Polytrix au where Rumi is still raised and trained by Celine, but Mira and Zoey get found earlier by the Unnamed Third Sunlight Sister
Eventually, failing to complete the trio, both fragments debut separately—Rumi as a solo act, Zoey and Mira as a duo. It’s immediately clear what they’re supposed to be and they’re all obsessed with each other
But Third doesn’t hesitate to tell Mira and Zoey what Rumi is and that the feeling is a trick, and Rumi knows exactly what they’ll have been told, with Celine right over her shoulder begging her to be afraid enough to survive
And yet
The pull is still there
Like, Zoey pretends she only listens to all of Rumi’s songs as “knowing your enemy,” but Mira knows better. Still, she’s aware of how Zoey hates when people are angry with her, so she tries to swallow her initial response. (The conversation still doesn’t go well)
Mira can swear she’s angry that she was too slow the first time they run into Rumi at the same tear in the Honmoon—a tear she might well have caused—but it’s obvious to Zoey that she’s more shaken than she’s letting herself feel. (That conversation just doesn’t happen)
Rumi can know that they’re only being civil because of the multitude of eyes on them, but that doesn’t keep her from thinking about maybes, getting distracted as the morning wears on a little and Mira cracks a joke and Zoey looks at her like she’s saying ‘she’s hilarious, right?’ and everything feels like it should be—
(And then they all remember themselves)
