The four princesses approached their friend quietly, and surrounded her chair. Serenity knelt next to her and touched her arm gently. Ami turned her grief-stricken eyes to look at her friend, and slowly lifted her hand to rest it on Serenity’s. Minako and Rei sat at Ami’s feet, and Makoto stood behind her, placing her hands on her shoulders supportively. Ami looked around at all of them, a bit confused.
“Ami, are you alright? Do you need to talk? Because we are here to listen if you do.” Serenity said, squeezing her arm gently. Ami smiled sadly.
“Yes I…….I will be alright…” she said, her voice barely above a whisper. She returned her gaze to the window, breathing a deep, heavy sigh. “I…..I just wish I had known……I wish I had known everything sooner……maybe things would be different now…..” she closed her eyes and bit her lip as a tear ran down her cheek, then another and another. The four girls looked at one another worriedly, then Minako raised herself up onto her knees and leaned forward, wrapping her arms around Ami’s shoulders in a hug. Ami slowly put her arms around Minako and buried her face in her shoulder, sobbing. Rei, Makoto, and Serenity each put their arms around their distressed friend and held her gently as she let out all the pain in her heart. Her shoulders shook even under her friends’ comforting embrace, her tears soaking Minako’s hair.
“Why….” She said softly through her tears. “Why David? Why all of them?” She clung to her friends tighter, who just held her silently. “Why did it take me so long to realize it? Why did he have to die for me to understand??” Her words dissolved into uncontrollable sobs and she gave up speaking, giving in fully to the weight of her grief. Serenity pressed her cheek against Ami’s hair, stroking it with her free hand.
“I’m so sorry my friend…” she said softly. “We should have told you…I……I wish there was a way to bring him back for you… I wish I could take all this pain away from you and bear it myself…” She squeezed Ami tightly, looking at her other three friends. They held her silently for some time, letting her cry and offering wordless support and love.
Then Ami began to calm down a bit, and she gently pushed her friends away, wiping her eyes. They looked at her worriedly, and Minako reached out to hold her hand.
“Ami…….I know how much you must be hurting right now…and the pain may never fully go away. But if you ever need to talk, or if you need to get away for awhile, or if you just need a shoulder to cry on, I’ll be here.” She said, looking at her earnestly.
“As will I,” said Rei
“And I,” said Makoto
“We all will,” said Serenity, resting her hand on top of Minako’s, Rei and Makoto doing the same. “Just let us know, and we’ll be there whenever you need us. We love you Ami, you are a dear friend, and when you hurt then we do too.” She turned Ami’s face towards her and looked into her eyes, smiling slightly. “I know you would do the same for us, were we in the same situation. That is what friends are for. And we will be here for you no matter what, forever.”
Ami looked back at Serenity, then at each of her friends, who smiled at her and squeezed her hand. Slowly, a smile spread over her face, and she squeezed back. Wiping the last of her tears from her eyes, she hugged them all, her grief forgotten for an instant as the love of her friends washed over her.
“Thank you, everyone…..” she said softly, and pulled back to look at each of them in turn. “I don’t know what I’d do without you……”
Serenity put an arm around her shoulders and squeezed gently, leaning her head against Ami’s. “It doesn’t matter Ami, because you will never be without us. That’s a promise.” The others nodded, Rei and Minako leaning against her knees and Makoto wrapping her arms around her neck and leaning down to rest her head on her shoulder. Ami smiled and touched each of her friends gently, telling them without words how grateful she was to have them, and returning the promise.
Queen Serenity stood up from her chair and quietly left the room, leaving the five princesses to themselves, knowing they needed each other more than anything else at the moment. Smiling to herself, she headed to the strategy room to plan with Hope and Faith their attack against Metallia. Somehow she knew that they would be ready for it sooner than they thought.
Ami stood up from her chair and her friends followed. Serenity hugged her briefly, then with a squeeze drew back, her expression once again a solemn one.
“Are you going to be alright?” she asked, looking into her friend’s eyes. Ami smiled and squeezed Serenity’s shoulders.
“It is going to take time,” she said “But I think I will be alright, as long as I have you guys.” She smiled at each of her friends, and they returned the gesture.
“We’ll always be here Ami, no matter what.” Makoto said.
“I know, and I can never thank you enough for that.” Ami sighed “Right now though, I really just want to go home and go to bed. I am exhausted……” Serenity chuckled, the put an arm around her friend’s shoulders and led her out of the room, Rei, Minako, and Makoto close behind. “Alright, I’ll ask Faith to find a transport for you that will take you home. Will you be alright alone tonight though?” she asked. “Yes, I think I’ll be fine,” Ami replied, not really believing her own words.. “I am going to have to get used to it now…”
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