I'm back! Part 2! I paraphrased certain parts from episode 21. Um, I felt this wasn't as good. Ah, we'll see.
Disclaimer: See first page. Oh, and I also don't own some of the lines paraphrased directly from the show.
Tears
She cried too easily.
Everyone who had come to know her even halfway well knew that much about her.
It wasn't proper, her parents chided. Ladies should be more in control of their own emotions. Besides, who would want a perpetually teary wife in the future?
Some others teased her. Crybaby! Their taunts only made her cry even more, which didn't help her situation at all.
She kept crying. It was easy to let it all out through her tears. She would have continued being that way, until she met her.
That one was strong, beautiful, capable and free. At first, she clung to that strength like a drowning sailor in a storm-tossed sea, hoping to be protected just by staying close to her. Eventually though, she wanted to emulate that strength, stop being that weak crybaby that was looked down upon by others.
I wanted to be strong, so she would recognise me as an equal.
She worked hard, she really did. She stopped crying all the time. But somehow, if anyone was to make her cry, it would have been her. Only Shizuma would have such an effect, no matter how hard she tried to stop it.
Miyuki, you're still a crybaby after all this time.
9 words. And they were back to the beginning, children again, her crying with Shizuma by her side.
Except this time...
Always stay by my side, even if you're quick to cry.
I need you.
Only this time, tears were allowed.