Hikari Gunship

I'm pretty certain the pilot of one of the Hikari Gunships witnessed the moment my heart broke. It was last week, I was pushing spent fuel rods across to the protectorate bunker when I saw Etsuko in the gas tank pit. I've had a crush on her since I was appointed here to the Space Force base on Kitadaito. She didn't grow up here on the island, she's from the mainland, moved here from Kyoto after the Blacktron incident killed most of her family. She's beautiful, smart and funny.

 

I never spoke to her, I always meant to, but what do you say to one with the beauty of a goddess? Her smile melted my brain, I just couldn't get out a word, but I knew one day I would and it would all work out. A dream? Maybe. Yes, that was what I had.

 

Then I saw her look at Katsu as he drove past on the fuel transport. It was the look I always wanted her to flash at me, one of love and respect. Worse, that bleach blond poseur; he waved to her. They are friends, they have spoken. They obviously like each other. My heart is doomed. As the Hikari gunship flew over my head it brought only darkness, my hope dissolved, my heart broke.

 

I finished my shift of course. Honor demands I do a good job. For without honor how am I ever going to win the heart of an Etsuko of my own?

 

 

Come and see this in person at AFOLCon or The LEGOShow in Manchester (UK) later this month!!

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