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[October 3] [Maria-sama ga miteru] Passage
Title: Passage
Day/Theme: October 3 / When angels speak of love
Series: Maria-sama ga miteru
Character/Pairing: Sachiko & Yumi
Rating: PG
Author's Note: A main character dies, setting is the same. This is the product of playing with a different style of writing.
Black skirts rustled in the moist grass as the students of Lillian paid their last respects to Ogasawara Sachiko. A slim, auburn-haired girl whose hair lacked the usual ribbons sat on the front row with her head bowed in unusual solitude despite the presence of the other Yamayurikai members. Students slowly filed pass the coffin, some uttering soft inaudible prayers before moving on. Some of them whispered condolences to the girl they only knew as Rosa Chinensis en bouton as they walked past her, not expecting a response.
The coffin is eventually lowered into the welcoming earth, covered in a shower of white petals and tears. Fukuzawa Yumi, now in Sato Sei’s embrace, merely looked straight ahead with a blank gaze. Almost everyone could tell that her mind had not yet accepted the painful truth.
Sachiko merely stood there watching the proceedings, bereft of any emotion. “Perhaps the dead cannot feel;” she thought to herself before disappearing into the calm spring wind.
One Week Passes
After a week’s worth of constant visits to her house by Sei, occasionally accompanied by Rei and Yoshino - Yumi finally broke down in a handful of tears that seemed to last an eternity. Unfortunately for Yumi’s friends, her situation did not improve. She refused to go to school or even eat, choosing to lie in bed all day - alternating between blank stares at the ceiling and tears. She eventually tried to commit suicide by ingesting pills, but she was discovered by her mother. Yumi was eventually forced to undergo therapy with a psychologist, paid for by Sachiko’s family.
Sachiko sighed and shook her head in dismay as she watched Yumi try to take her own life. “You still have so much to live for, silly girl,” she exclaimed as she forcefully knocked over a vase in Yumi’s room before disappearing. The audible crash of the breaking vase eventually alerted Yumi’s mother to her daughter’s condition.
One Month Passes
A collective sigh of relief was heard at The Lillian School for Girls as Yumi was seen entering the gates in civilian attire and paying her respects by the Virgin Mary’s statue. However, she does not resume her classes. Despite this the teaching staff at Lillian agreed to allow Yoshino to take Yumi’s schoolwork and assignments home to her, most probably by virtue of being a student council member in good standing.
Sachiko often sat by Yumi’s bed, watching her study at night and occasionally crying over random thoughts. She smiled gently as Yumi developed a tendency to fall asleep on her study desk. As the months went by she watched Yumi’s silence dissipate – first into a few choice words to her most beloved acquaintances and slowly to everyone around her, consisting mostly of polite words of thanks for their constant understanding.
One Year Passes
Sakura blossoms settled on the ground as Yumi walked hand in hand with Sei during the hanami festival, accompanied by the rest of the current Yamayurikai and Mizuno Yoko. Together they plant a cherry tree in Sachiko’s backyard as a means of remembrance before going their own ways. Whenever she makes difficult decisions, Yumi often remembers Sachiko, asking aloud what Sachiko would have done.
Sachiko simply watched as Yumi slowly began to move on with the help of those around her. She also wondered why the people whom she used to know so well slowly moved further apart. “Is this what I’m missing,” she wondered, suddenly feeling slight pangs of loneliness in her timeless prison.
One Decade Passes
With her daughter in hand, Yumi made her way to Sachiko’s cherry tree during the season of hanami festivals to pay her respects. Her husband, Kashiwagi, slowly follows from behind, casually conversing with Sachiko’s mother.
Sachiko finally feels the sadness of her death engulf her, and she disappears from the earth as the tears begin to flow.
* Inspired by Vienna Teng’s song of the same title
Day/Theme: October 3 / When angels speak of love
Series: Maria-sama ga miteru
Character/Pairing: Sachiko & Yumi
Rating: PG
Author's Note: A main character dies, setting is the same. This is the product of playing with a different style of writing.
Black skirts rustled in the moist grass as the students of Lillian paid their last respects to Ogasawara Sachiko. A slim, auburn-haired girl whose hair lacked the usual ribbons sat on the front row with her head bowed in unusual solitude despite the presence of the other Yamayurikai members. Students slowly filed pass the coffin, some uttering soft inaudible prayers before moving on. Some of them whispered condolences to the girl they only knew as Rosa Chinensis en bouton as they walked past her, not expecting a response.
The coffin is eventually lowered into the welcoming earth, covered in a shower of white petals and tears. Fukuzawa Yumi, now in Sato Sei’s embrace, merely looked straight ahead with a blank gaze. Almost everyone could tell that her mind had not yet accepted the painful truth.
Sachiko merely stood there watching the proceedings, bereft of any emotion. “Perhaps the dead cannot feel;” she thought to herself before disappearing into the calm spring wind.
One Week Passes
After a week’s worth of constant visits to her house by Sei, occasionally accompanied by Rei and Yoshino - Yumi finally broke down in a handful of tears that seemed to last an eternity. Unfortunately for Yumi’s friends, her situation did not improve. She refused to go to school or even eat, choosing to lie in bed all day - alternating between blank stares at the ceiling and tears. She eventually tried to commit suicide by ingesting pills, but she was discovered by her mother. Yumi was eventually forced to undergo therapy with a psychologist, paid for by Sachiko’s family.
Sachiko sighed and shook her head in dismay as she watched Yumi try to take her own life. “You still have so much to live for, silly girl,” she exclaimed as she forcefully knocked over a vase in Yumi’s room before disappearing. The audible crash of the breaking vase eventually alerted Yumi’s mother to her daughter’s condition.
One Month Passes
A collective sigh of relief was heard at The Lillian School for Girls as Yumi was seen entering the gates in civilian attire and paying her respects by the Virgin Mary’s statue. However, she does not resume her classes. Despite this the teaching staff at Lillian agreed to allow Yoshino to take Yumi’s schoolwork and assignments home to her, most probably by virtue of being a student council member in good standing.
Sachiko often sat by Yumi’s bed, watching her study at night and occasionally crying over random thoughts. She smiled gently as Yumi developed a tendency to fall asleep on her study desk. As the months went by she watched Yumi’s silence dissipate – first into a few choice words to her most beloved acquaintances and slowly to everyone around her, consisting mostly of polite words of thanks for their constant understanding.
One Year Passes
Sakura blossoms settled on the ground as Yumi walked hand in hand with Sei during the hanami festival, accompanied by the rest of the current Yamayurikai and Mizuno Yoko. Together they plant a cherry tree in Sachiko’s backyard as a means of remembrance before going their own ways. Whenever she makes difficult decisions, Yumi often remembers Sachiko, asking aloud what Sachiko would have done.
Sachiko simply watched as Yumi slowly began to move on with the help of those around her. She also wondered why the people whom she used to know so well slowly moved further apart. “Is this what I’m missing,” she wondered, suddenly feeling slight pangs of loneliness in her timeless prison.
One Decade Passes
With her daughter in hand, Yumi made her way to Sachiko’s cherry tree during the season of hanami festivals to pay her respects. Her husband, Kashiwagi, slowly follows from behind, casually conversing with Sachiko’s mother.
Sachiko finally feels the sadness of her death engulf her, and she disappears from the earth as the tears begin to flow.
* Inspired by Vienna Teng’s song of the same title