In delirious bitter gardens//the vision fades under the mind sky [complete]

[ofnobility]

WHO: Utena [ofnobility] and Hot Movie Anthy [attar-of-roses]
WHAT: Utena is going to pick up her not!wife from the docks...and shortly thereafter become very confused.
WHEN: RIGHT NOW!!
WHERE: Docks and then...probably the Detergent Bleach House? I dunno. Quicklog!

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[attar_of_roses]

[Well down that road and walking briskly, long skirts swishing around her ankles and cold rain driving into her skin, comes a girl who was once a princess and is now something real.

Her breath catches in her throat. She pauses, and her steps miss a beat. She was expecting violins to swell. But there's no music playing at all.

One shoe slips in the mud between the cobblestones. She almost laughs as she falls.]

[ofnobility]

[She breaks into a run toward Anthy as soon as she sees her, paying no notice to the outfit (which is something she's never seen her in) the glasses (which are absent) or the hair (which is long as always, but doesn't curl and wave.) She will notice these things later, soon.

For now, all that matters is that she's found Anthy, or that Anthy has found her...and they're both together again.]

Himemiya! Himemiya! [She nearly slips and skids on the pavement, catches her balance, keeps running.]

[attar_of_roses]

[She looks up, and really laughs to see Utena slipping too. They look-- ridiculously human.

The tangle of long limbs and wet hair as they meet is the single most awkward maneuver she's ever executed in her life. Anthy plants a foot, supports some of their weight, and kisses Utena soundly. It would be poetic, were it not far too genuine.]

oh god.

[ofnobility]

[Laughter. She's never heard Anthy laugh like that, and at her, no less--but it makes her feel...happy. Maybe she's really, truly free?

She expects the hug, of course, and embraces Anthy...

...and then they're kissing, okay!

Wait, what?

Utena's eyes widen, and she pulls back and away, startled. Her face is flushed, but not from the cold.]

Hi--Himemiya? [She looks very, very confused.]

[attar_of_roses]

[They're both quite wet by the time they arrive at the modest, compact home.

... And it is a home, she thinks, though she wonders whose. And whether they lure in schoolchildren to cook for dinner, or perhaps merely enchant sports arenas.

She leans her head into Utena's shoulder. It's been some time since Utena's invitation, but she answers it anyway.]

I've never seen such a place.

[ofnobility]

[Utena sneezes and scratches the back of her head. Anthy is being so...affectionate. It's not unpleasant, or as jarring as the kiss had been...but still...] Yeah, it's nothing like the dorms, huh? [She's leading Anthy upstairs now, to the room she shares with Rangiku.]

I guess everyone else is at work...come on, I'll find some towels so you can dry off. [It's at least warmer inside the house than it is outside.]

[attar_of_roses]

[Anthy takes a step towards a sit on the bed, and... has the sudden, unpleasantly vertiginous feeling of being out of place.

Uncertainly]

You must feel the cold, too.

[When Utena returns she's standing at the window instead.]

[ofnobility]

[Utena answers her question from another room:] Uh, yeah! But you were out there longer than me...oi...[She mumbles:] I wonder if there are some dry clothes that'll fit you here.

[When she comes back in the room, she's drying her hair with a rough towel with one hand. The other items, she hands to Anthy, and stands beside her at the window for a moment. She smiles over at her, apologetically.] Sorry. That was all I could find. Geez...[she puts a finger to her chin] We'll probably need extra blankets too.