Title: Dreaming in Gold
Author: Girl Who Writes
Prompt: July 4 - try to keep myself away from me
Characters: Setsuna/Minako
Word Count: 243
Rating: PG
Summary: She can see them out of the corner of her eye, and she has to wonder if the time is getting close; the time when their past and present will finally meet.
Notes: Written for LJ's 31_days community. The delay was never intended - between university work and my own procrastination, this has only just been finished. I'm optimistic that the next part will be done soon. And for everyone telling me my fics are too short, I'm already chipping away at a much, much longer fic that I hope to start posting soon.
Disclaimer: The characters of Sailor Moon belong to Toei, Bandai and Naoko Takeuchi. I make no profit from this fan-based venture.
She can see them out of the corner of her eye, and she has to wonder if the time is getting close; the time when their past and present will finally meet. She honestly wonders what will change when they have their memories, their old selves, back.
She both anticipates and dreads the day they remember. Her loaded remarks will no longer be ignored, her distance will not be tolerated. She may not be happy in this life – she is not, by nature, a happy person – but she is comfortable here, content with her place in things. It is more than she expected.
But for now, their old selves over around, almost superimposed over their faces when she looks carefully. She can hardly meet Usagi's gaze, Serenity glows so brightly. She looks to Haruka and sees Rhea smirking back; to Hotaru and the calm, knowing look of Pandora stares back.
She does not look for Inanna. What would be worse to see – Inanna's blue eyes staring at her, pleading with her, to explain why she was alone in those last agonizing hours, why she lay dying on the battlefield for hours and not even the one who claimed to love her as best as she could had been by her side. Or the sweet smile and forgiveness, understanding, for her absence.
If she thought it would help, she would return to her post. But her golden ghost is always brighter in the dark.
