It had been a month since Madoka came back to Mitakihara. She had quickly reconnected with her childhood friends Sayaka and Hitomi, and even made a new friend Sakura Kyoko a redhead that was staying at Sayaka's house. They were all hanging out in the shopping mall WcDonalds after class.
"So..." started Sayaka after taking a sip from her cola "Got used to life back in Japan, Madoka?"
"Right, you were in America for three years, didn't ya?" - added Kyoko before eating some fries.
"Well... It's been kind of hard to get used to the different material. And I'm still behind in classic literature class" She stopped for a second, taking a small sip of her cold tea "But everyone has helped me a lot! Even the teachers have given me some notes so I could catch up!"
"I'm glad" Hitomi gave a small smile "If you want, I could probably get some free time this weekend. We can do a study session if you want, tests are approaching after all. You all can come too, of course."
"Really?" Sayaka sighed before dropping her head on the table "You are a lifesaver, Hitomi; I don't think I'll pass next week math exam at this rate... or the English one..."
Madoka let out a small giggle before going deep into thought. It was true that she was getting used to life back in Japan without many problems. And her studies weren't in bad shape, just required a bit more effort than usual.
But... There was something that had been bugging her, a student that for some reason she couldn't get close to. In fact, no one seemed to be able to. Whenever someone tried to approach her, in the rare instances where that happened, she would quickly answer their questions with a stoic look on her face before dropping the conversation. Most of the time that you would hear her speak was during class, and only whenever a teacher asked her a question.
While Madoka was lost in thought Sayaka seemed to notice the frown on her friend face and poked at her to catch the pinkette attention.
"You okay? You've had that frown on your face for a while now"
Madoka looked down at her hands, holding her cold tea, and started fidgeting with her fingers. "I was just thinking about how to approach Akemi-san" Sayaka's eyes opened widely, filled with anger.
"Why would you want to do that?!" she shouted quickly getting up of her seat and smacking the table. The people around all looked at them, making Sayaka clear her throat before sitting down and speaking quieter "I thought I told you not to get close to her!"
"But why?" replied Madoka "She doesn't look like a bad person. She just looks... lonely. And I'm not sure why, but I have this feeling that I really want to help her"
"Did you perhaps know Akemi-san from before?" Hitomi was the one to ask while giving the rest of her potato fries to Kyoko
"No... Well, I'm not sure"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, I don't remember seeing her before. But whenever I look at her I have this feeling deep in my chest that I should talk with her. That I've been waiting to do so for a long time now." Madoka sunk a little bit in her seat.
"Maybe you knew her before going to America, she might have been in your kindergarten class for example" Added Hitomi. "That might also explain why Sayaka has such strong feelings towards her, you two were together at that time right?"
"Have you even talked with her more than the times where she quickly shuts you down tho?" said Kyoko after finishing Hitomi's fries, giving one of her questioning glances "Hard to care for someone you don't even talk to y'know?"
"Actually... " It really wasn't more than other times, but... "The first day after I transferred here, Akemi-san was the one to show me around the school"
There was a small pause.
"We talked a bit, but after she asked me if I was getting used to things, out of nowhere she... she gave me a hug"
"She did what?!" Sayaka jumped "I knew she was a creep! Don't worry Madoka, I'll make sure she doesn't take advantage of you"
"It- It's not like that Sayaka-chan! I know that what she did it's kinda weird but... " She stopped to think for a moment, remembering the moment and Akemi face after the fact "She asked me a question before giving me my red ribbons... I don't really remember what it was... but the face she made afterwards was so full of pain that..."
"Yeah, yeah we get it" said kyoko "Our goody two shoes of a friend feels bad even for a weirdo like her. I'm not surprised to be honest" she gave a smug smile "Just try not to get kidnapped"
Madoka let out a small chuckle "I will, Thank you Kyoko-chan".
"Well, I should get going" said Hitomi while standing up and looking at her phone.
"Piano classes again?" asked Sayaka.
"No, Floral Arrangement. Even though exams are coming" She let out a small sigh before putting on a confident and gentle smile. "Well, goodbye everyone"
Everyone waved off Hitomi before finishing their drinks and getting up. Kyoko threw her bag over her shoulder and faced the other two.
"I have to go too, don't wanna be late"
"You were working at the convenience store by the station, right?" asked Madoka, getting a nod as an answer from Kyoko.
"Yeah, it's been a bit of a pain lately. Tourist are coming now more than ever since Sakura season just ended and prices are down." Kyoko let out a tired sigh "So many of them ask questions either on English or broken Japanese that I'm one 'sory wat this' away from snapping"
"Try not to lose your job please" sighed Sayaka "We both know my wallet cannot keep up with your eating habits"
"Ooh but you are my knight in shining armor Sayaka" She made an exaggerated pleading expression "Won't you make sure I don't starve oh my hero?"
"Oi you!" she said before chasing the redhead while Madoka laughed.
A small hill, filled with white flowers, stood tall over the city. A single chair was placed next to a long fall, almost as if whoever placed there wanted to be engulfed by the abyss. The scenery colors changed slowly, the sun setting on the horizon, as a girl with ebony hair got up from a nap.
Well, not really a nap. The devil couldn't sleep after all.
A shadow moved behind her, as one of her Clara dolls appeared and seemed to communicate with incoherent laughter.
"I see, so Madoka has made it home safely" said the devil "Did something happen to her throughout the day?"
More laughter.
"Any signs of the Law of Cycles?" Madoka having almost awakened the first day she came back had made the devil paranoid about her recovering her memories. And as such she made 3 of her Clara Dolls to always follow Madoka.
"Good." she said before dismissing the doll and pulling out her soul gem... or rather, the black orb it had transformed into after she committed her biggest sin.
Looking at the orb, a smile that would have set off a hundred red flags appearing on her face, her eyes glowed with the color of despair, her own despair, before an image appeared on the orb.
The room of Kaname Madoka was one more appropriate for a girl a few years younger than her. Filled to the brim with different stuffed animals, and a simple desk with an all-in-one computer. Seated on the small chair Madoka was in the middle of doing her homework, having gotten out of the shower a few moments ago she was still a bit damp and had already put on her pajamas.
The devil enjoyed the hard-working Madoka, her obsessive smile turning into a gentler one. The few moments she would let herself to enjoy, the only way to quench her ever growing madness. And compared to her previous sins this was nothing but a speck of dust.
There was no sound, something the devil knew if she ever did would end up with her always finding an excuse to listen to the voice of her beloved. As much as she wanted to protect her, and as much as it seemed to not make sense since she always watched her 5 minutes a day through the dark orb, she wanted to respect Madoka's privacy.
The image on the dark orb began to fade, the devil thought to prolong her fun a bit longer but decided against it before getting up from the chair and transforming into her devil clothes.
Right, she still had things to do.
Her raven wings embraced her, making her disappear only leaving behind a few dark feathers that slowly fell to the ground.
She appeared in a sunless dimension; the moon ever present in the sky was cut in half and glowed with an unnatural light in the gray sky. Around her a desert of colorless sand, with some destroyed buildings that had been devoured by the dunes of the never-ending desert.
When she altered the universe, she had thought that if the Goddess had created something akin to Heaven; then she should create something akin to Hell.
A massive orb floated in the sky, inside it some white forms seemed to be moving around almost as if trying to escape. The orb was oozing black goo that fell to the ground and formed a small pond below it from which some of the devil lesser familiars were being born. Tendrils of the same goo seemed to be poured into the orb, appearing out of thin air.
The devil flew towards the orb, feeling an amount of despair that would have instantly transformed her into a witch where she still a normal magical girl. But instead, the devil calmly pushed her hand into the orb grabbing something and slowly pulling the hand out.
From within the orb a small white furry creature appeared. Once her greatest enemy, the incubators had now been reduced to nothing more than conduits for humanity's despair.
"The pond is bigger than it was yesterday, Incubator. Care to explain why?" said the devil as she threw the still hyperventilating creature to the ground.
It took a few moments, the mind of the creature slowly coming back from whatever torture it had gone through. She had made sure to separate their hivemind, so that they would each suffer alone as she had to do in the past.
The creature looked at the devil with pleading eyes, unable to move a single muscle of its body.
"Oh right" said the devil, before doing a small wrist flick "Here, you may speak again"
"Th- there has been a... a typhoon in southeast Asia" said the incubator, being forced to speak instead of communicate telepathically seemed to hurt him more "Many pe- people are feeling unusual amounts of- of despair"
"Well, consume it quickly then"
"We- We can't do it faster" It looked at her, for a race that had once been prideful to consider only a few were able to feel emotions the whole race had now been subjected to what they called a mental illness. She made sure they had. "Our bo- bodies ar- aren't able t- to do so"
"Is that so?" she gave the creature a side glance "Let's see if that's true"
With but a thought the pond of despair formed into a bubble of pure darkness and slowly approached the incubator, unable to escape it tried to scream but had its voice taken by the devil.
The despair in pure form flowed into the creature for a few seconds before completely disappearing. The creature stood motionless; its eyes void of any emotion. It could only quiver.
"Seems you were telling the truth." She snapped her fingers, a Clara Doll appearing behind her to take the body of the creature.
"Well then..." she covered herself with her wings before disappearing once more. This time she appeared in her apartment. Empty as it ever had been.
The devil approached her desk, her clothes going back to her student uniform, and sat on a small wooden chair.
"I have to prepare for tomorrow's classes"
And with that the devil started to study. Now that the month she knew by heart had passed, the answers she had memorized during her time loops wouldn't work. As much as that had increased her workload it also meant she had finally saved Madoka.
And that was all that mattered.
Many different flowers, ferns, and a few cacti decorated the small corner of the school yard. A lot of them were in full bloom, while others were waiting a few more hours till the sun was higher in the sky to finish opening.
All of the plants were under the overcast shadow of the still blossoming Sakura tree. The tree had started to blossom 4 weeks after it was supposed to. The gardening club still unsure of whether it was just a late bloomer or if the extra care they gave the magnificent tree helped it push through.
Madoka had been appointed to the morning tasks, and as such was watering the plants while taking a look at those that seemed to have grown bigger than what their current pots allowed to.
One little cactus caught Madoka's attention. The plant in particular was the opposite of the Sakura tree having blossomed a few flowers before the summer. What was more interesting was that the cactus was on the brink of death when Madoka joined the club and it was through her sheer determination that the plant was able to come back to life miraculously. A feat that Madoka was proud of, and a story the Kaname household had to constantly hear for the past week.
Having finished to water the plants Madoka placed the tools she had used back into the warehouse and headed to class. It was still 30 minutes early, but she knew that by doing this she would get a rare opportunity that she would lose were she to go later.
Once she was in the hall next to her class, she slowed her approach. Taking care not to make noise she looked into the classroom and confirmed that the ebony haired girl was indeed sitting on her seat alone. She was looking out of the window, one hand over her desk while the other was holding her head. A tired looked on her face while she looked towards the blossoming Sakura. The few rays of sunshine that got through the window were making her hair shine in some parts, making her look even prettier than she used to.
Madoka took a deep breath and headed into class.
"G-Good morning, Akemi-san!" did she just stutter? God, she did. Before she could even throw herself into innerly shaming herself the other girl spoke.
"Homura"
"Eh?"
"I told you to call me Homura" she stated, while looking at her with the same cold look on her eyes she always wore.
Right, Madoka almost forgot. The first time they talked she had asked to go on a name-by-name basis instantly. It wasn't that Madoka was put off by this, she just couldn't believe that someone as incredible as Ake- Homura wanted to be so friendly with her. Homura not talking much more afterwards with her cemented the thought.
"Right, let me try again. Good morning, Homura-chan!" Madoka said with a bright smile on her face.
And what she wanted to see happened.
"Good morning, Madoka" replied Homura with the slightest of smiles. But even then, it was something important. Something that could only happen when they were alone, any other time she would just say good morning and nothing more.
This time it wasn't going to end there though. Madoka wanted to use this opportunity to corner the lonely girl. She would usually try to talk during lunchtime or after class but that meant Homura had an easy escape route. But classes were about start now, and as such she was bounded to this room.
Madoka took a few steps forward and looked at the ebony haired girl. Whom turned to look at Madoka, her expression didn't change an inch.
"Yes?" she asked.
"I was wondering..." realization suddenly overcame Madoka, she didn't plan this far ahead. In her mind the moment she approached Homura she would instantly disappear somehow, as if time would stop and she could just walk away. Quickly she tried to think of something to say "You always come this early, Homura-Chan?"
"I try to, yes" she stopped looking at Madoka, just to continue watching the Sakura tree.
And the conversation was dead once more. This is how it always went, Madoka asks a question, Homura answers instantly and goes back to what she was doing, or worse, she just leaves.
Madoka took a small breath, renewing her confidence.
"The Sakura tree is pretty, right? I helped it bloom, together with the gardening club"
"I know." she said with her cool voice. Her eyes still fixed on the tree.
Silence once more.
Madoka was starting to get nervous, well more nervous than she had been before. But with an almost cracking voice she pushed forward, she wasn't going to throw away this opportunity.
"Tests are close by huh..." her voice almost failed her "H-how are you doing Homura-chan?"
What kind of question was that? Of course, that Homura wasn't going to have any problem. She was the smartest person in the class, only Hitomi could rival her. There was no way that-
"I'm having a few problems actually"
What?
"O-oh... Oh!" Madoka beamed with a smile, the lonely girl turned to see her. "What if you joined us this weekend? Hitomi, Sayaka, Kyoko and I were going to do a study session together. I'm sure that Hitomi won't have a problem with it!"
Homura took a second to think. It actually was the first time Madoka had seen the girl take a moment to think what to say. Hope was starting to rise. Maybe she would finally be able to get close to Homura.
"I'm sorry. I must decline"
And with that all hope disappeared. It must have shown on her face, because the usually cool-headed Homura instantly added something to what she had said.
"It's not because of you, Madoka. I'm just really busy this weekend." She paused for a moment, but seeing that Madoka wasn't convinced she added more "Living alone gives me a few extra tasks that I have to take care of. That's all"
There it was, a thread of a conversation, new information. Homura lived alone.
"You live alone Homura-chan?"
"Yes. But don't worry, I'm used to it already"
"Isn't it hard? Like, balancing school by itself it's more than enough for myself."
Homura gave another small smile, God how much Madoka wanted to see more of those.
"It used to at the start." Her eyes changed, now having a look of... loneliness? No, it was something different, more melancholic "But a friend helped me push forward. I don't know where I would be now if it wasn't because of her"
Madoka looked at Homura, she had only seen once this expression on her face. The day she had given her the red ribbons that she was now wearing. An expression full of pain, pain for something that she had lost.
"Homura-chan" Madoka tilted her a bit, Homura looking at her once more "Do we know each other? From before I transferred I mean, I have this feeling that we did but I'm not sure..."
Her face changed instantly, now wearing one of concern and anxiety. Homura seemed to have frozen in time.
"Homura... chan?"
She snapped back to reality.
"We did not meet at any other point. It is impossible" she replied, her cold distant look decorating her face one more.
"A-are you sure?" I added "Maybe we were classmates once? or- or we went to the same kindergarten?"
"I have been either hospitalized or in the orphanage my whole life. We have not ever met" Her voice was harsh, not showing any real emotion "Stop having these foolish thoughts"
Homura went back to look through the window. Madoka defeated went back to her seat, people now beginning to get into the classroom.
She had had a good opportunity to get closer, and right when it seemed to start working she went ahead and threw it into the trash. All because of a dumb feeling she had.
She really couldn't do anything right huh.
Homura stopped paying attention to Saotome-sensei. Not because she was whining about her last relationship as she usually did, but because there were more important matters to attend to.
Did Madoka remember something? No, she shouldn't, this time it didn't happen like it had the first time. Maybe it really was just a hunch of the insightful girl? Something she had said fired off some memories that almost surfaced? It's true that whenever Madoka learned that she lived alone she would start to worry more than needed. It was so bad that during the second time line she seemed to spend more time at Homura's house than her own. Sometimes going over just to cook something for her, saying that she should eat better than precooked lunches.
It was something that she loved about her.
But now...
She touched her earring, and quickly the nonsensical laughter of her clara dolls could be heard.
Did Madoka do anything weird last night?
"N n̵̤̉o̷̥͆ţ̵̽h̶͉͂í̷̘n̷̮̚g̳̓"
Reiketsu, the more trustworthy of her dolls. She was always following Madoka.
Has anything happened to anyone close to her?
"A̶p̴p̶l̶e̵ ̴d̷idn̷'̵t ̵g̷o̶ ̴h̶o̵me̶ ̵w̴h̴e̷n̵ ̴s̶h̷e̴ ̵h̷a̶d̵ ̷to̴.̴ ̵S̶t̵r̵a̷w̶b̴err̵y̴ ̷i̶s̶ ̶s̷t̶i̶l̵l̷ ̵a̵n̴g̷r̷y̵.̵"
Ibari was the one who followed Sayaka, Homura knew the blue haired girl could become troublesome if she got her memories back.
S̷w̵eets̵ a̶t̵e̷ ̷C̵h̷e̷e̶se̵.̵ ̴L̶o̷ts̴ ̵o̴f̵ ̴p̷r̶ob̶l̶e̵m̵s̴.̷ ̷L̶o̴t̵s̴ o̴f̶ ̶p̴r̷o̷b̷l̵e̶m̴s̵!
Usotsuki, she was in charge of Nagisa and Mami. A liar, but her lies were easy to navigate. Everything seemed ok.
Homura moved her hand away from her earring, hearing Saotome-sensei lesson once more.
She could always get close to Madoka, that way if the Law of Cycles ever appeared she could quickly take care of it.
No, no. She shouldn't. Her sins are too big, watching Madoka from afar is more than enough for her.
Is it really though? The kind girl has tried many times to approach her after all. Besides what is one more sin to the long list she already had?
Even then, Madoka's kindness is something she doesn't deserve. Madoka cannot be truly happy if someone like her is in her life after all. So, she shouldn't try to get closer, that would only hurt the girl more when she disappears.
I'm pretty sure that I've earned her kindness the moment I made this world for her, do not speak for myself.
Homura blinked, what was she thinking? Maybe all the sleep deprivation finally caught up to her, even if she didn't think she had to sleep. Maybe she would take a nap after school.
Though maybe she was right. Maybe trying to get close to Madoka wouldn't be such a bad idea. Just enough to try and gather more information than what the Clara Dolls could. And after she made sure that Madoka was okay, she could get away from her again. This time permanently.
She took a deep breath and looked towards Madoka, who was sitting a few rows in front of her, where she had used to sit when she was the transfer student. Her pink hair seemed almost as if a part of heaven had come down and was gracing her with its vision.
Well, it kind of had actually.
"Wait you talked with Akemi again?" exclaimed Sayaka, who was in the middle of eating her sandwich.
Madoka nodded.
"But after I mentioned if I knew her from before she suddenly got irritated and stopped talking" Madoka sighed "I shouldn't have said that, we were starting to talk more..."
"Maybe it was because she remembered something bad?" said Kyoko who had finished her lunch way earlier than everyone "You said she was at the hospital before right? And an orphanage too? Maybe she didn't want to remember anything from that time. Hell, I evaded getting into an orphanage like the plague because of the stories I heard"
"Stories?" asked Sayaka
"Yeah, a lot of em don't treat the kids nicely to say the least." she pulled out a box of pocky and placed one in her mouth "Heard that some of them practically torture the kid if they do something wrong."
"I didn't know..." said Madoka, sinking into the bench.
"Yeah, and I can't even imagine what it must be like to not get chosen after the interviews. They are basically telling you that no one wants you."
"When you look at it that way..." said Sayaka, now scratching the back of her head.
"What should I do?" Madoka said, she already felt bad whenever she saw her lonely eyes. Now that she knew all this about her, the itch to help her stung even harder.
Kyoko looked at the pained Madoka, before letting out a small sigh.
"Listen. You got to her once, you can do it again. Give her some space today, let her calm down. " She pointed a new pocky towards Madoka "And tomorrow you throw a big attack at her, one she cannot refuse"
Madoka slowly raised her head. Looking towards the redhead. She was right, if she had done it before it could be done again.
"All right" She giggled "Thank you Kyoko-chan"
The three kept eating in silence, the roof of the school had a nice cool breeze that was quite welcoming during spring. But it would probably make them go inside the building during winter. After a few more moments passed, Sayaka spoke up.
"Oh right. Kyoko and I were going to go to the cinema this afternoon. Want to come?"
"Kyoko? Doesn't she have to work?"
"Got a free afternoon today, I had to cover for a coworker yesterday into late at night to do so. But I kind of missed hanging around with you all for more than 30 minutes after school you know?" said Kyoko with a smirk on her face while looking at Sayaka.
"Aaagh! I know, I know, okay?" Sayaka looked a bit embarrassed "I already told you that I'm sorry for getting angry at you"
"Maybe next time you will wait till I explain huh?"
"Maybe you will at least send a message if you are going to stay late!" Sayaka shouted, energy coming into her "I was worried!"
"I already told you that if I'm late to eat without me" Kyoko was starting to get angry "It's not my fault that you waited till midnight"
"I thought something bad happened to you! I was about to get dressed and run to the store to look for you when you came home!"
"Go look out for me?" She raised her voice a bit more, though the tone changed to a more worried one "Are you crazy? Do you even know what kind of people go around at that time of the night?"
"Yeah! That's why I was worried you dumbass!"
They both looked at each other in silence for a few seconds. Madoka was already used to them fighting like this, most of the time the reasons were always the same. One doing something dangerous, or something that would hurt them. She knew this wouldn't go nowhere as bad as what it seemed from the outside.
Kyoko was the one to break the silence.
"Tsk, whatever." She turned towards Madoka "So, you coming?"
"Yes, it sounds like fun." She said, giving one of her signature smiles.
The movie theater was filled mainly with other students, it being a weekday made it hard for adults, and therefore their kids, to be here. Which was perfect for Kyoko, who didn't have to stand a crying kid while watching the movie. It wasn't like she didn't like kids, rather it was the parent that brought kids with only 1 year of age to watch a loud movie with explosions that did.
She had been saving up for a few weeks, so she had big plans for today. Madoka hadn't been part of them at first, but it's not like it was the pinkette's fault; it had been Sayaka the one who invited her after all. She just had to find a nice moment where Sayaka and herself were alone and it would work out. Somehow.
She was already regretting all this. She should have known that Madoka would end up coming, and now that she was feeling a bit down because of the emo girl she didn't have any other choice.
Even then she pushed forward, sure she didn't get the date she wanted with Sayaka. But that was life, not everything went like you wanted to. She had been deep in thought for a few minutes already, the voice of the pinkette was what brought her back.
"So, what are we going to watch?"
"Ah, right, I didn't tell ya" Kyoko said, before pausing dramatically "Revengers 9: The Multiverse War!"
Sayaka quickly chimed in.
"Ahhh! After all these years we are finally getting to close such a long story" She closed her eyes while holding her fist with emotion "Will they be able to fix everything? Will earth mightiest heroes save the universe- no, The Multiverse!"
"After Mantisman sacrificed himself last movie to stop the portal from opening by throwing himself into it... Just to give the rest of his team some time to think of a plan and prepare" Continued Kyoko.
They both did a sign with their arms, Mantisman last farewell and said at the same time. "Your wings will always lead us to victory"
Madoka let out a weird chuckle before talking
"Ah... I think I saw some posters of the previous movie while I was in America. Everyone seemed to be really excited for it, I didn't expect it to be so big here though."
"Wait, you haven't seen the others?" said Kyoko with a surprised face.
"Not really" said Madoka in a quiet voice "Sh- Should I have?"
Kyoko felt as if Bhors hammer had hit her right in the guts. How could there be someone who didn't watch Revengers? How could it be that someone was 15 minutes away from watching the culmination of years of movies and series without knowing anything about it?
"I- I know some things though!" Madoka shouted, well as much as the pinkette could shout it was more like talking normally for Kyoko.
"What do you know?" asked Kyoko.
"Well... There is this guy who is a doctor and can like control time right? He is really cool!"
"Anything else?"
Madoka hesitated for a few seconds, trying to think of something.
"Th- there is a green guy... I think?"
And with that Kyoko felt her favorite movie saga be described as 'There is a green guy'. Had it been anyone else she would think they were trying to pick on her, but coming from Madoka she knew it was pure honesty.
"Well, we should get going" said Sayaka "Before you continue murdering Kyoko"
And with that they went into the cinema.
A few hours later they came out, all three of them wearing smiles. Though Kyoko and Sayaka clearly were the most excited. They all held their thoughts of the movie until they were far away from the cinema, going into a nice bakery that Kyoko said she knew.
After they all were seated the first one to talk was Sayaka.
"That was amazing!" she said excited "Who would have thought that Mantisman was able to build a resistance in Khanos original universe after he threw himself into the portal!"
"The fight between all the Revengers and the Cosmos Army had to be the best fight of the entire saga." Added Kyoko "But that ending? There might actually be more! it was such an open ending that it has to be!"
"Even I got excited!" said Madoka "There were times where I didn't know what they were talking about, but the character moments were really touching!"
"We have to show you the rest of the movies one day" said Kyoko "You would like Copperman movies the most"
"Sure!"
They waitress came over, and they all asked for what they wanted before Sayaka got up.
"I have to go to the bathroom real quick"
"Alright" said Kyoko.
When Sayaka was out of sight Kyoko looked around, making sure she wouldn't come back, and leaned towards Madoka before whispering.
"Yo. Think you can do me a small favor?"
"Of course!" said Madoka, a determined look on her eyes.
"I didn't even tell you what it was... whatever, listen I need to be alone with Sayaka for a few minutes."
"Wait" realization came over Madoka "Was this supposed to be a date between you two? I'm sorry, I didn't know!"
There she went again; Kyoko had only known the girl for a month and she had already noticed she would say sorry for things that weren't her doing.
"Don't worry about it. There is this new fountain, it dances at the rhythm of the music. The plan is to go there, when we get there can you go somewhere else for a few minutes?"
"Yes, of course!" she replied with a big smile on her face "I'll be rooting for you!"
"It's not that serious... " She was interrupted as she saw Sayaka coming back.
"What were you two talking about so sneakily?"
"Just heard some people saying they were gonna watch Revengers now. Didn't want to spoil anything to em so we whispered." quickly said Kyoko, Madoka nodded in agreement with a smile on her face.
"Gah! That's right, people haven't watched it yet." She took her seat next to Kyoko. "And I said some big spoilers before"
"Bah, don't worry about it. They came in while you were in the bathroom."
With that their food came and they ate while talking a bit more about the movie. Kyoko going into a large explanation of how the timeline and the Multiverse worked to Madoka who as much as she nodded along couldn't really understand most of it.
Kyoko paid for everyone's food, surprising Sayaka who had took her for a stingy person when it came to money and food.
They kept on walking going around the shopping mall for a few hours until the sun had set, they reached the fountain that Kyoko told about to Madoka. They shared a glance before Madoka took a deep breath and stopped in front of the fountain.
"Ah! I forgot I had promised my dad I would help him with dinner!" She started to move away. "I have to go! I'll see you two tomorrow!"
"Wait Madoka!" said Sayaka, the pinkette turned around.
"Don't worry! Is faster if I run by myself" she kept on running "Goodbye!"
And with that Madoka got out of view.
"Really..." said Sayaka while scratching the back of her head "What has gotten into her?"
The time was on point, just 10 seconds before the show.
The music from the fountain started to play, with it the water seemed to dance in a display that seemed almost magical.
Sayaka kept looking at the fountain, almost hypnotized by the water pattern.
"Sayaka" said Kyoko, the blue haired girl turned to face her. "I wanted to thank you for everything you and your family have done for me."
The water peaked as the whole orchestra played together; a few drops falling on them.
"So I have been saving up, and..."
She rummaged her pockets, picking a small wrapped present from it.
"I got you this."
Sayaka picked the small box, giving Kyoko a quick look. The redhead was looking away, clearly embarrassed. With a slow movement Sayaka took out the little bow it had, and opened the box.
Inside was a small necklace, the chain made of something akin to silver held a dolphin made from some kind of deep blue gemstone that glowed with the lights of the fountain.
Sayaka looked back at the necklace and back at Kyoko. Who seemed to tighten her lips, her clenching fist turning the knuckles white.
"Agh! If you don't like it I can take it back!" she said as she launched her hand forward, but Sayaka moved away making her miss her target.
"No..." Sayaka shook her head, looking at the necklace one more time with a gentle smile.
"I love it" she quickly gave Kyoko a hug, the girl took a second to react before returning said hug. "Thank you"
A/N: And that was the first chapter. If you have read this far, thank you.
Now I wanted to make a small clarification. This series will last for as long as I keep on writing for it. By that I mean I dont think this will have an ending per se (Every time I think of what could count as an ending I find interesting things to write about). Its going to be their daily lives and what could commonly be called the plot is going to move slow as hell. What I want is to see them do things throughout the day, and examine their minds while we are at it. There will be drama and whatnot sometimes, but dont expect a sudden Wapurgisnacht to come by.
Remember, Im writing their DAY TO DAY life. Some days will be longer other shorter, but I dont plan on missing many days. I will be leaving a "current day" at the end of each chapter though, for easy tracking.
Current Day: Wednesday, 7th May.