This story takes place after the series end. If you've gotten this far I'm not going to warn you about possible spoilers anymore. Some events may be referenced from the dub, while others may be referenced from the sub. Some I will take liberties with.
REBIRTH
By
NinjaNao
Linna:
I was a little worried about Priss. I know that she was probably busy and all, with the new contract and stuff. But that didn't' mean I couldn't worry. Besides, after what Nene told me, I just knew that there had to be something wrong. I mean, really! Priss crying? No way! But still, there was so much to Priss that I didn't' know. I tried calling her phone, but it figured that she didn't' pick up. Heh. I never did get her email address. I could just ask Nene, but she said that she hadn't heard from her either.
Priss walked into the shop one day as I was closing. She looked really tired. I was really happy to see her. I tried to hide my excitement, but given the look she gave me, I don't think I was very successful. She told me that she had come to pay for the dress she had worn to the date. After the impromptu performance she couldn't return it. I told her not to worry about it. It was on me. Besides, I think she would have had a heart attack if she knew how much it cost. I asked Priss if she wanted to join me for dinner, if she hadn't already eaten that is. Priss shrugged. She said that she had a frozen pizza at her place that needed eating and asked me if I wanted to join her. She needed to clean out her freezer and with the way I ate, it would be a breeze. I wasn't sure if should have been offended by that remark. I was just glad that she was offering me a pizza rather than those mustard monstrosities I had the first time I dropped by. Of course, that visit was rather unannounced. I took Priss up on her offer. I did want to talk to her, and I was bound and determined to get her to talk about what had happened.
We sat on her bed and ate the pizza. Priss ate quietly. She definitely looked like she had things on her mind. I tried to think of a way to begin my questioning. Priss looked at me and took a deep breath. She said that Leon was a moron. She was upset. Why couldn't he be happy for her? She asked. Why did he have to be so upset? What did her past have to do with him being happy for her? Singing was her life, couldn't he be happy for her? I told Priss that I was happy for her. She thanked me.
It was silent for a while. Then I got up the courage to flat out ask Priss what happened. Was Nene right? Had she been crying? Priss nodded. I could see tears welling up in her eyes again. She said that Leon had asked about her past. She didn't want to talk about it. He insisted. He asked about her past lovers, if she still loved them, if Fox was one of them. Priss told him that the past was the past, Fox was not part of that past. She just wanted to leave the past in the past. Leon just would not let it go. He wanted to know if she was still in love with anybody from her past. Priss said that she couldn't lie. Yes. She was still in love, but it would not interfere with the present. Her love was another reason she sang. She sang for him. Leon still would not let go. He wanted to know more. Priss told him that he had nothing to worry about. The man she sang to every time she was on stage was not a threat to anybody any more.
Priss was crying. I took her into my arms and comforted her. I told her that she didn't have to say anymore. I understood. I told her that Nene and I were there for her and that we would be Sekiria's biggest fans. She chuckled. She told me that she was going to be away for a while. If Leon bugged them about contacting her, to give him her email address as: blueknight@sekiria.com. It was the address the girls who ran the Official Sekiria Fan Club contacted her at.
After dinner, Priss gave me some food to take to Nene. She told me to tell Leon that she loved him. If he truly loved her, then he would just forget about her past and love her for who she was now, not who she was. I told her that I would relay the message. I wished her the best of luck and I was on my way.
Next Chapter: Nene