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Yukino's Happiness.
"Are you happy?" someone asked her suddenly, startling her.
Yukino's head snapped aside, and she swallowed further when she saw the tall, dignified woman in the white long sleeved blouse and the long skirt. "H-Hime-sama?!" she gasped. "What, what are you doing--"
"I spent far too long away from my son," Arika observed melancholically, looking at where Yukino had been staring moments ago. "Being apart from a loved one is always painful, isn't it? Even when it does not take that long, it feels like centuries."
Yukino lowered her gaze at her own feet. "Yes," she admitted. "Yes, it does. Who told you about--"
"Miss Erza did."
"Ah. Erza-san. Of course..." the student hewed slightly, pale lips tightening for a moment. Then she added, "As long as Haruka-chan is happy, so will I."
"She has a taxing path ahead of herself. All of them do," Arika warned, still looking longingly at where her son and the other four girls were arguing with Sextum.
"All the more reason, then, not to burden her with my personal feelings."
"And do you think that is fair to her?" Arika asked. "That she doesn't deserve to know?"
"It's not a matter of being fair or not," Yukino said very quietly. "It's about what is best for her."
"I imagine that you would know more on that subject than I would," Arika conceded.
"I mean," Yukino crossed her fingers on her knees. "It'd be nice, if she could know. I... I think I'd like that, even if she rejected me. At least it'd be something. At least I'd have told her."
Arika wrapped an arm around her shoulders and rested her hand on the girl's shoulder, tenderly. "Think about it, then."
"You're too kind. You shouldn't really worry, since we don't even compare..."
"Once upon a time," the queen mused sadly, "I waited too long to tell someone I loved him, to get over my hubris. That resulted on the time we actually spent together being far too short. I must say, I don't think, from my limited experience with her, that Haruka-san would be any more willing to hurt your feelings than Nagi was about mine."
"Please tell me about him," Yukino asked, just to change the subject.
Fortunately, Arika was all too glad to speak on the topic.
"Are you happy?" someone asked her suddenly, startling her.
Yukino's head snapped aside, and she swallowed further when she saw the tall, dignified woman in the white long sleeved blouse and the long skirt. "H-Hime-sama?!" she gasped. "What, what are you doing--"
"I spent far too long away from my son," Arika observed melancholically, looking at where Yukino had been staring moments ago. "Being apart from a loved one is always painful, isn't it? Even when it does not take that long, it feels like centuries."
Yukino lowered her gaze at her own feet. "Yes," she admitted. "Yes, it does. Who told you about--"
"Miss Erza did."
"Ah. Erza-san. Of course..." the student hewed slightly, pale lips tightening for a moment. Then she added, "As long as Haruka-chan is happy, so will I."
"She has a taxing path ahead of herself. All of them do," Arika warned, still looking longingly at where her son and the other four girls were arguing with Sextum.
"All the more reason, then, not to burden her with my personal feelings."
"And do you think that is fair to her?" Arika asked. "That she doesn't deserve to know?"
"It's not a matter of being fair or not," Yukino said very quietly. "It's about what is best for her."
"I imagine that you would know more on that subject than I would," Arika conceded.
"I mean," Yukino crossed her fingers on her knees. "It'd be nice, if she could know. I... I think I'd like that, even if she rejected me. At least it'd be something. At least I'd have told her."
Arika wrapped an arm around her shoulders and rested her hand on the girl's shoulder, tenderly. "Think about it, then."
"You're too kind. You shouldn't really worry, since we don't even compare..."
"Once upon a time," the queen mused sadly, "I waited too long to tell someone I loved him, to get over my hubris. That resulted on the time we actually spent together being far too short. I must say, I don't think, from my limited experience with her, that Haruka-san would be any more willing to hurt your feelings than Nagi was about mine."
"Please tell me about him," Yukino asked, just to change the subject.
Fortunately, Arika was all too glad to speak on the topic.