"One day you'll meet the love of your life, and then you will be normal." Her Mother sang to her. "But,, you have to do anything to be with them."
Little Ayano had looked on. at the time She never knew what her mother had meant. Did her Mother mean that she should bring her crush gifts until they accepted her.
But little Ayano waited. She waited and waited and waited. From six-year-old Ayano to twelve-year-old Ayano, until sixteen-year-old Ayano just gave up.
"Oh come on, you'll be eighteen in two years..." Her Mother laughed. "And that's when I met your father!"
Ayano's father was devastated when he found out about how Ayano will forever be "empty" as her parents had called it.
He tried taking the whole family around the world and he bought her many stuffed animals. But it never truly worked. So Ayano pretended to be happy, but she knew her parents never believed her.
At fifteen Ayano had taken an exam and was invited to go to Akademi high. Her mother practically squealed with delight at the paper. Without a say in what Ayano wanted, she was now a student there.
So now Ayano was at school again. It was the week after break and students were piling into the building. Ayano looked at the club posters, some of them sounded interesting.
Then as she was about to turn a corner, she bumped into somebody. A girl with long brunette hair and black eyes. She wore the standard black and red uniform.
"Oh I'm so sorry!! Take my hand!!" The girl apologized profusely.
"It's okay-" Ayano was about to say until she saw sparks flying. She looked up to see the world had become all bright and pretty.
She felt happy and fulfilled. She looked up to see the girl. She was the source of her love.
"That's my soulmate!"
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Pacifist Ayano
Mystery / Thriller[Crossposted on Ao3] Ayano assumed her life would play out exactly like her mothers, that she would continue the cycle. But when she met her true love, Taeko, she also met her true friends. She learned about kindness, love, and happiness.
