Prompt: OnceABlueMoon asked for 'POV - something that's already happened, retold from another character's perspective'for a scene from Third Phase:
Third Phase, Mami POV
Disclaimer: Don't own KHR.
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Mami stood in front of her house, one hand on the handle while the other clutched the bag holding the cookies she spent the afternoon baking in Tsuna's kitchen.
She… did not know if she wanted to go face her family at the moment.
How could she tell them that she finally accepted the option of surgery after so long stubbornly refusing it?
Would they be happy that she finally changed her mind?
Of course they will! The rational part of her shouted at her, full with conviction. But it was a very small part compared to the emotional part. No matter how she put it, she was still a coward who wanted to keep latching on the aspects she'd grown used to, the fire burning deep within her with intensity that hurt her as well, the fire that would be snuffed out, leaving her cold.
She hugged her arms around herself, suddenly second-guessing herself.
The crinkling sound of the bag and the feel of the cookies inside of it brought her back to reality.
She blinked, her hands clenching around the bag; she was such a coward, had been, still was and would probably always be.
Telling her family about wanting to go with the option of surgery was what she should do at the moment, she owed it to them, all of the time spent supporting her and worrying about her, fearing for her and helping her as much as they could.
She squared her shoulders; this was what Tsuna was referring to when he talked about important people, about being selfish in wanting them still close.
She did not want to hurt them more than she already had.
She opened the door and entered, her mind going to her friends; Yuni, I-Pin, Fran, Lambo and Fuuta. Just because she would no longer love him in a romantic capacity after the surgery, didn't mean that she would stop loving him or any of the others.
She walked to her family, facing their curious stares. Enma was staring at her with anticipation.
Oh, wouldn't he be over cloud nine once she told him?
She sat down and opened the bag of cookies.
"I was at Tsuna's place today, he taught me how to make cookies." She offered the cookies to her family. Enma slowly chewed on as he stared at her with the faint hope stirring in his chest clear on his face.
She wondered if he knew how obvious he was being, and she wished she snuck in some of Tsuna's cookies; they may have been able to successfully distract Enma. She shook that thought away, she was done hesitating.
"We talked a lot, too, about bravery and cowardice and selfishness." She waved her hands around, wishing Enma would stop looking like he was going to break into tears any moment now, after which she would break into tears.
(Her bad habit: she always cried whenever Enma did.)
"Kaa-san, tou-san, Enma-nii, I decided that I am going with the surgery after all."
Enma started crying and Mami's tears spilled over in response.
"Nii-chan!" She tried to wipe his tears, to no avail. He kept crying and so did she.
Enma grabbed her and pulled her close, his arms encircling her and she cried harder.
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End