Seeing You Again

Author's Note: Hi everyone, here's another fanfic! I've been posting them like crazy lately. Violet Evergarden is such a heartbreaking, yet inspiring anime, and I love it so much, I cried at least five times per episode! Heres a fanfic where Gilbert is alive and they meet again, Violet finally able to understand those words that he told her so long ago. I hope that I will be able to publish more chapters on this story, so please suggest ideas! Thanks for reading you guys, I really appreciate it!

There was a time when Violet Evergarden couldn't understand emotions. She was merely an emotionless soldier, someone who never expressed feelings and took every order she was given, fulfilling it with everything that she had. She'd never been able to talk much, either, or write, or read. She was a hollow shell, a husk of a beautiful girl who had lost her spark, her lust, her love for life. But someone had changed that. Someone had changed that emptiness behind her crystal blue eyes and begun to fill it with something else. Something more. This someone was very special to her, someone that she cherished and held far above anyone else in the world. His name was Gilbert Bougainvillea. Violet met him for the first time when she was only a little girl, when he had taken her into his arms, held her, and protected her from his older brother, who had treated her as a mere slave, a weapon. But, somehow, as Violet grew up cared for and somewhat sheltered by Gilbert, even though they fought on the battlefield most of the time she had had with him, she began to know somewhere in her heart that he didn't think of her as a tool, like everyone said. She began to think that she was more, much more, to him than she had ever realized. But it took a few words and a long journey before was able to recognize that.

Violet Evergarden clutched her emerald brooch that she had received from the Major on her breast. Looking up at the clear morning sky from her position on the street bench near CH Postal, she silently whispered to herself, her voice carrying on the wind that whispered on her cheeks.

"Has it really already been two years?" She thought aloud.

"Has it been that long... since i last saw Major Gilbert?" She looked up at the clouds, watching as the sun painted silvery edges on their forms as they floated across the sky.

What I would give to hear your voice one more time, Major, Violet thought, tears beginning to form in her eyes.

I miss you. So, so much. I hope that wherever you are, you're happy. I pray that you will always stay with me, even if you cannot walk beside me. Violet felt tears drip from her eyes, and she deftly reached up, wiping them from her lashes, even as more came and threatened to spill over. Taking a deep breath, Violet wiped her tears before standing up, grabbing her briefcase and starting down the sidewalk, smiling as she saw the CH Postal company sign come into view. That reminded her. Reaching into the right pocket of her dress that she wore to work everyday as an Auto Memories Doll, she pulled out the creamy envelope that had his name scrawled across it. Today was a remembrance festival, and President Hodgins was collecting letters that he could deliver to the graves or memorials of loved ones of people in the city in honour of the festival. It was believed that on this day the dead resurfaced to come and visit Earth again, and that they visited their loved ones until they had to return to heaven when the day came to an end. By leaving letters, people hoped that their loved ones would take them and read them, keeping their thoughts in their hearts. Violet had decided to participate since it was a huge event every year, and since she also wanted to do something in remembrance of the Major. It was the least she could do for him, since he had done so much for her. Violet smiled again as she opened the heavy wooden doors that led into CH Postal, crossing the threshold and walking past the clerks who manned the desks. Her heeled boots clicked on the hardwood as she climbed the stairs up to President Hodgins' office. Usually, she would take a different route and go to the Auto Memories Doll's office, but she had decided to drop off her letter first. Violet knocked on the door.

"President Hodgins?" She asked. There was no answer, so Violet opened the door, peeking inside. The President was hunkered over his desk, a letter in his hands, his eyes completely trained on the words inked on the page. The more he read, the tighter his hands clutched the paper and the deeper the lines on his face were etched.

"Why?" He muttered.

"Why do you refuse to see her?" Violet squinted in confusion. Who was he talking about? Tentatively stepping inside, Violet tiptoed over to the President's desk.

"President Hodgins." The President jumped in surprise, the letter he was holding falling out of his hands and onto the floor behind his desk.

"V-Violet!" He said incredulously.

"Wha-what brings you to my office?" Violet extended the hand that held her envelope, the creamy paper glowing in the sunlight that drifted in from the window behind the President's desk. The President's eyes softened.

"Oh, I see. You've written a letter to Gilbert?" Violet downcast her eyes.

"Yes, I have. I figured it was the most I could do to honour his memory today." The President nodded.

"Yes. I am sure that he will be walking beside you today." Violet nodded.

"I hope so, sir." The President smiled as he took her letter, putting it on his desk.

"I will ensure it's delivery. In the meantime, you must get to work, Violet. You are an Auto Memories Doll after all." Violet nodded again.

"Thank you, sir. I will get to work right away." And with that, she turned on her heel and walked out of the room, closing the doors behind her. President Hodgins let out a breath, reaching down to pick up the letter that was abandoned on the floor behind his desk.

"That was a close one," he said with relief. Clearing his throat, he folded the paper and tucked it away in a drawer, turning to look out the window.

"Gilbert," he sighed, propping his chin on his hand.

"Why won't you see her?"