Title: Eternal Friendship
Pairing: Hints of Touga/Saionji, TougaxUtena, & SaionjixHimemiya.
Timeline: End of the World Saga.
Summary: They're no longer little boys.
They're no longer little boys riding a single bicycle around the dirt roads by the Cathedral. No longer sneaking into abandoned buildings, like the stray tomcats they are. No longer looking up at the stars together, or playing silly games where they were knights and they rescued princesses and damsels in the distress. Games that sometimes ended with them forgetting about the poor dames and duking it out with their wooden swords.
They were no longer little boys.
They were no longer naïve, or clumsy, or had bruised knees and scratched elbows.
And they were no longer together.
Now they were chasing after their own eternal dreams.
Both going in his own direction. Finding out his path and his own way of obtaining the unattainable.
For Touga, the unattainable had come in the form of a pink-haired girl with a mighty sword arm, a fierce glare, and a determined spirit.
And for Saionji, his unattainable had come wrapped in an auspicious package of proper manners, bookish glasses and the sweetest smile he had ever seen.
They were no longer little boys.
Chasing after pretty butterflies with nets. Now they were chasing after pretty girls and their nets had been replaced with good looks, and charm, and status. So they could lure them in by the masses and toy with them until boredom took a hold of the game.
They were no longer innocent children with free time and the tiniest of crushes on each other.
They had grown up.
And when both of the them had run into each other on the school grounds, right in front of the green house where Anthy, at the moment was mending her flowers and Utena was watching on and chatting amicably.
They knew it wasn't a coincidence, since they were both chasing after their unattainables at the moment, and as it so happened, their unattainables were joined by the hip.
"Ah Saionji, just the person I wanted to see."
"What business do you have with me?"
"Well, you see. I was thinking my striking arm feels a bit rusty lately and I was wondering if you could help me out. Although if you're not up for it, I can understand."
They were no longer little boys.
"Why wouldn't I be up for it?"
But that didn't mean they still weren't best friends.
FIN