Mend The Heart [Cirno]

Kazumi felt nervous.

She wondered if this is how her mother felt the first time she returned home months later. If her father felt an inkling of guilt for leaving his family for long periods of time, becoming a mere stranger within the household. Though Kazumi’s parents both came and went whenever they pleased, she began to wonder if they felt like horrible individuals before settling into their monotonous life.

Such thought struck the blonde, twenty-one-year-old as she stood before the door of her home. The beautifully crafted mansion was the residence of a happy family, a family she had only sincerely seen in passing during the year. She visited, she really did, however, she had been very much like her parents. There one day and gone the next, never staying long enough to really build a significant presence. Frankly, she had been a passing stranger to both her wife and children.

It was hard to say, but she had effectively abandoned her family for a year whilst she trained with Kagami. In her excitement, she failed miserably to inform her wife and had acted selfishly, forsaking their union in the pursuit of her own desires. It had been the third time in her life that she did not think about her family and she felt ill as such realizations hit her. And she was loathed to admit that she ran away and training had only been a convenient excuse. She loved Cirno, however, she would not be surprised if the same could no longer be said for Cirno. What kind of person just leaves without a word?

She had been happy to greet Cirno and kiss her children, however, Kagami’s flitting comment as she left to join the war efforts caused her pause.

She swallowed, her mind racing with the sort of reactions Cirno may have if she even found her within their home. Her wife could have easily abandoned the place and Kazumi would have been none the wiser. For a split second, she considered turning back, but she was no longer a child. She was an adult and running away with her tail between her legs simply was not fair to Cirno.

So, steeling her nerves, she entered their abode.

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The thing about celestials? They moved fast. The instant that Kazumi stepped forth into their home, the looming figure of ErnaIramasha hung over her. And, in that moment, a look of disbelief overtook the face of the Angel. It was as if she were staring into a ghost because of how sudden this surprise visit was. So, without thinking, the woman acted on instinct and embraced her human lover in her arms.

There were many emotions pumping in her blood as the beat of her heart accelerated. Fear from her leaving again, mistrust from Kazumi leaving, relief at her being alive, wholeness from being reunited with her partner and a looming sense of uncertainty as she was not sure which emotion would overpower her in the minutes, hours, days and weeks to come. Yet, above all that, all the woman wanted to do was feel the warmth of her wife, feel the embrace of another and soothe the pangs of loneliness which had consumed her whole being in the wake of her absence.

"It's been so long. Too long...."

That is all Erna could think to mutter as she started to have cool streams of tears flow through her now reddened face. So, to ground her physically, The Celestial started moving her left hand through the golden locks of Kazumi's hair as it had been a sweet scent she had missed for so long. But, in spite of how right this felt, the hurt that was left in her mind, body, and heart could not be ignored. So, as she embraced her into her chest, Erna could only think to ask one thing:

"Why? Why did you leave me?"