Strawberry Panic! Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Ghost Lovers and Broken Hearts ❯ Painful Recollections ( Chapter 2 )

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Painful Recollections 
-Sky King Haruka Tenoh 
 
Nanto Yaya sat in her office going over her company's quarterly reports, but after last 
night she couldn't bring herself to focus properly. When Minako had asked her who she 
envisioned when they were together, the answer slipped out of her like the air she 
breathed. Now her mind kept drifting back to Hikari and the affair they had started during 
their days at Astraea Hill. She could still recall& nbsp;the very first time Astraea Hillâ€&trad e;s angel 
came to her after the Etoile election. Those innocent blue eyes  ;questioned her and her 
decision to change rooms. Yaya remembered how the exchange of words esc alated into a 
confusing argument—confusing because Yaya couldnâ& euro;™t comprehend what it was Hikari 
w anted or needed—that was until Hikari timi dly kissed her sparking the passion that had 
been kept hidden for so long.  
 
They had made love, or at least that was what Yaya believed, but& nbsp;she realized her mistake 
as soon as Amane had returned from a weeklong competition. Yaya remembered seeing 
Hikari greet&n bsp;Amane with a warm kiss. They were the Etoile couple after all and maybe 
the kiss had been for show, but it still tore her apart, especially after the long passionate 
nights full of declarations of&nbs p;love they had shared together.  
 
After that Yaya made&nb sp;every possible effort to avoid the younger Etoile’s presence and the 
few times they were forced to endure each other’s presence were fu ll of awkward tension. 
Then Hikari would come looking for her again once Amane was gone and the loneliness 
became too much to bear. During one of their many encounters Hikari had admitted that 
despite their intimacy she loved Amane, something that Yaya had already resigned 
herself to. However, what surprised her the most was Hikari’s next  confession. 
 
 
Yaya looked up to the blank ceiling desperately needing something to ground her. She’d 
felt too much pain already and Hikari choosing Amane over her was a wound that never 
healed and kept festering over time. The mention of the other Etoile’s&nb sp;name made Yaya’s 
blood course through her veins like acid. Yet, she kept looking at the blank ceiling trying 
to keep herself in check knowing Hikari wasn’t done. She had to wait. She had to let her 
say all she needed to say. 
 
“Yaya-chan, I know what I just told you hurts, but this…what you and I have-†the 
blonde began but Yaya couldn’t hear more. 
&n bsp;
“Please. Save it. I know my place.†Yaya closed her eyes still refusing to look at the 
woman lying next to her. She had tried to endure it, but she couldn’t. She sim ply couldn’t 
do it. “My place is to be here when you need me. It will always be my place. When she 
returns, your place will be by  her side. I’m sure she can fulfill&n bsp;your every wish in ways I 
don’t want to imagine.&a circ;€ 
 
 Hikari sat up and turned to look at her, “No! You’ re wrong! I can never have this with 
Amane-senpai!â€&nb sp;Yaya looked at the naked blonde in disbelief, “This…itâ€&tra de;s different, but I 

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want it onl y with you…I can’t explain it. Amane-senpai doesn’t make me fee l what you 
do. Doesn’t make&nb sp;me feel this need. I…I shouldnâ €™t want this…â€Hikari& nbsp;leaned down and 
kissed her in a way that was always Yaya’s un doing.  
 
 
Taking a deep breath Yaya leaned back into her leather chair and swiveled to face away 
from the mahogany desk. Her amber colored eyes glanced over the city below—her 
supposed sanctuary away from the temptation known as Konohana Hikari. However, it 
seemed fate had other plans for the raven beauty. Hikari had managed to find her even 
after they had graduated from Astraea Hill. Their passionate encounters continued during 
Amane’s absence, but sometime s Yaya wondered if a part of Amane held suspicion.  If 
she did, Hikari made no mention of it, in fact she hardly mentioned her name anymore.  
 
Letting out a frustrated sigh, Yaya made another effort to shift her focus, but this time she 
decided to look into something else besides work. Turning back to face her laptop, she 
began searching through Aino Minako’s background information, specifically looking for 
anyone in relation to her by the name of Reiko. 
 
â€&oel ig;You cry in your sleep, Mina.†Yaya whispered. “Did something happen between you 
two? To her?†
 
The raven-haired girl remembered holding Minako several nights as she cried in her sleep 
whispering the name with such reverence that Yaya felt like an unwelcome&nb sp;intruder. 
Reiko. She didn’t&nbs p;know this girl, but her name alone established her solid claim on 
Minako’s heart, a&nbs p;claim Yaya wasn’t willing to challenge.  
 
Amber eyes stared at the screen with determination as she decided to find another way to 
help the blonde girl who’d come into her life. Something told her that Reiko’s absence 
was de stroying Minako and it wasn’t as simple as a&nb sp;break up. No, her gut told her there 
was more behind it. For Minako’s sake Yaya would find out what it was, even if she had 
to use the power of the Nanto conglomerate to do it. She owed Minako that much.  
 
Yaya’s  phone vibrated alerting her to a new text message. Konohana Hikari. The name 
on the screen held so many illusive promises. Ignoring her phone the dark haired girl 
resumed her previous task. Her worries regarding Hikari would have to wait another day. 

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