"Mio-chan! I put the trolley away!" Kagura bounds towards her teammate, proud that she managed to figure it out. It's hard being a kid and simultaneously trying to adult. Sure, they're still on the Rainbow Line, but even traingoers need groceries. Encouraged (or rather badgered) by Ticket, the ToQgers have split up to try and achieve chores in groups — and Tokacchi is definitely cheating, because he has Akira on his team. Kagura loudly proclaimed as much inside the supermarket, which earned her a few stares. Mio didn't do anything to stop her, though - just bit her lip. Which she's doing again now, outside in the parking lot. And, now that Kagura thinks about it, that's really not like her Mio-chan at all. She takes one of the two shopping bags from her. "Mio... chan?" "Hm?" Mio shakes her head, smiling as though nothing's wrong. "Oh, just deep in thought. That's it." But Kagura knows her far too well to believe that. "Come onnnn. What really happened?" She shakes her teammate's arm with her free hand. But she shakes it off. "Kagura. Please. I'm fine." Her voice is annoyed now, maybe even... angry? Kagura can't tell. "Can you just drop it, please?" It's uncharacteristic. It's funny. They both tear up. One of them in frustration, the other in slight despair that she can't help. At all. Then time stops. A plastic bag falls to the ground. Arms reach for a torso. Pink intermingles with yellow. There's a gasp. "Rely on me sometimes, Mio-chan. This relationship... it goes both ways, okay?" Then there are sobs. "What happened?" "Dad... I always did this with Dad..." Her voice is muffled. Kagura can feel her poncho getting wetter. But it's fine, because it's her Mio-chan. "You miss him, don't you?" She soothes, rubbing her back. Up and down, up and down, to a regular tempo. She feels the breaths getting steadier, less shaky. "I don't know if... if we'll ever find home..." "..." Neither does she. It's very painful to think about. Too painful. "You have me, though!" "... Yeah." Mio looks up – or rather, down at Kagura. "I have you. Always." "Always!" She reaches up to kiss her forehead. "I love you, my Mio-chan. Don't forget it." And the words unsaid? I'm sure we'll find home.
FILL: Tokusatsu Yuri Ships United Front
Kagura bounds towards her teammate, proud that she managed to figure it out. It's hard being a kid and simultaneously trying to adult.
Sure, they're still on the Rainbow Line, but even traingoers need groceries.
Encouraged (or rather badgered) by Ticket, the ToQgers have split up to try and achieve chores in groups — and Tokacchi is definitely cheating, because he has Akira on his team.
Kagura loudly proclaimed as much inside the supermarket, which earned her a few stares. Mio didn't do anything to stop her, though - just bit her lip.
Which she's doing again now, outside in the parking lot.
And, now that Kagura thinks about it, that's really not like her Mio-chan at all.
She takes one of the two shopping bags from her.
"Mio... chan?"
"Hm?" Mio shakes her head, smiling as though nothing's wrong. "Oh, just deep in thought. That's it."
But Kagura knows her far too well to believe that.
"Come onnnn. What really happened?" She shakes her teammate's arm with her free hand. But she shakes it off.
"Kagura. Please. I'm fine." Her voice is annoyed now, maybe even... angry? Kagura can't tell. "Can you just drop it, please?"
It's uncharacteristic. It's funny. They both tear up. One of them in frustration, the other in slight despair that she can't help. At all.
Then time stops.
A plastic bag falls to the ground. Arms reach for a torso. Pink intermingles with yellow.
There's a gasp.
"Rely on me sometimes, Mio-chan. This relationship... it goes both ways, okay?"
Then there are sobs.
"What happened?"
"Dad... I always did this with Dad..." Her voice is muffled. Kagura can feel her poncho getting wetter. But it's fine, because it's her Mio-chan.
"You miss him, don't you?" She soothes, rubbing her back. Up and down, up and down, to a regular tempo. She feels the breaths getting steadier, less shaky.
"I don't know if... if we'll ever find home..."
"..." Neither does she. It's very painful to think about. Too painful. "You have me, though!"
"... Yeah." Mio looks up – or rather, down at Kagura. "I have you. Always."
"Always!" She reaches up to kiss her forehead. "I love you, my Mio-chan. Don't forget it."
And the words unsaid?
I'm sure we'll find home.