Track 20: Juro (I swear)

Prendo un recuerdo para evaporar tu amor
y más se inflama el corazón.
Juro que no vuelvo a hablar del tema
porque aunque no quiera todo terminó.

I Light a memory to evaporate your love
and it only lightens more my heart.
I swear that I won't speak about it again
because even if I don't want it, everything is over.

Miyako wasn't sure she had ever cried so much. She supposed it had to do as much with the pregnancy hormones as with the fact that in less than twelve hours she was going to get married.

Her stomach jumped again and she was fairly certain that it was the latter rather than the former.

Hikari sniffed besides her, snuggling at her side, their hands entwined between them. They had laughed so much earlier that day, that with Sora and Mimi and her sisters there and the Digimon, it had been a lovely day… she wasn't sure why she was crying now.

"You're getting married." Hikari whispered and Miyako sniffed at that, tugging her best friend's hand a bit harder, cuddling against her even more, their legs entwined. "You're getting married." Hikari sounded awed.

"Stop saying it, Kari." She whispered back and to her ears she sounded just a tad nervous. "I'm scared."

"Oh, Miya, you don't have to be!" Hikari cooed, turning a bit over her back so she could lean her head against her shoulder and partially over her breast and Miyako took a deep breath, soaking in her friend's warmth and closing her eyes, feeling her friend's fingers threading through her hair. "You love Ken and he loves you and your baby… you're going to be so happy!"

She knew that. She was happy. Ken was a wonderful man and he was going to be a wonderful father and husband (that was, if Daisuke and Takeru hadn't managed to kill him of embarrassment and/or alcoholic poisoning at his bachelor party) and he was already a deep, trusted friend. There was no reason to be scared and she knew.

Now, the fact that she knew it didn't stop herself from feeling scared. And even perhaps a little bit sad.

"Are you really going to United States?" Miyako asked after a bit, still sniffling softly, rubbing the side of her face. Hikari's arm was a comfortable weight around her shoulders and she let her hand fall around her waist.

"Yeah… at least for a semester."

"I'm going to miss you so much!" she half sobbed again, and then she thought that perhaps that was part of her sadness. After she was married, there wasn't going to be more of this, more snuggling and cuddling with her best friend in the entire world, not holding each other's hand because she would have her husband for that.

It wasn't that she didn't like the idea of doing that with Ken. It was just that she was going to miss doing it with Hikari so much.

"It won't be long." Hikari said, her voice breaking a bit. Miyako felt a kiss over her forehead and she closed her eyes against the tears forming. "And there are emails and the Digiworld and I'll be here for when the baby's born. It won't be long, Miya. I love you, you know that, right?"

She nodded a bit. She was still scared and also sad, but knowing that did make her feel a bit better.

"I love you too, Hikari." Miyako whispered back, trying to stop from sniffling more.