I love polytrix, I do. But sometimes I just want something in the vein of missed opportunity or something like that.
Something like Rumi who chose to wait for her patterns to be gone with the golden Honmoon and thinking that they were all on the same page. And when that didn't happen, finding out that Zoey and Mira chose each other in the distance that she created herself. Rather than getting lost in that heartbreak, Rumi chooses to let go and move one to find her own happiness where she is chosen back. Celine had chosen the Honmoon over her, Jinu had chosen to sacrifice himself, and Bobby would choose them as a whole (if that makes sense). And she does. She finds happiness with someone who doesn't make her feel like she's been left behind.
Zoey and Mira realize too late that they were missing their third. That they'd fumbled in catching Rumi. And now they have to choose to let ger go.
I dunno, I see a lot of fics where Rumi finds out about Zoey and Mira and sort of stays in that heartbreak and things happen and they find their way back to each other and I'm like "what if she didn't?"
Storyâs like that always make me feel a little queasy tbh đ I enjoy them maybe once a month? The angst of that though kinda kills me, which I know is ironic considering the kinda stuff I usually write.
That said, I do think something like that would be fun, since theyâd end up realizing it was too late and settling for simply being best friends with her. I canât imagine Rumi would ever find someone else romantically (very well she might just decide to settle after retiring as a fixture of the community, helping raise Zomiraâs kids.)
But like you said, she could find someone who doesnât leave her alone, or make her feel like she wasnât worth choosing. (For added angst, it could very well be another polycule. That would be extra crunchy.)
So, letâs say Rumi, about a decade after everything that happened, about five years after Huntrix retired officially, and a year after the next generation debuted, finally officially retired. She fills her time by carefully taking care of admin stuff for the new group, but learned over the last couple of years how to take it easy. (Well, workaholic Rumi easy.)
Mira and Zoey stay in contact for a while, but life catches up to all of them. Rumi gets busy with the community of Jeju, where sheâs moved too. Mira and Zoey get busy with family, their two daughters growing up ridiculously fast over in Korea, probably a mid-sized town.
About five more years would pass, and Rumi would meet them. Two women, whose personalityâs once reminded her of her two teammates who she had fallen in love with years ago, and slowly let that love fade in recent years. Now, those two women are their own persons in her mind, and when they both ask her to join their relationship, she said yes.
They were happy.
Mira and Zoey knew something was missing. Theyâd felt the edges of that hole dull over the years, but it never quite filled. They adore their kids, and love each other, but their life always felt⊠lacking.
They realized why about a year later, and made the move to Jeju shortly thereafter. Their kids are roughly 12-13 by then, old enough to be excited and young enough to not understand they wouldnât be seeing their friends for a long time, if ever.
They ended up meeting up with Rumi on accident shortly after arrival. They had planned to reach out, but happenstance (and maybe some interference from the Honmoon) led to them seeing each other randomly in a market.
Mira and Zoey had their kids with them, and Rumi had her partners. (They were dating at that point, but unbeknownst to Rumi they were planning on proposing to her very soon, as they were already married.) The two couples caught up for a few minutes, but one of Zomiraâs kids got upset and they had to leave.
The next few weeks Zoey and Mira spend getting to know the new Rumi. A Rumi whoâs openly affectionate, speaks clearly about how theyâre feeling, and is so freaking touchy. Sheâs constantly reaching for her partnerâs, hugging them, hanging off of them.
It makes Mira and Zoey jealous, and they know itâs unfair, but the hole is still there. Itâs closed somewhat, since theyâre a part of Rumiâs life now, but present nonetheless. Theyâd talked a little about what theyâd do if Rumi broke up with her partners, (and felt guilty about doing so,) but it just⊠didnât happen.
Rumi was happy. Theyâd proposed to her a few weeks ago, and they were gonna get married next month. Celine and Bobby would be there, as would Mira, Zoey, and their kids. (Theyâd started referring to Rumi as their Imo, something that was adorable and broke Mira and Zoeyâs hearts a little.)
For one drunken night while their kids were over at Rumiâs, Mira and Zoey talked about just making a move on Rumi. About confessing to her how theyâre really feeling for her, about telling her theyâre in love with her. Thankfully, they still had enough soberness to know that wouldnât be fair, not to themselves and most definitely not to Rumi.
Theyâd had their chance, years ago. A drunken one night stand with Rumi, the day theyâd retired. She had tried the next morning to talk to them about it, but then Bobby had come running into the apartment with Celine to celebrate a much more quiet way.
They never did get around to talking about it. And over the years it seems Rumi had forgotten about it.
But they remembered.
And oh, how it burned.
The wedding day arrived. Their girls were the flower girls, and Derpy was the ring bearer along with Sussy. Mira and Zoey were her bridesmaids, and Celine gave her away. They got to see Rumi in the beautiful gown, her patterns faintly glowing.
The ceremony was beautiful, Bobby officiated it. The after party was a gentle blur, wonderful in the ways only people in love could make it.
Mira and Zoey were hurt, but they were also glad. Rumi had found people who she could love, and who would love her.
The years kept going after that, their lives settling into a comfortable blur. The hole in their lives shrunk, until it was nearly unnoticeable. Some days, it would hurt seeing how Rumi kept those soft glances for her partners, a look they used to see directed at them.
But they grew into each otherâs lives, not crossing the line to romance or anything more. They became close, certainly, neighbors who their kids could swap houses days or weeks at a time and be welcomed.
They had missed their chance to have Rumi fill that hole.
Yet, she still helped keep them from falling into it, every day she simply was there.
If you asked Rumi, sheâd say her life is perfect. She has her wives, who she loves and adores with her whole heart and who return that and more. She has the littles, the girls she treats and thinks of as her own daughters.
And she has her best friends, the two people who she could say knew her just as well, if not a little better, than her wives.
â
Sometimes, letting go is what you need to be happy. Because letting go lets you grow, and change, and be something more.
And if that means you lose something, a part that you thought immovable?
Then you shouldnât try to fill that hole, that gap, that missing piece right away. Itâll always be there, maybe painful some days, maybe peaceful on others.
But you shouldnât let that missing piece be all you are.
You shouldnât feel guilty for letting go. Be happy for the good, learn from the bad, and let yourself grow.
Like I said, a story where your too late makes my stomach hurt. This one has been no exception, if Iâm honest.
But I think itâs a good kind of hurt this time.
Thanks for the ask, anon, and have a good day, yall!
Got sick yesterday and couldnât work and I apparently canât make up unscheduled time anymore, plus no jail Friday so Iâm going to lose 8 hours of pay on my rent check (donât have pto) đ
Rumira married couple with a child theyâre at the grocery store and their toddler manages to elude them and they find another woman (Zoey) and think thatâs their mom because sheâs wearing the exact same turtle jacket and sheâs also wearing a hat, the other two are covering their hair with a hat, and the kid grabs Zoeyâs hand and is like âmamamamamaâ and stays with her but Mira goes to look for the child and notices them and an amused hiding panic Zoey, then is amused herself so she gets Rumi and they go to the end of the aisle and the kid pulls Zoey to them and looks confused between Zoey and Rumi before realizing Rumi is their mom because taller
Rumira au where theyâve been together for a couple years and theyâre getting serious. Celine wants Rumi to get their astrology compatibility checked (saju or gunghap) to make sure Rumi has the right match
Mira, the lover girl that she is, freaks out because what if they arenât? She canât lose Rumi. Her parents never cared about that, only seeking matches based on financial merit or prosperity. And what if their signs donât match? She doesnât understand any of it. So she goes to the matchmaker and pays her to say they are perfect for each other. It doesnât occur to her that Celine could check the results for herself later on or anything because she really has no idea how it works
What she doesnât know isâŠ
Rumi doesnât really believe in it either, sheâs just doing it for Celine and she feels her eomma would want it, so sheâs stuck. BUT, she goes to the same matchmaker and pays her to say they are perfect for each other
They go to see the matchmaker (who is actually Zoey) the next day or two and get their paid for results. Celine would invite her to the wedding.
After a year and they are having a kid (from ivf or whatever), the girls are so happy. Until Celine (who was wary of Mira just because theyâre pretty alike) says that while looking at the babies possible star chart herself, she notices that her daughter in law is not astrologically compatible with each other.
Both of them are panicking. And when Mira looks at Rumi, Rumi is like ââŠâŠ. I have something to tell youâ and admits she paid for the false compatibility
Mira has to slap a hand over her mouth and turn away because sheâs about to just laugh in her face. Sheâs trying really hard and Rumi thinks she must be crying but when she looks, she sees Mira laughing in silence and sheâs like âwhy are you laughing at meâ
âBecause I did it too. I didnât want to lose you, I was scaredâ
After they laugh about it together because like the loved each other so much. Rumi thought it was so sweet and Mira thinks is was cute but also kinda hot that sheâd make this up to Celine because she definitely knows what Celine is like by now.
But then theyâre like âwait so the matchmaker just took both of our money and didnât say anythingâ
They confront Zoey and Zoey is like âI actually saved it to you guys something really niceâ and maybe itâs something nice for their soon to be born child, or something to commemorate their love for each other.
2087
stormborns
areudirty
tangentwithtanner
turnnoffyourmind
