http://thunder-ace.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] thunder-ace.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] trans_9 2010-02-06 07:57 pm (UTC)

holy jesus this is long I'm so sorry

Fate was happy. Really, she was.

After all, aren't you supposed to be happy when your best friend is getting married? They had been together for so long after all... since high school. It's about time, really.

When Nanoha had shown her the ring, it was during one of their irregular calls, during a break in Fate's current mission. She rarely saw her best friend face-to-face anymore, being too busy with her job as an Enforcer. She smiled and congratulated her friend, offering her best wishes... but that dull ache in her chest that always bothered her when she spoke to Nanoha flared up into an almost unbearable pain, as if a white-hot knife was stabbing her over and over.

Nanoha went on to tell her what finally spurred her new fiancee to propose. They had been out on a standard mission a couple of weeks ago, out to collect a Lost Logia... nothing they haven't done before. So imagine their surprise when they found an unconscious little girl attached to said Lost Logia. The girl was taken into custody of the TSAB, and she bonded with the two who rescued her instantly, which eventually led them to declare themselves her legal guardians. She called them "mama" and "papa" now.

Her best friend had a family now.

... Fate didn't mean for them to drift apart... really. Back before they were together, she had been so close to admitting her feelings so many times. But she was afraid. Afraid she would be shot down, afraid that her confession would somehow ruin her friendship... so she stopped herself. Besides, there was always tomorrow, right?

When Fate finally managed to gather her courage, she called Nanoha out to the bridge... that bridge where they first became friends... you had to do this kind of thing somewhere special, right? So they chatted for a bit. About school, about their friends...

... And that's when Nanoha told her. About her and him. About how he asked her out only three days ago. About how she tearfully said yes.

Fate smiled and congratulated her. That's what best friends are supposed to do in this situation, right? It didn't matter if it felt like her heart was being shredded into tiny bits. Nanoha was happy, and that was all that mattered. Her happiness mattered more than Fate's own happiness, so Fate would continue to smile and support her friend.

The years went on, the distance grew... did Nanoha even notice how far apart they've grown? Or was she too busy with her new family to notice?

But she was happy. So Fate would smile and support her any way she could, ignoring the loneliness threatening to overwhelm her.

She was happy. Really, she was.

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