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You know exactly what to expect: out there, in that big wide word, is the person who's just for you. A soulmate, maybe. A destined lover. The story's always the same. The princess falls for the prince, her knight and shining armor. The heroes will grow to love one another. Happily ever after.

Except, somehow, a chapter from another book got put into your tale.

You have the one you know you should be with, or you know where or who they are...yet somehow, somewhere, your heart got stolen by another. A heroic soul loves a bandit. Snow White is charmed by a dwarf instead of good-looking royalty.

So maybe you do have a choice. Will you follow your script and be with who the fates intend, or take a chance and go where your own desires lead?

— basically, with all the ~destined~ couples and SOULMATES4lyfe memes floating around out there, I wanted to do a #teamfreewill fuck destiny!!1 one.
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((Considering that it does seem to be their fate to be alone, would you like to have something going on between these two?))

(It would be very interesting I believe ^_^ now she's post series actually so she's just still an idol no more sailor stuff)

((Ahhh, I see! So, she's no longer bound by duty ;) Good! Would you wanna start, or should I?))

(Yep, no longer bound by duty and perfectly healthy! ^_~* You may)

((Alright! Lemme know if you need anything changed in this starter))

One catch-up meeting over coffee turns into two, and then three...and then all those long nights of texting while she's on tour. Akagi finds himself thinking more and more about Minako than anyone else, regardless of time of day, and he finds himself missing her even in the classroom, despite the fact that she's graduated.

It's not because she's an idol - that much he's certain. No, it's the young woman that she has become that interests him. That he likes. And it's not long before he's counting down the days until she returns from her tour.

On the day that she's expected to return, he decides to send a text inviting her over to tea at her earliest convenience. When she does show up, though, she'll find him standing at the entrance with a wistful smile on his face...and a single rosebud in his hand. "It's good to see you again, Minako."

Minako had always thought fondly of Akagi being one of her favorite teachers when she was in school - school....goodness that seemed so long ago. Time seemed to have gone by in a blur - her friends were grown up, married, pursuing their dreams.

Her popularity over the years had grown, although at first she'd been feeling a bit lonely until she began communicating with Akagi - then meeting with him. He'd become a wonderful friend over the years and she felt as if she could trust him with anything.

As she was coming back from her European tour, she received a text from Akagi asking to meet for tea. She replies promptly as the time passes before she's back on Japanese soil and she goes to meet him once more, pleasantly surprised to see him standing there with a rose.

"Hello, Akagi" she smiled as she hugged him, kissing him on the cheek.

He feels his heart flutter from that kiss, and it makes him smile a little bashfully as he hugs her back. "I trust that your return home was well?" He gestures for her to come inside. She will see that the tea is already set up on the coffee table in the living room.

Once she is inside, though, he does hand her the rosebod. "I believe that this is for you."

She enters inside. "Yes, thank you. It was a good tour, but I'm glad it's over" she sighs. She smiles as he hand her the rose. "This is beautiful. Thank you very much" she feels herself blushing. True, she'd received flowers before from fans, but this is on a different level though.

"Well, it's the best that I can do on short notice..." He then clears his throat and gestures towards the couch. "Please, make yourself comfortable. I'm sure that you must have a few stories to tell of your time abroad."

In truth, though, he's hiding his nerves behind a polite smile. He hasn't been this nervous in years, and he can only hope that he doesn't get rejected so harshly.

"It's perfect and very sweet of you" Minako smiled as she sat on the couch tucking a bit of her hair behind her ear. "Hmm...not really. I mean, it's generally just about the same thing just in different cities. I think the meet and greets are pretty fun because I never know who I will meet. I got to meet this one young girl who had Asperger's which is a type of autism, but I couldn't tell because she fairly normal, but they don't care much for physical contact. She was very sweet though. How's your summer been?"

Akagi listens to her talking while he pours the tea for both of them. "Quiet, so far. Nothing very exciting has been happening lately, though I did finally catch that one prankster in the act." He shakes his head in disapproval. "The fool tried to use a childish prank and put worms down the back of a girl's shirt. Thankfully, I was able to stop him before he could do any of that."

He then took a deep breath. "To be honest...I've been doing a lot of thinking about something lately..."

Minako laughs shaking her head "I didn't think they still did such silly things. I guess some things never change" she took of her tea before looking at him. "Hmm? Thinking about what?"

Akagi glances down into his own cup for a few moments. "To be honest...I'm not sure where to begin. You see...I have realized something very important. That someone that I had first thought of as a friend, I now see as potentially...more than that. She's beautiful, yes, but also strong in her own way. Kind, talented, and a very good friend, despite her faults. Even though there are some--many, rather, who would only see her positive side, her public side... I see the woman behind the voice, both good and bad."

He then looks up at her, a hopeful, loving look in his eyes as his heart pounds in his ear. "And it's that woman that...that I've fallen in love with."

Minako knows very well that he's talking about her, but she decides to tease him just a bit, knowing how nervous the other man is. Truthfully, she'd been thinking much about him as well, but it was wonderful to know that her thoughts were the same as his

She smiled then blinked "Oh really? So who is she?"

"She is...that is..."

Well, this is a challenge, just to get these simple words out. But thankfully, he's never been one to back down from any worthy challenge.

"She's you. Minako, I like--no...I love you."

She reached over placing her hand over his. "Well, I have a secret as well, Akagi-san," she smiled. "I love you too; I just didn't want to say anything in case it was all one-sided on my part and I just had some grand fantasy in my head and I ruined things between us as nice as they've been" she shook her head.

Akagi blinks for a few moments, and then laughs a little ruefully. "It would figures, me being so late on such things... I apologize for keeping you waiting."

But he smiles much more brightly and warmly than before. "Still, I'm glad that you feel the same way."

Minako shook her head. "I wasn't going anywhere, I promise" she then leaned over and kissed him gently.

Akagi kisses back warmly, almost in blissful relief. "I know...but part of me was worried that you might've had an eye on someone else already."

She laughed "When do I have time to focus on love when I've got thousands of screaming fans around me all the time? So...what changed your mind in telling me how you really felt?" she wondered.

"Well," he replies sheepishly, "to be quite honest, I suppose it snuck up on me. It used to be that I'd be so focused on my work that I would ignore or push away any signs of romantic or intimate feelings for everyone. Whatever I had to do for my job came first." 'Job', of course, is putting it mildly; he had a world - and eventually a universe - to help save and protect.

"But since things have been quiet this year, I've actually had time to think about things. About what kind of future I want to have, and whether or not I should actually start dating again, after going so long without. But it wasn't until you started mentioning about touring outside of Japan that I started to realize my true feelings for you."

He grimaces as he continues. "I suppose I've felt this way about you for a long time, but I've just been a dunce about the whole thing until recently."

She nodded listening carefully to his explanation.. "Isn't that how love usually acts? It's a sneak attack and you don't see it coming and then - BOOM!" she threw up her hands dramatically laughing. "I guess for me it was probably between preparing for my upcoming album - shh - and being on tour, not being able to talk to you and tell you things, and I've always thought you handsome - of course that wouldn't have been proper for me to have said that to you when I was your student - but you've been very sweet to have become friends with me after all this time and everything too. I don't think I'm as close with anyone outside of my friends as I am with you, so I'm honored" she smiled shyly, feeling a blush creep up on her cheeks.

"So, I'm that old school crush?" He teases. "But it almost feels like I'm the one who's honored sometimes. Having a headstrong, young lady as yourself return the feelings of your old teacher..." There's a slight emphasis on the 'old' part. But that's quickly brushed aside as he cups her cheek with his hand. "I truly am happy, though, that we share the same feelings towards each other. Especially since it's not often that I can be this close to anyone that I've taken beneath my wing."

Minako blushes a bit looking at him as he cups her cheek. "I am too. I didn't think I could be this happy since happiness for me is about as fleeting as the seasons themselves" she tells him.

Aino Minako /Live Action PGSM / OTA

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