Again, curse this lack of opening note systems!
Since this is H O S H I M E G U R I all the characters names are different! And this is here to tell you them! I'm not going to tell you the idols names on the pretense you already know them
Tsumugi: Hesychia (later shortened to Chia)
Otoharu: Themis
Sousuke: Kratos
Gaku's Mother: HesperaTsumugi's Mother: AsteriaAnesagi: Charis
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At no older than six, Hesychia stood in front of her mother's grave, holding a bouquet of lilies and roses stained white. She gently placed the flowers at the base of the headstone and looked at the words engraved on the stone.
Here Lies Lady Asteria
A Daughter, A Wife, And A Mother
Wide, naïve pink eyes stared at the words on her mother's headstone. She was only a child, and yet she already lost one of the most important people to her. Unlike what she had expected out of a funeral, the sky was a clear blue and wasn't dreary at all. The tears of her distant family where more than enough to fill the void that the sky had left.
The sound of footsteps following up behind her gained Hesychia's attention. Her father stood behind her. He wore an outfit of black, accented with gold and teal. A white lily was tucked into the pocket of his funeral clothing.
The older man sat on the grass of the graveyard, not caring about staining his clothes. With legs crossed, he patted the inside of his thigh, inviting his daughter to sit in his lap. Hesychia sat down in the hole her father's legs at provided.
"You hadn't cried at all during the funeral." Hesychia hummed in response to her father. Not a single tear had been shed out of her eyes as the priest gave his prayers and her grandparents, aunt and father gave their eulogies. When she looked inside the coffin to see her mother for the last time, her lips hadn't even quivered. "I was beginning to wonder if you where alright."
"I'm fine, Papa." Hesychia looked down at the grass. Her father pulled out the flower from his coat and tucked it behind her ear. Hesychia looked up at her father, who smiled down at her.
"You're a bit too strong for a six year old, you know that right?" His long finger bopped the end of her nose. "You can cry, you know. Everyone else has left."
Hesychia looked back at her mother's grave. Rereading over the words and thinking back to the months of watching her mother's health falter, her heart began to quake with sorrow. Her lip quivered drastically, and suddenly fat tears rolled down her cheeks. Hesychia turned around and threw her arms over her father's neck, sobbing into his jacket. Her father gently wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close. He rubbed her back and kissed her temple.
"I don't want Mama to go!" She cried, no longer caring about making a scene.
"I know little one." Her father said. "I know." With soft tears rolling down his own cheeks, Hesychia's father stood up, still holding his crying daughter in his arms.
As the child continued to cry, her father carried her to the carriage that was waiting for them.
"Will she be alright?" The driver asked.
"She'll be fine, she'll tire herself out on the ride back to the palace." The coachman looked at the man bewildered.
"We're not returning to the estate sir?"
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The Stars And How To Rewrite Them
Fanfiction[Yaotome Gaku x Takanashi Tsumugi] [Hoshi Meguri AU] Losing her mother at age six was a burden Hesychia was prepared for, falling in love was not (Also posted on AO3!)
