Fandom: Maria-sama ga Miteru
Pairing: Mizuno Youko/Satou Sei
Theme Set: Kindly provided by V
Rating: Remember that Maria-sama is watching.

Dedication: To V, without whom this would never have gotten started, much less finished.

Disclaimer: Are there frequent Youko/Sei scenes in the series? No? Then obviously I don't own it.

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#01 – Dawn
At graduation, Youko smiled.

#02 – Mercy
She stroked her hair as she cried; that was enough.

#03 – Afternoon
Tea with the Yamayurikai meant courtesy, elegance, and the occasional shouting match.

#04 – Release
The trip to the train stop felt like reclamation.

#05 – Tragedy
She looked over, laughing; looked away from the road.

#06 – Volume
And she spoke, and her whisper was deafening.

#07 – Trickster
The true trickster did not play a prank on Youko; the true trickster managed to make Sachiko play a prank on Youko.

#08 – Room
"Oh, there's plenty," she said, and, straight-faced, shifted over to plop directly onto the other's lap.

#09 – Thought
How much longer?

#10 – Scent
The room was a bit stuffy, but she didn't open the windows.

#11 – Sore
"C'mon, Youko, you can't really still be mad ab-ow!"

#12 – Greed
She reached out, halfway, before dropping her eyes and her hand.

#13 – Cotton
she said, but I checked anyway.

#14 – Council
Youko found that, as busy as they had been in the Yamayurikai, there was no end to the workload of a single-person council.

#15 – Limits
If they seemed to be juggernauts, it was because they stopped each other from breaking.

#16 – Imagination
"Sei, this would fit perfectly in the dining area, and the color…Sei?"

#17 – Steel
Contrary to popular belief, Youko's spine is actually made of bone (Sei would hurt her fingers otherwise).

#18 – Passion
And if Maria-sama was watching, well, she'd probably seen it before.

#19 – Photos
She stared at the picture for a long time, face frozen at the sight of the other's pained smile.

#20 – Apologies
"Come next time." "Yes. Of course."

#21 – Modesty
Though she seemed to be trying to break every rule their school had, Sei never seemed inclined to boast – asked why, she grinned cheekily and replied, "It sounds enough like boasting already when I tell the truth."

#22 – Mindgames
They discovered, to Youko's surprise and Sei's amusement, that each of them had a number of underclass fangirls.

#23 – Fairytales
The court fool never got the princess, of course; that would be ridiculous (but she never cared for fairy tales anyway, and Youko laughs at her jokes).

#24 – Mornings
It was knowing that someone might have been there that made it hard.

#25 – Nightmare
She had the same one frequently, but could never remember it; just woke gasping in the dark, grasping at something that had never existed.