A/N: Finally got throught this prompt. Been on a gameverse kick lately! I blame Decode. And Mirei, mostly Mirei. She's fun... Anyway here's for 369 -prompt; till the end of time. We're a quarter of the way there! Spoilers for Decode!
25. Walk that Open Way
When the light has faded, and even the sun has gone from the sky, Mirei heads back into File City. She is tired, of course. It's hard to say goodbye. It's hard to want to.
However, she's not a part of their world for a reason. Even thinking of the pain makes her cringe.
Jijimon nods at her as she strides past. It's not the best of farewells, but they only know each other vaguely and it's hard to speak after saving the world.
She tries not to sigh. She should have know this was coming. It would have been easier if she hadn't been attached. If they hadn't made her smile. If her loneliness hadn't been so pronounced.
It wouldn't have been as interesting, however. It would have been easy to forget.
She wraps her arms around her laptop. LadyDevimon's wings brush her hair in their usual tender fashion, avoiding scratching her with her sharp nails. Angewomon dances from the side, smiling in that nearly coy way that promises comforting hugs and herbal tea. She clicks her tongue. They worry too much. Not that she blames them. Human in form means human in durability some of the time. Not that she can't get out of scrapes. It's still an inconvenience. They worry about her mentally, which again, she can't blame them for either.
Her heart sinks a little, hearing no accompanying footsteps as she gets closer, just the sound of softly gliding wings. Just the sound of the exited chatter from the buzzing metropolis.
She was going to have to get used to that again… even though it was the last thing she wanted to think about.
Well, at least for a while, her dreams would be full of happy things, of people. Perhaps, someday, they would return to her. Maybe she could even visit them.
As long as fate had that in store.
The thought was enough to make her smile.