scene 44

[charmedillusion]

Right, so...nothing is given without a disadvantage, and it's not like I used this all that much, anyway. Besides, we get them back, don't we?If there's anyone else in the mirror world who thinks ocean fishing is a great idea, either say something right now, or don't say it at all

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[foxy_physician]

Mmm . . .

What did you not use all that much, Sarah-san?

[foxy_physician]

Yes, it seems like yesterday when Mitsuhide proposed . . . but at the same time, I just can't wait to get married already!

Oh, no date for Sarah-san? Ah, no matter; you will look radiant, whether in the arms of a boy or no!

Mmm! Absolutely. I do believe that Mitsuhide will like our choice!

[charmedillusion]

And you will be officially, happily married so soon! Will you be changing your name? I know that women don't always change their last names, but I'm not sure how that works in Japanese culture.

That's sweet of you, Megumi...thank you. He...he's going to be going back. Home.

Oh, I know he will!

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[foxy_physician]

It depends if the woman is marrying into the family of the man, but the man can also marry into the family of the woman. I've chosen to take Mitsuhide's last name, though. So soon, from Takani Megumi, I shall be Akechi Megumi. ♥

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[foxy_physician]

. . . Who is going back, Sarah-san?

[charmedillusion]

Akechi Megumi sounds so beautiful!

Someone I knew from my world, before I came here. He was the last person I expected to find in the City...but then, it seems he's always finding me when I least expect it.

But his kingdom needs him...more than I do. And he has to go back.

[foxy_physician]

Ah, thank you, Sarah-san. I am looking forward to upholding his name.

I see . . . but then, exits and entrances in the City aren't predictable . . .

Mmm . . . are you close to this person, Sarah-san?

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[charmedillusion]

You're wondering if it's possible for him to go back at all, aren't you? I think it will be.

I ruined things for them, over there. I didn't mean to, but I did. I hadn't even realized I had until just recently. I took something away from the kingdom when I left it, only I can't give it back to them. He's the only one who can.

I'd been wondering what my purpose in coming here was ever since I arrived. Maybe the City brought us both here so that I could be given that second chance.

I'd give anything to fix it. Anything.

As long as he's safe, as long as he's in his home, where he needs to be, as long as the kingdom is safe, as long as my friends are happy...no cost seems too great.

[charmedillusion]

He's been the center of my world since I was a little girl.

And...he told me he loves me.

[foxy_physician]

Well, I hadn't thought that it would be impossible for him to return . . . only that we don't know when it will happen, Sarah-san. And thus . . . time is short, always measured by the hourglass, and each second is precious.

I am sorry that it was that way, Sarah-san. But you are right . . . there are many opportunities still, and if this City has given you a chance to make amends . . . then you should seize it.

And the sacrifice for those that you love . . . I understand that very well.

Hmm . . . if you do not mind me asking . . . do you love him back?

[charmedillusion]

[charmedillusion]

Yes.

I always have.

I think I always will...even though I'll never see him again, even though I'll go on to put all this away and bury it deep...

Even though I don't think I could ever tell him.

I've loved him my whole life.

[foxy_physician]

Oh, Sarah-san . . .

To love someone your whole life . . . and he loves you back . . .

What stops you from reaching out to him, Sarah-san? Why put it away, or bury it deep?

Life is short, and love is precious . . . you shouldn't let it slip past your fingers. Else you will never find it again. It has to be fought for.

[charmedillusion]

I don't know...

Fear, I think. Fear of admitting that I love him only to lose him.

The first time he told me he loved me, I hadn't received it that way at all. It didn't seem like love, it seemed like possession. It didn't feel like he was offering me the world, it felt like he was offering me a cage.

I refused him. And I ruined his kingdom.

I wouldn't blame him if he never forgave me for that, but now that we're here - just recently - he told me again.

I know I can never, ever have him. But to hear him say what I've wished he'd say my entire life...

I've been loved, and that's a miraculous thing. I don't have to pretend anymore - it's real. Somehow, a lifetime of separation doesn't seem so bad.

He has to go back to a place I can't follow. Life doesn't stop, no matter how much you love someone...does it? I have to put it away and bury it because it will end.

I'm not really sure if anything good would come from telling him.

[foxy_physician]

It is alright to be afraid. But you shouldn't let that stop you from living your life, Sarah-san. Most especially not when it is a life lived in love.

At the time he said that, you probably weren't ready to acknowledge those feelings. But now that you are telling me this--it might be time, time to face it, and to grasp it. Yes, to love and be loved in return . . . it is indeed a miraculous and a special thing--one that you have to cherish, and to hold on to, else it can slip away from you in the blink of an eye, and you will regret it forever.

Yes, life doesn't stop--but it can pass you by. If you sit, and do nothing, and let your life whittle away, it will slip past you forever, and you will never have it back. You are lucky to have this chance to live it again now. How often does that happen in a lifetime? And yes, what you have may end, but will you let that stop it from beginning? If you do, then nothing will ever happen to you. Fight for it, and fight for that happy ending

[charmedillusion]

It's funny...sometimes the moment when you're fighting the hardest is the moment it scares you the most