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1 Author's Notes: This is a short Nadeshiko/Sonomi fic, because, in my humble
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2 opinion, they make an absolutely beautiful couple. ^_^ This is mostly a
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3 Somoni sketch of sorts, but I hope you enjoy it. Please email me and tell me
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4 what you thought!
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5
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6 ~Cali
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8 California Dumount
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9
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10 Send all feedback, comments, or offerings (excluding firstborns ^_~) to:
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11 stone0virgin@crosswinds.net.
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12
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13 Legal Disclaimer: I am not plural, I am not CLAMP.
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14
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15 Personal Disclaimer: I'm not straight, and I'm not sane. <sticks out
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16 tongue>
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17 ^_~
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18
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19 Gender Disclaimer: This fic involves two beautiful women. One of those women
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20 is in love with the other woman. If you have a problem with this, please
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21 evolve.
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22
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23 Without further ado...
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24
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25 =========================
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26 Temporary One 1/1
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27 by California Dumount
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28 stone0virgin@crosswinds.net
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29 =========================
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30
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31 "Sonomi...."
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32
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33 She saw Nadeshiko's lips moving, pale coral parting to reveal that small
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34 pink tongue. Words reached her eyes, sung in the other girl's gentle, high
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35 soprano; but Sonomi had been staring far too long at the whole of
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36 Nadeshiko's china pale to register that her cousin was actually saying.
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37
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38 "Sonomi..."
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39
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40 Nadeshiko's pretty face fell to an expression of worry, her opal eyes
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41 focused more closely on Sonomi. The older girl felt a light, tingling warmth
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42 at the base of her spine, a typical symptom when she was the focus of
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43 Nadeshiko's attention. The pale girl leaned forward, bright eyes still
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44 worried; and in the swirling mix of her half-reality daydream, Sonomi leaned
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45 in too.
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46 "Are you feeling alright, Sonomi?"
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47
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48 It was a rather rude awakening when she felt only Nadeshiko's cool hand
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49 against her suddenly burning forehead.
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50 "My, you ARE rather warm," Nadeshiko murmured, absently brushing away
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51 a
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52 stray lock of Sonomi's hair.
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53 "I'm fine!" the older girl sputtered, a feeling off horror sliding
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54 down her
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55 back, curling through her ribs and around her heart. She looked at Nadeshiko
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56 with wide, horrified eyes of sapphire, before her fear melted into a feeling
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57 of annoyance. 'That's the third time this week,' she though, thin,
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58 unartistic fingers coming up to massage her temple. 'Damn.'
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59 "Are you sure?" opal eyes narrowed, framed with ebony and utterly
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60 enchanting in their bland attempt at disbelief.
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61 "Very sure," Sonomi nodded affirmatively, lips moving in a smile she
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62 only
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63 willed herself to feel.
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64 "Oh, what if you *are* ill?" Nadeshiko wailed melodramatically.
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65 Mischief
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66 was written in her lithe form as she gasped in horror, "What if you have
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67 some mysterious disease from Africa!? What if there isn't a cure... Sonomi
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68 don't leave me!!" The smaller girl tossed herself into Sonomi's lap,
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69 'weeping' onto her cousin's shoulder. There was a moment, stilled, when
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70 Sonomi felt that her bones had melted into her flesh, so that she might
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71 better focus on the feeling of Nadeshiko's breath on her neck, and
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72 Nadeshiko's little heart fluttering inside her breast, and Nadeshiko's soft
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73 hair and....
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74 "Nadeshiko..." Sonomi gasped out, feeling that if she didn't say
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75 *something*, didn't take the glory rising up inside her and shove it into a
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76 word that it might travel through her blood and make her do something
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77 (wonderful, wonderful) stupid. 'Nadeshiko' was the only word that could hold
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78 such feelings and not turn in on itself. The younger girl giggled, but
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79 Sonomi didn't hear it, instead feeling the delicate vibration against her
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80 neck. Then it, and the all-consuming cloud of Nadeshiko and wide pink skirts
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81 vanished, returning to the other end of the picnic blanket. Nadeshiko's face
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82 still held a carefully made expression of vexation, but there was a naughty
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83 light in her eyes that made Sonomi giggle despite herself.
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84 "See, now you're all better!" Nadeshiko chirped happily, "No
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85 strange
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86 African diseases for my Sonomi-chan, nuh-uh!" The mock-gravity in her
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87 cousin's words only made Sonomi laugh harder.
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88 "Thank you," she said between giggles, "I needed that."
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89 "You certainly did," Nadeshiko said seriously, "For a minute you
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90 looked
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91 like the world was going to end."
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92 'Iie,' Sonomi thought, feeling chilled in the shade of the tall elm,
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93 'You're the end of the world.' The tenderness in her mind soothed the words,
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94 but did nothing to combat the sudden bout of sadness that colored them.
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95 "Well it's not," she replied with an air of authority, "At least
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96 not today.
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97 Let's finish up and get going. Don't you have a shoot this afternoon?"
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98 "Probably," Nadeshiko said, reaching into the picnic basket for the
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99 container of cherries. After struggling with the lid, she popped it open and
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100 plucked out a cherry, holding it above her mouth and batting at it with her
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101 tongue.
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102 "You're so silly, Nadeshiko-chan," Sonomi grinned, giggling when the
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103 other
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104 girl paused in her game and crossed her eyes. She looked like a kitten
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105 caught playing with string.
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106 "That's why you love me!" Nadeshiko said, eyes candid.
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107 "Though heaven knows how I manage it," Sonomi forced past the beating
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108 of
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109 her heart. She leaned over and picked out a cherry, eating it quickly.
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110 Nadeshiko just rolled her eyes.
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111
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112
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113 "I don't see why we can't just stay out here all day," Nadeshiko
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114 pouted as
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115 they folded up the blanket and placed the empty containers in the basket.
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116 "You have a shoot later on," Sonomi reminded her politely. She
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117 thought
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118 perhaps her brain needed a few moments of Nadeshiko-less lucidity.
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119 "I know," the other girl stretched her pale arms and yawned like a
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120 cat,
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121 "But I just... I don't know, I want to *do* something today." Unable
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122 to
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123 think of anything uncompromising to day, Sonomi simply shrugged.
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124 "Oh, come on," Nadeshiko sang, spreading her arms as if to embrace
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125 the
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126 world and Sonomi in it, "Let's just stay a little while longer." Her
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127 slim,
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128 elegant hands captured Sonomi's, whirling her around in and endless circle
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129 of color and shadow. The scenery blurred, Nadeshiko was the only clear
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130 thing, smiling and laughing....
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131
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132 Without warning (as, Sonomi reflected, most of Nadeshiko's accidents were),
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133 the pale girl's foot slipped and sent the two cousins tumbling down the soft
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134 slope, and blinding whirl of gray, brown, pink skirts and blue slacks.
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135 Nadeshiko shrieked and shrieked, but to Sonomi's ears it sounded as if she
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136 was enjoying it. They rolled to the bottom of the hill, the older girl
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137 pressed against the softness of the younger, having landed on top.
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138 "Are you alright?" the question burst from Sonomi. Nadeshiko lay
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139 still
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140 beneath her, eyes closed and face serene.
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141 "Hai," the other girl murmured dreamily, eyes still closed,
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142 "That was fun."
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143 For a brief, paranoid moment, Sonomi considered that Nadeshiko was
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144 deliberately plotting, trying to force her to act the sweet impulses
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145 flooding through her veins.
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146 "Nadeshiko..." Sonomi's tone was suddenly sharp. She braced her
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147 weight on
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148 her arms, afraid to crush the delicate china doll beneath even her slight
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149 weight.
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150 "You're really warm, Sonomi-chan," sweet coral lips moving again, so
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151 close,
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152 and Sonomi felt herself once again drawn into the spell. There was no
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153 fighting it. All awareness suddenly flowed to her breasts, pressed against
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154 Nadeshiko's own full ones. The other girl's pink sun dress had slipped off
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155 her shoulders, revealing only soft ivory skin. Sonomi imagined it, the whole
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156 of Nadeshiko's flesh, covering the other girl's body with delicious satin.
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157 Her hands throbbed into protest from supporting all her weight, and against
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158 her will, Sonomi let herself lay more fully against Nadeshiko. The pale
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159 girl's face was calm and still, ebony lashes fanned against her cheeks,
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160 breathing light and airy. And then those small, full lips, naturally pink,
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161 and the warm cavern of Nadeshiko's mouth beyond their barrier. Sonomi
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162 thought desperately, trying to evade the ideas flooding her.
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163
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164 .... she could reach down and brush Nadeshiko's soft cheek.
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165 .... or gather her up and cradle her, pretend that she though Nadeshiko was
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166 hurt.
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167 .... maybe she could cup Nadeshiko's pretty face, bring her lips down on
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168 the other girl's. Those lips would be warm and clinging, and somehow Sonomi
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169 might lift Nadeshiko into a sitting position, lean over her, thrust her own
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170 tongue into the other girl's mouth, run it along those pearly teeth, melt or
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171 shatter into a million tiny pieces reflecting only Nadeshiko, Nadeshiko....
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172
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173 "You're really warm, Sonomi," the pale girl said quietly, opening
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174 those
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175 moon-opal eyes, her voice worried. Sonomi quickly removed her weight,
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176 standing up and helping Nadeshiko to her feet. Once again, a slim pale hand
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177 came up to touch the other girl's forehead, feeling for a temperature. "Are
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178 you sure you're alright?" Sweet, innocent.
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179 "I'll be fine," Sonomi's voice was strangled, "Someday."
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180
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181 She really wasn't sure how much had happened.
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