Moments
A collection of Fushigi Yuugi drabbles by otaku-no-miko
Author's Notes: (April 27, 2012)
Fun fact – this song got me through boot camp. Whenever they were having us run forever, I would play this song through my head and time my footfalls to the beat.
Always turning back to me, 'til you never see me drown -
Loving your illusion, staring at a crooked crown…
You always let me down.
(The Hush Sound, "Honey")
Had her mother ever met him, she would have encouraged her to stay far, far away. But seeing as Soi hadn't seen her mother since she was 10, she didn't much care what her opinion was.
Nakago had saved her. Just like the storybooks, he'd ridden up shining and bold on a white horse and had taken her away with him and sure, maybe it had only been because of the symbol on her hip, but he'd saved her. That had to mean something!
In his way, she knew he loved her. Even if he never held her at night after they made love, she still knew there had to be some affection somewhere. He wasn't a stupid man – if she didn't serve his needs, she knew she wouldn't have stayed around for so long.
Somewhere in the back of her mind, Soi knew she was being used. She knew that were they to wake together without their powers, the first thing he would do is snap her neck.
But she could still pretend that every time he talked to that damned Miko, he was talking to her. And when he assured her that he was in love with her, he was speaking to Soi, not some flighty fifteen-year-old with daddy issues.
Because Nakago had saved her, and that had to mean something.
