Welcome back! Did you have a good day off yesterday? I hope so!

Anyway, today's CLAMP Femslash Week prompt is Rare Pair. I realize I'm using this prompt very loosely, but I'm pleased with this one. I've always been curious about Tohru and Saya's relationship in high school, so I'm happy for the chance to explore it!

The name of the chapter is from Walk All Over You by AC/DC

Even though Tohru had been waiting for it all afternoon, the knock on her bedroom door still startled her. She scrambled off her bed to answer it, and found Saya out of uniform, though holding her schoolbag to her chest. They exchanged a nervous smile.

"Come in," Tohru said, softly, stepping out of the way. Saya entered her room, looking around nervously. She'd been in Tohru's room before, of course, but it was different now that she knew. Now that she'd made her decision. "You can sit down," Tohru said, and Saya sat down on her bed, then realized a split second later the implication. She flushed and pressed her fingers to her mouth, but then just as quickly realized it was a stupid thing to worry about given the circumstances. She took her hand away and held her bag closer to her. Tohru came to sit beside her, positively faint with anxiety at what she was about to find out, feeling terrified of both losing and keeping Saya. They looked at each other, and the conversation of exactly a month ago seemed to rise up between them.

Classes on Valentine's Day had seemed to drag, an entire day's worth of nonsense, utterly unimportant in the face of what was to come. Tohru had taken Saya back to her room to talk, her breath shallow and heart racing. Saya had just taken it as nerves about confessing feelings and had tried to reassure her, but,

"No, if it were just about that I'd have," Tohru started to say, but then broke off, shaking her head. The end of the sentence hung tantalizingly in the air between them and Saya sighed, managing to sound reassuring through her impatience. "Sorry," Tohru said, running her fingers through her hair. She had no idea how to phrase it, how to make it not sound utterly ridiculous. She looked pleadingly at Saya, who smiled encouragingly. Tohru swallowed. "I don't mean to sound dramatic," she began, and Saya couldn't help but laugh. Tohru's eyes widened.

"I'm sorry," Saya said, hastily. "It's just that you're always so straight forward and honest, it's hard for me to imagine you being dramatic about something." A soft flush crept up Tohru's neck and face, but she ignored it.

"So you'll believe what I'm about to tell you?" She asked, quietly. "Even if it sounds insane?" Saya smiled.

"I will." Tohru stared her hard in the face, and emotion rushed up suddenly between them, sharpening their connection while making all else blurry.

"You know they say the world is going to end in 1999?" She began, quietly. Saya nodded, but said nothing, taken aback but curious. "That's not just speculation or paranoia," Tohru continued. Again, Saya just nodded. "The world will end one of two ways, and the whole thing will play out in Tokyo." She looked at Saya to see how she was taking this, and found her expression the same, so she kept going. "There will be two sides: one will fight to save humanity, but in exchange the Earth will die."

"How?" Saya asked, before she could stop herself.

"People will destroy it. Carbon dioxide, nuclear weapons, using up resources, you get the idea." Saya felt a sudden ache in her chest, and nodded.

"And the other side?"

"People will be wiped out, but in exchange, the Earth itself will be saved." The ache in Saya's chest sharpened, but again she nodded. "In 1999, everyone will gather in Tokyo, and it'll all begin. They probably already know, all those other people involved. The ones who've been born, anyway." She looked down and pressed her hands into her belly. Saya moved closer to her, desperate to hear more.

"How do you know all of this?"

"I'm caught up in all of this." Tohru swallowed and met Saya's gaze, her hands still pressed into her belly. "I'm going to bear the child who will decide the fate of the Earth." Saya gasped and clapped her hands to her mouth. Tohru nodded, her sad smile still firmly in place. It felt weird to talk about this, to be open about her future with another person, particularly someone she cared about so deeply. She could also see the weight of it on Saya's shoulders now, and it caused her more pain than she'd ever have thought possible. "I'm sorry to tell you all this, I just," she swallowed. "If you plan on reciprocating on White Day, I couldn't not tell you, if that makes sense." Very slowly, Saya took her hands away from her mouth and folded them in her lap. She stared at them hard for a moment, her heart beating faster, pumping the ache in her chest out through her body.

"Do you… Tell everyone this? If they try to…?" She hated the question and she hated herself for asking, but she needed to know.

"No!" Tohru cried at once. "Saya, please look at me?" Saya did so, and Tohru could feel her pain in her own chest. "I'm so, so sorry you have to know this too, but you're the only person I've ever told, you're the only person who," she broke off, swallowing a sudden burning in her throat. "I've never felt this way about anyone else, and I don't think I ever will. I swear I'm not trying to push you away, but, I thought knowing from the start would be easier for both of us than me having to tell you after…" Her voice trailed away, but they both heard "…we've been together a while." Saya's lip trembled slightly, but she held Tohru's gaze for a long time.

"I know you wouldn't lie to me, or make excuses," she said, eventually. Tohru took a sharp breath in, staring her hard in the face. Another moment passed in thick silence. "I believe you, about all of it." Tohru let out the sharp breath in a heavy sigh of relief, and Saya continued, "I, I'm sure I've had dreams like that, but I always assumed it was something else, no matter how real it felt." Tohru nodded.

"There's so much more I can tell you," she continued. "About my family, the future and your dreams." Saya moved even closer.

"Tell me everything."

And so she had explained to the best of her ability everything she could, and Saya just listened, even when things were painful or scary or strange, until it was nearly midnight. Tohru walked Saya back to her own dorm room, too absorbed in the events of the day to worry about getting caught out of bed.

"Think about it," Tohru told her, very seriously, outside her door. "And then on White Day-"

"-I'll give you my answer," Saya said. They smiled and bid each other goodnight.

"So," Tohru said, rather lamely, rubbing her sweaty palms against her bed. Saya smiled, almost incredulously.

"You act like this was a difficult decision for me," she said, quietly.

"Wasn't it?" Tohru asked, taken aback. Saya just shook her head, her hair bouncing about her shoulders.

"Not at all." She reached into her bag and brought out a small, neatly wrapped package, blushing. "This is going to seem frivolous and stupid after everything you've told me, but I hope you'll accept it anyway." She held it out to Tohru, smiling encouragingly. "Happy White Day." Tohru gasped and took it from her with shaking hands. It was light and soft, and she opened it curiously but carefully.

"Oh my," she took a sharp breath in as she realized it was a t-shirt with her favorite band's picture across the front of it. "Where did you get this?!"

"From the concert," Saya replied, a mischievous note in her voice. "I thought about giving it to you for Christmas or New Years, but neither felt right, so…" Tohru held it to her chest and closed her eyes, her expression exultant. Saya's chest swelled, and when Tohru finally opened her eyes, her gaze burned and power surged up between them.

"Thank you," she said, very seriously, and Saya felt like her overfull heart might burst.

"I was ready to give this to you a month ago," she said, her voice lowering but still thick with emotion. "I knew from the moment I met you this is how it would be, and maybe it was just from my own power, I don't care. I know you talked about destiny and inevitability and all the rest of it, but even if that weren't the case I'd still choose you! I love you, Tohru, and I'll do anything to stay by your side!" Her eyes widened suddenly and the words seemed to scorch her chest and her throat. However, before she could event think of feeling embarrassed, Tohru held the sides of her face and pulled her into a kiss. Saya shuddered against her lips and clutched at her shoulders, needing the connection. They kissed that way for, it might have been minutes, days or weeks, before breaking apart, but staying close, sharing breath and energy.

"I love you too," Tohru whispered, and Saya let out a soft cry. "I love you too, Saya." Saya just moaned softly and kissed her again.

"You'll have me?"

"Stay with me!"

"Always?"

"Always."

I love them so much I can't.

So I won't be here tomorrow, but I will be back the day after to post the final chapter, so I hope to see you then!

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