This doesn't feel like a goodbye. It feels more like a farewell, it feels more finite, like something in the back of her mind tugging and telling her that this is going to be the last time she's going to see Shiro.
The last time they said goodbye on Earth was months before Hana almost died on the shores of Busan.
The war in her country is over. But it didn't mean there wasn't work to be done. The final battle left the country in shambles and there was much rebuilding to do but even beyond that-- the omnic crisis was still ongoing. Talon was still around, still causing trouble. And even beyond that
there was so much Hana still wanted to do here on Earth. She's never seen the Northern Lights. She's never gone exploring in redwood forests or in tropical jungles or hiked in mountains or been to some of the cities her beloved teammates are from. She's never learned how to drive a car. There are movies she hasn't seen and books she hasn't read, games she hasn't played and shows she hasn't watched and
if she's going to figure herself out, figure out what she wants to do with her life now, she has to stay.
And Shiro has to leave.
It's painful. And it's only going to get more painful, this, her heart tells her. Because she knows he has a big battle ahead of him but still they derailed and made time to take her back to Earth because after that-- after that they figured they wouldn't have a chance to do so for a long, long time.
Which means he's not coming back.
She has no intention of breaking things off with him. She loves him. More than her heart can fathom and more than enough that the closer they got to Earth the closer Hana had gotten to calling the whole thing off and thinking maybe she could just figure herself out in space somehow but-- she needs this. And she needs Shiro; he needs her, but not the her that she is right now. Not a Hana Song that's alive but adrift and unsure of herself. He needs a Hana Song with purpose and conviction and the only way for her to get those back is to do what she's the best at-- being a hero. The world could always use more of them.
He's not coming back, but she fully intends on coming back to him.
Her arms go up and wrap around him, wanting these last moments of contact before he leaves and he's not coming back. The next time they'll ever see each other face-to-face again is the time that Hana decides that she can finally leave Earth and join him. ]
A year. Give me a year. I promise I'll come back to you, Takashi.
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This doesn't feel like a goodbye. It feels more like a farewell, it feels more finite, like something in the back of her mind tugging and telling her that this is going to be the last time she's going to see Shiro.
The last time they said goodbye on Earth was months before Hana almost died on the shores of Busan.
The war in her country is over. But it didn't mean there wasn't work to be done. The final battle left the country in shambles and there was much rebuilding to do but even beyond that-- the omnic crisis was still ongoing. Talon was still around, still causing trouble. And even beyond that
there was so much Hana still wanted to do here on Earth. She's never seen the Northern Lights. She's never gone exploring in redwood forests or in tropical jungles or hiked in mountains or been to some of the cities her beloved teammates are from. She's never learned how to drive a car. There are movies she hasn't seen and books she hasn't read, games she hasn't played and shows she hasn't watched and
if she's going to figure herself out, figure out what she wants to do with her life now, she has to stay.
And Shiro has to leave.
It's painful. And it's only going to get more painful, this, her heart tells her. Because she knows he has a big battle ahead of him but still they derailed and made time to take her back to Earth because after that-- after that they figured they wouldn't have a chance to do so for a long, long time.
Which means he's not coming back.
She has no intention of breaking things off with him. She loves him. More than her heart can fathom and more than enough that the closer they got to Earth the closer Hana had gotten to calling the whole thing off and thinking maybe she could just figure herself out in space somehow but-- she needs this. And she needs Shiro; he needs her, but not the her that she is right now. Not a Hana Song that's alive but adrift and unsure of herself. He needs a Hana Song with purpose and conviction and the only way for her to get those back is to do what she's the best at-- being a hero. The world could always use more of them.
He's not coming back, but she fully intends on coming back to him.
Her arms go up and wrap around him, wanting these last moments of contact before he leaves and he's not coming back. The next time they'll ever see each other face-to-face again is the time that Hana decides that she can finally leave Earth and join him. ]
A year. Give me a year. I promise I'll come back to you, Takashi.