Title: wish
Rating: G
Fandom: The Chrono Jotter
Relationship: Ibuki Ran/Sakura Ann
Wordcount: 200
Short summary: Love. It was a curse, but it also gave her life a purpose.
It was a curse to have fallen in love.
To want to do something without a logical reason. Just for a bashful smile or a childish pout. Just for her gaze, her touch, her presence.
Before, Ann hadn’t cared much that her lifespan was only 40 years, though she thought it was a shame that she would lose her Recall ability before she was 20. She knew what her grandparents did, what her parents chose to do, and figured it’d be nice to have a purpose. There wasn’t a rush; she wasn’t saddled down by the burdens of normal humans after all. Until there was suddenly an end point.
She didn’t expect to find it so soon. Love. It was a curse, but it also gave her life a purpose. Now she’s running out of time, but she knows what to do. She knows how to protect the one she loves. She knows how to use the last of her power, for that purpose.
Ran may never understand. Ann doesn’t have enough time to explain, to convince, to be prepared. She just needs to do this, for Ran’s sake.
And whatever happens afterwards, Ann can only wish for the best.