A/N: This is yet another drabblefic, this time centering around Read or Die (OVA and manga), the "Read or Die the TV" anime, and the Read or Dream manga. These will not go in chronological order and will switch between universes (I will explain which in the A/Ns). They will focus mainly on the friendships and familial relationships of the series, but there will probably be romance every now and then. You can read both Read or Die and Read or Dream on the website AnimeA, and you can watch Read or Die the TV on You Tube. They're all brilliant!
This specific drabble takes place after Yomiko rescues Nenene from the obsessive psycho, "Paul Sheldon." (It also refers to the finale of the manga at the close, after the '/\' marks.)
Paper Love
Drabble 1: "Morning Light"
Yomiko's apartment is quiet.
It's after two in the morning, but the occupants are not asleep. Far from it.
Nenene and Yomiko huddle close together, the older of the two stroking the younger girl's hair as the seventeen-year-old cries into the Paper Master's injured shoulder (it doesn't hurt anymore, and Yomiko doesn't mind; she wasn't lying when she said she'd recovered from worse).
After all, this is the morning after everything, and Nenene's only a girl.
This is expected, even remedial.
"Stupid…" Nenene sobs, holding Yomiko tighter as her mind involuntarily conjures an image of the incredibly thrashed Paper Master from last night, "...letting yourself get beat up so badly…"
Yomiko smiles lightly, drinking in the irony of the words.
If she hadn't fought so hard, Nenene would be in a much worse situation right now…and even more than that, Yomiko would never have been able to forgive herself.
"I'm sorry…" she murmurs.
"Why are you apologizing, you stupid sensei?" Nenene whispers, half-laughing and half-sobbing as a small smile creeps onto her face.
She is grateful, indebted, forever-loving.
This woman, who'd only just met her two days ago, has already become her best friend, her savior, her anchor, her everything and more.
She is the reason she's even alive right now, and Nenene loves her dearly.
"I'm sorry…" Yomiko replies, grinning a little wider as she tightens her hold on her young charge as the girl nuzzles deeper.
They are an unbeatable force—the writer and the reader—and this will never change.
/\/\/\
And even when Yomiko disappears months later and doesn't show herself again for ten years…
Nenene can still feel her.
The wind blows her hair back from her ears (the way Yomiko always preferred), caresses her cheeks (the way Yomiko always did).
"Stupid sensei…"
A/N: Thanks so much for reading! Sorry if you didn't understand... XD Go to the websites! They'll help oodles! XD
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