THE SHOW MUST GO ON
N.B. Hey this is my first time posting a story up here. Wanted to create an entire new story actually, but found myself too attached to the character of Nana Osaki to have an original one, so decided to go ahead and continue the story from episode 47 of season one of the anime Nana. Might be doing another fan fic on Harry Potter. I'll let you guys know! Ta.
P.S. Would love if you gave reviews. If you want me to continue, let me know! Also, all characters are trademarks of Viz Media and Ai Yazawa. I did not make them up :) Just making that clear.
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Hey Nana, would you forgive me? If you knew how I felt? Maybe you would, if you knew the truth… But I think you already know, don't you?
Nobu held her hand. The diamond ring that circled her finger glinted in the sunlight, and caught his eye. He flinched, remembering Takumi. The man who had married the woman he loved. Outside, he heard Satsuki chatting animatedly away to Yasu and Shin. Nobu remembered that they were not alone.
Nana caught her breath. From the moment Nobu had touched her, a flood of memories had come back, ones she had tried to stuff into a box in her brain, and hide away. She had to keep it in, all those feelings, for the sake of her child, for the sake of her marriage. She too, heard the others' lively conversation outside, of Yasu wondering when Nana was coming, of Shin telling Satsuki that her godparents would be here soon. Nana looked down at Nobu. He looked back at her sadly. Nana looked away again, and said in an undertone, "I'll go get you your towel."
Outside, Shin watched Nana emerge from the bathroom. She headed towards her old room, and shut the door quietly. Shin caught Yasu's eye, and Yasu nodded pointedly at Satsuki, whom had taken the doll Nobu had given her out of its case and walking her around the tabletop.
"Uncle Yasu, is Uncle Ren going to be wearing a yukata too?" She asked, looking up into Yasu's sunglasses. He smiled down at her. Shin laughed and said, "Probably not. He probably doesn't even have one! Good thing Hachi brought one for everyone."
"If you think Ren wearing a yukata is funny, try imagining Nana, she'll probably look weirder," Yasu said, while Shin and Satsuki both tilted their heads, trying to imagine. Then they simultaneously burst out laughing.
Inside the room, Nana sat down slowly on her bed. Returning to this apartment, in which she and Nana had once shared, made her feel slightly melancholy. Here she was once innocent and protected, surrounded and accompanied by people she loved, and who loved her. She looked around the room, and saw it just as it was before. Her makeup and perfume bottles on the vanity table; her clothes hanging over the chairs. She glanced at the walls which she had painted over, and remembered that she had done that to help Nana forget the memories of the poster which showed the image of Ren, and Trapnest. Nana's eyes filled up with tears. Here was where her life had begun, and when she had started anew with Nana beside her, comforting her, reassuring her, cheering her on. Remembering Nobu, she hurried to the closet and extracted a towel. She folded it tenderly, and wiped her eyes free from tears. She opened the door slightly, listening to Yasu, Shin and Satsuki laugh. Nana smiled, looked around the room briefly once more and headed outside, closing the door softly behind her.
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