Title: Home
Written for: 30_kisses LJ community
Pairing: Saotome Alto/Sheryl Nome
Fandom: Macross Frontier
Theme: # 20, the road home
Disclaimer: I do not own Macross Frontier or anything related to the Macross franchise.
Notes: Set after the final episode.


Sheryl watches Ranka run towards her brothers with lithe speed. She gazes in silence as the green-haired girl wraps her arms around them, showering both with kisses of sisterly affection.

Sheryl feels her heart clench, a feeling of loneliness spears inside her, but of course, being Sheryl Nome, she hides it with expertise.

Where to go now? She thinks sadly. She was no longer a woman with a terminal disease—meaning Alto no longer had a reason to stay. Twisting in her thoughts, she fails to notice someone approaching from behind. She fidgets when a warm hand touches her bare shoulder.

"Let's go home," Alto says.

Sheryl gasps in surprise and stiffens. She stands very still and does not make any move to face him. His hand remains where it is.

"I just talked to Ranka-chan," she speaks with feigned enthusiasm. She feels an uneasy something knot inside her stomach and she is confident it has nothing to do with the V-Type thing, "she was kind enough to agree to let me stay with her for a while until I can find a place of my own."

"Sheryl"—

She babbles on.

"If it isn't any trouble for you, Alto, do you think you can send my stuff over and"—

Her next words are halted by a firm squeeze on her shoulder.

"Sheryl, let's go home."

Simple words spoken with a rough gentleness and severe finality—enough to have Sheryl Nome cry with unimaginable happiness.

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Owari.