This turned out to be an other 100 word long drabble. My muse seems to really be stuck on those. Hopefully I can get her back in gear soon and write something else. To be perfectly honest here, I don't know how I feel about this one. I don't know if blaming the crash on Akio is really fair. A car crash seems a little too sloppy for his way of doing things, however it isn't so much so that I would erase all doubt that he's responsible in some way.
I did always wonder why, if that was indeed a random crash, Dios would be there to comfort her. Hadn't Akio/Dios given up on saving the princess' of the world by then? That is unless it was orchestrated by him to make Utena the way she would need to be in order to fight the duels. This then gives me some satisfaction at least, knowing that Utena didn't turn out exactly as he planned. After all, he had planned on Utena loving him, not Anthy.
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Interlude II:
A perfect family. If such a thing exists.
They were laughing together, on a family outing of some sort.
She was having ice cream, had smeared it on her mouth. Her mom wiped it off for her, while her dad jokingly told her how cute that was.
Perfect. Happy. Complete.
Not at all right for a future member of Akio's kingdom.
Not at all right for His future Bride.
It was raining, the car swerved, he lost control.
"Little one bearing alone in sadness..."
False comfort, from the one who caused the pain. That's all he could ever offer anyone.