Title: Coming Home
Summary: Because even an alice like her has to come back home, too.
Disclaimer: No. Never.
For the first time on months, my fingers itched to type another story. Please pardon the shortness and the way this story was written.
Life is a series of many goodbyes.
It was never her decision to go away. Away from her friends, her brother, from everyone… including him.
Hotaru Imai sighed.
For sure, he was thankful that she went away for this sole reason: because no one would sell his pictures to his fan girls for a long time.
She imagined him, partying his way to all his classes, without the fear of being 'stalked' or being ambushed by a mob of love struck fan girls.
Nogi, she thought. How long has it been already? Ah, seven years.
Seven long years without communication to everyone, without any news about what happened to everyone during her absence.
She wondered, has that fire caster made a move on her best friend already? Has Iinchou become a successful film director just like what he really wanted? Had Anna, Nonoko, Koko and Permy already found their happiness?
Has he already…?
Her name was known worldwide, and yet she was secluded from it. Her seclusion was a part of the contract she signed seven years ago before she went away, as to avoid any distractions according to her boss.
She sighed once again. At first, she loved the silence, the serenity and the peace it brought. But as weeks and months passed by, she found herself looking for a certain brunette, longing for her unending and loud wailings (after being hit by the Baka Gun) every morning, an angry blonde chasing her, a seaweed-haired girl, her geeky sisters, the mind-reader, the stoic fire caster, her… ugh, suitors, even their gay sensei.
Did he stop twirling around the room almost every day? I wonder…
In other words, yes. As much as she didn't want to admit it, she did miss everyone.
Minutes passed by, and the inventor looked at the door when it opened after a few knocks. It revealed a man, the wrinkles on his face symbolized every year that passed, and the wisdom he possessed. Yes, he was old and he was wise.
Of course. He was Hotaru Imai's boss after all.
A smile crept into the inventor's lips for the first time in years.
The contract ended almost a week ago which means… another smile. She couldn't help but smile at the old man, and to the news he just brought.
Why?
Because at last, Hotaru Imai was going home.
A/N: The shortest I've ever made. Bleh.
To You-Know-Who-You-Are,
You're still awesome-er than me. Nuff said :)
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