'm talking about you, dear …

The stars shone clearly, as if eternal happiness and love were already inseparable forever.

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