“Well… there you are, Mikan. I’m looking right at you,” she said, softly stroking her cheek and then running a hand through her hair.
When she looked at Mikan, she saw a few things. She saw Mikan Tsumiki herself, a beautiful woman like something right out of an old painting. But there was still so much more to her. She softly parted her hair and watched her sleeping face. She saw the sun, the moon, and all the other planets that made up the cosmos. She could see shooting stars and comets passing by. She saw a meadow on a sunny spring day, a feint breeze running through it and causing the grass to sway with it. She saw waves on the beach, crashing onto the shores and the rocks.
She saw a whole other galaxy with its own solar system, where all the stars and planets aligned so that every thing that ever happened in it would make perfect sense. She saw an orchestra in the warm glow of the concert hall on a cold winter’s night, playing Der Rosenkavalier waltz. “Do you get it yet?” she softly asked Mikan, stroking her cheek again. “Maybe you do. Maybe you don't. I don't think I fully do. It contradicts me, and who I am in ways that everyone else I've met hasn't. It’s separate from the feelings I got from my classmates, from what I felt for my sister, what I felt for Matsuda. It is feelings that I should not have, and yet I do."
She leaned in closer to Mikan, kissing her on the cheek and nuzzling her. “Do you get it yet?”
She finally laid back again and closed her eyes, feeling sleep over take her. She dreamed of her, Mikan, and Akane going on a nice picnic together. The weather was nice, with the sky free of clouds and the breeze cool. There wasn’t a single trace of despair in the area, and yet Junko didn’t mind it one bit.
Mikan Tsumiki loved Junko Enoshima, and Junko Enoshima loved Mikan Tsumiki right back. Even if Junko didn’t fully understand it herself, and even if Mikan herself didn't fully believe that latter part.
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Genuinely, I do love these two so very much and writing for them, even after all this time away... it's great to be back, and thank you to everyone who follows and supports this blog and story the whole way through. I promise you, I'll continue to make something beautiful as long as you watch.
