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Stay Together for the Kids: a Sailor Moon songfic.
It was certain things, tiny things, and the kind of things that you and I would hardly glance at. You might take a second look, but odds are you'd turn away and keep walking. However, these kinds of thing always seemed to shout out to one Ami Mizuno. She had been on her way to the library to study for an upcoming medical exam when the garishly colored leaflet caught her eye. She walked up to the telephone pole onto which said leaflet was posted. She read it, then angrily tore it off, crumpled it up, and cast it away.
Trailing behind her, a man with green and black Creature skateboard stooped and picked up the discarded flyer. After reading it, a slight frown appeared on his face, but he quickly shrugged it off, and went about his business.
Meanwhile, in the library, Ami sat at a table studying. Her blue laptop was open, simultaneously showing an internet radio station set on random, and data on the characteristics of cytosine and its uses in RNA. She was hard at work, desperately trying to block out the hatred she felt towards the flyer. What it had advertised was an amusement park and its grand opening. Apparently, as an opening gimmick to draw more crowds, the park was advertising a "Family Day" event, where families could enjoy various activities.
All this, however, was lost on Ami. What had angered her was the photo on the flyer. It showed a picture family, where the dad and mom were smiling over their prize son and daughter. For a moment, Ami had wanted so desperately to go, only to have her dreams crushed by the wriggling grip of reality. Her parents were divorced, and with her father living elsewhere, her mom constantly at work, and the fact that the two of them couldn't stand the sight of one another, let alone spend the day together, it made Ami jealous of all the happy families that would enjoy the park.
'Why couldn't my family be like that?' thought Ami bitterly. 'Why do two people promise to spend their lives together, only to break that vow, and leave their kids confused and devastated?' For Ami, like most kids from a broken home, had initially thought the whole mess had been her fault. She had spent endless nights in tears, listening to their bickering through the walls. 'The kids are why parents should stay married. They fail to realize what a divorce can do to them, especially at a young age.' The bluenette thought ruefully. All of a sudden, she paused. A new song had started to play on her computer, and the title took her breath away. "Stay together for the kids" was the title, and the artist was some American punk band, Blink-182. She listened to the words, enraptured.
It's hard to wake up, when the shades have been pulled shut.
This house is haunted, it's so pathetic, it makes no sense at all.
I'm ripe with things to say, the words rot and fall away.
If a stupid poem could fix this home, I'd read it every day.
So here's your holiday, hope you enjoy it this time, you gave it all away.
It was mine, so when you're dead and gone.
Will you remember this night, twenty years now gone?
It's not right.
Their anger hurts my ears, been burning strong for several years.
Rather than fix the problems, they never solved them, it makes no sense at all.
I see them everyday, we get along, so why can't they?
If this is what he wants, and it what she wants, then why's there so much pain?
So here's your holiday, hope you enjoy it this time, you gave it all away.
It was mine, so when you're dead and gone, will you remember this night?
Twenty years now gone, it's not right.
So here's your holiday, hope you enjoy it this time, you gave it all away.
It was mine, so when you're dead and gone.
Will you remember this night, twenty years now gone?
It's not right.
It's not right.
And with that phrase fading out, Ami started out of her trance. The people sing the song, it seemed like they had felt the same hurt, the same confusion she had. To top it off, they had put their feelings into song, and spread the message to the masses. Packing her things away, Ami smiled a soft smile. She realized that she would not be the only one not going to the family affair at the amusement park, and that thought comforted her. If the guys in that band could find an outlet for their frustrations, then so could she. She was the Senshi of Mercury, for crying out loud! Surely she could find a way to spend that time.
A thought struck Ami out of the blue. If she had seen this, then surely her best friend in the whole solar system, Makoto Kino, had. Ami winced, remembering that Makoto's parents were both dead, victims of an untimely airplane crash. Surely Mako-chan wouldn't be going to the amusement park. Ami might be able to convince Makoto to go out to a movie, or ice cream, or even just stay in, and make dinner for the two of them, as Makoto's cooking was legendary. As Ami walked out of the library into the bright May sunshine, she looked off into the distance. There was a man skateboarding on the half-pipe at the adjacent skate park. He would occasionally fall, and, after brushing himself off, he would get back up and try it again.
Ami smiled. 'Fall down seven times, get up eight. That's what they say. I shouldn't let things like this get me down. After all, I'm not the only one with problems, and I'm sure Mako-chan wouldn't say no to a date with me.' thought Ami. The bluenette blushed, as she realized what she had just thought. In the distance, the skateboarding man looked over at Ami and grinned to himself. 'She looks happier than before. Good.' And with that, he dropped back in the half-pipe, as Ami walked to Makoto's apartment. She was sure that good times were going to be had.
The End
A/N: Well, there you have it, my second attempt at a songfic. I heard this song, loved it, and thought it perfect for my Ami-chan. I hope people read this and realize that divorce solves nothing. It just makes more problems, and it affects everyone. So please, read and review, and Stay Together For The Kids.