pls lemme write oneshots with coo🅱️ies

•*°*• 24. Angst •*°*•

Requested by : MagiKyan

Additional condition : No character death.

You : But Peony ! How can we write something angsty with no deaths mentioned ?

Me : Hold on my beer.

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Sea Fairy walked to her balcony, and witnessed as the stars would appear in the sky. She watched intensely, each of them, counting each sparkly dots, one after the other. There were exactly three hundred and twenty-seven stars, this night. But... one was always missing.

Where exactly was she ? Her long-time friend Moonlight, watcher of the moon, would never abandon her duty, at such a time of the night... where was she gone again...? It was all clueless to her. She turned around, then walked back inside... when she approached the windows, her head started to fuzz.

She had realized it only now, but Moonlight has been acting distant towards her, these last times. What was happening with her ? What could be the cause of such a change...? Why would Moonlight start to act angrily towards her regards ?

Did she really change herself ? Or was it because of her own doings ? Of her attitude ? Of her...?

Whenever Sea Fairy would talk, Moonlight would reject her ideas, and change topics immediately. Was this what their conversations were reduced, to ? Bland exchanges of words, tasteless like the waters of the depths ? No concrete thoughts on the other anymore ? Really, though, why did she have to change, and why so suddenly ?

"Maybe... it's all my fault," Sea Fairy whispered to herself. "Maybe she doesn't want to talk to me anymore, because I am none of her interests now...?"

She kneeled down. She held on her head. Tears started to roll down from her eyes, and prickled down the floor. Her dress started to create dots, and the taste of her salty tears was unbearable to her lips. This was the worst possibility she could think of. She dreaded that day to happen. She crawled down the floor. Her breath became quivery. It felt like thousand of fingers were pointed at her, and billion of laughters filled the room... they were mocking her, now. They were laughing at how useless was she being, now. Her friend was gone, forever, for sure, and the only think she could think of was falling and crying. This wasn't the destiny she was aiming, after freeing herself from her curse... and what if she actually returned to an ice statue ? What if she returned back to an older self ? Would that relieve her, more than anything...? She stared at her sword, her eyes swollen, and red.

Do it ! the voices shouted at her. Do it, you fishy monster !

"I-If I can't express kindness and warmth to someone, anymore... then... what purpose do I serve ?" she raised her head up. "I cannot live on with this freezing heart, ever... I need to put a stop to it. For the sake of Moonlight, and everyone else."

She looked a last time at the mystical blade. Flashes of white suddenly appeared, and millions of memories swayed in her head. From the first years among her Legendaries friends and beloved Wind Archer, to the many combats led along their presences, to now... now they were separated... she got more and more worried about them... it was useless going forward for her. She breathed in, and closed eyes. The last tears dropped from her eyes... before she heard...

SEA FAIRY !

Wind Archer flew the door to her bedroom open. She swayed her body to the side, with a gasp. Her eyes, blurry with tears, widen. She trembled.

"W-Wind...? What are you doing here ?" she hiccoughed.

"We found her," he slowly walked to her, holding on her hands. "Moonlight. She is back. Millennial has informed me she is alright, now."

"S-So... she is not gone... because of me...?"

"Of course not !! We learnt that she got corrupted by the Evil Forces. She is back now. She still loves you, Sea Fairy."

"W-Wind Archer...!"

She held on her mouth, and started sobbing again. She so wanted to restrain herself from crying, at least once, in front of Wind Archer. But it was surpassing her. She had to...

Wind Archer smiled softly at her, before he wrapped arms around her. He passed a hand in her hair. He cooed words of reassurance to her ears. It was over. She could relax, now. Everything was fine, now...

What a relief. She closed her eyes, then smiled back.

~The end~