Chapter 164: Arc 4, Act I, - 9: Bittersweet
"You did all that bullshit, so you could show me this?" Jotou cocked a brow with a smirk.
"Hey, best view in the city. Don’t you like an artistic view?" Daiyu leaned her elbows onto the banister as she looked down upon the city.
Jotou’s smile broadened as she took another glimpse, "It’s beautiful. I haven’t really drawn or painted in a while... I’ve been worked up over everything else going on.
Speaking of which," Jotou peered back to Daiyu, who pursed her lips knowing what was to come. "Enough changing the subject," Jotou shifted her blonde strands behind her ears.
Daiyu sighed; hearing Jotou’s voice go calm was at least putting her at ease. The chimes dangled and shrubbery rustled to the slow wind. "I miss home... I could have mostly anything I want here...
Except home. This is all, amazing, but I’m the last person that should be a princess. And even so, I don’t get everything and I need to walk on eggshells to do anything.
I miss just, swinging a racket and a ball at a wall. I miss not having to have my outfit picked out by dozens of maids every week. I mean, I hated my parents as much as you hate yours.
And now, I kinda wanna see them again... even after all the pressure they put me through... Hmph," Daiyu stifled a laugh, "I didn’t exactly have a million friends either Jotou.
I had you four and the rest, well, maybe we could’ve been friends, but now they’re nothing more than acquaintances. I, found you after so long...
After coming to the conclusion that you were dead and that I died too. I had come to terms with it and distracted myself well enough...
Then seeing you, made me remember everything I miss again. We’ve known each other for so long... and I just never prepared for a future, where we parted ways.
I tried to," Daiyu took a breath, shaking her head slowly, "to avoid most things today. Today was supposed to be a happy day, seeing you again and I, didn’t wanna spend it wallowing.