Fandom: Sora no Woto
Author: Me, Ed
Rating: K
Pairings: Filicia/Rio
Genre: Romance, Fluff
Disclaimer: If SnW was mine, the genre would have been shoujo ai.
Summary: The last minutes of the last episode re-written.
A/N: This so should have happened in the last episode. I haven't written anything this cheesy for a while O.o Well, I hope I haven't completely lost my touch with cliche-fluffy stuff.
Rio walked the bridge again. This time she was as nervous as years ago, when she had taken the same steps. She was a new recruit. The new recruit others had been waiting for a while now. A newbie. And she didn't know how much they had changed. She didn't even know if they (especially she) would treat her in the same way. Now she was a princess after all.
The moment Krause-san stopped the engine Rio swallowed and hopped off. Filicia was standing at the other end. No one else had golden hair that made her look like an angel, as ridiculous as it sounded.
Their eyes locked and Rio couldn't look anywhere else. She greeted formally and noticed that both Kanata and Kureha were right beside the captain. Those two let her speak, beg that she could return. It wasn't as humiliating as she had feared; actually she felt nothing but joy when Filicia quickly granted her wish.
She had thought that Kanata would have been the first to say "welcome back" so Noel's initiative surprised her. The two younger girls were quick to follow and they all fell. Next few moments were full of hugs, "I missed you" and similar phrases and laughter. Rio let them enjoy it for a while before getting up and standing in front of her beloved captain.
"I-I'm home," Rio muttered looking away. Her throat was suddenly too dry, uniform too tight and hot. She even had to focus on breathing.
"Welcome home, Rio," Filicia said cheerfully. Her smile was genuine, but Rio needed to confirm a handful of things.
"Filicia, we-" she was cut off by a finger on her lips. With the other hand Filicia caressed her cheek before taking the last step and kissing her on the lips. Rio had barely time to answer to the kiss before it was over.
"Whoa!" The youngsters exclaimed as one. Since Filicia didn't mind it, Rio didn't either. Before Rio had left, they had discussed briefly if it was okay to tell the rest of their group. Then all the stuff had come and Rio had to leave and get married.
Luckily the emperor had been understanding guy. Not that Rio had told why she wanted to return. He had guessed anyway.
"So, you have someone in that place?"
"How'd"
"The dreamy look in your eyes tells the story. It's okay as long as you don't get pregnant. That'd be difficult to explain, you see."
Seems like Filicia had decided while I was gone, Rio smiled.
"Just so that you know, I love you, Ri-chan," Filicia said adding pressure on the nickname.
"I-I, too… you know, love you." Rio blushed and looked away again. She was sure that Filicia loved to embarrass her. A small part of her knew that this was a test to see if she could say it in front of others. And confessions had never been her strong point.
Kureha sniggered and whispered something that sounded awfully a lot like: "they are cute, right?".
Despite the embarrassment, it was great to be back home. And for the first time she was able to return while holding hands with Filicia.
