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Title: #2-The Sea and The Wind
Started: 7/16/99-1:27 PM
Finished: 7/16/99-1:43 PM
Written by: DW

Writer’s Note: This is the corresponding fanfic story in Michiru’s point of view. 

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It’s just several years after Galaxia, a time of peace I don’t know how long
 will last. Haruka and I have come to the beach for a short vacation. I chose
 a bay with a cabin where no one would disturb us. Setsuna is taking care of
 Hotaru to give us some time by ourselves.

It’s late now, I had a wonderful swim earlier on, but it’s taxed my strength.
  Curled up in the soft, warm blankets of our bed, I’m already half-asleep.

I feel her watching me. Feigning sleep, I let her mull over thoughts before 
she joins me.

Sometimes, I wonder how my life would have been if we were not together, but
 I don’t dwell on those thoughts for long. We’re together and that’s what 
matters, any other way would not be right.

But still, if I had not met Haruka, if I had not been Neptune, where would I 
be? Most likely playing the violin, living alone, being alone. I would have 
friends, perhaps, but on a superficial level. No one but Haruka understands 
me fully. I am a part of her as she is a part of me.
 
Something cold swirls around me, the sea breeze through the windows. I shiver
 once, then relax, feeling the blankets tuck snugly around my body.

My hidden thoughts are interrupted by a soft caress. She whispers something,
 I don’t hear what. Her hand trails across my face, tracing over my skin. I 
follow her hand with a small turn of my head. I love her hands.

She chuckles at my unintentional action, then brushes aside a lock of hair on
 my forehead. My eyes open, her beautiful face greets me with a light kiss. 
A gentle smile curving her features.

“Aishiteru,” we whisper together, then laugh softly. I lean my head against
 her chest, the blankets protecting us from the cold. We stay like this for
 the rest of the night.

I love her. She loves me. Two halves of a whole, the sea and the wind, 
separated by land, but brought together by their personifications.

Tenoh Haruka, Kiaoh Michiru, together for eternity.

End.