Alright, my lovelies, it's time for me to undertake a challenge of fairly large proportions- I'm going to be doing one of the 100 themes challenges. To keep things fairly organized, I will be doing 5 per chapter, and I will do them in order because I'm not sure if you're supposed to or not, so I may as well. Enjoy, my lovelies!

Now...ToPickAPairingLOL

Pairing: Reiko Asagiri/Dragon (My OFC for everything)

Universe: The Calling, but Reiko is 16 instead of like twelve or whatever.

Rating: T for now

Warnings: Femslash, language, potential sexual situations and implications, you now, the usual.

I'mProbablyGoingToRegretPickingThiisPairing...

1. Introduction:

I met Reiko for the first time when I was visiting my mother. My mother was very, very sick at the time, and she had to be hospitalized for several weeks because of it. I made time to visit her as often as I could, but I never felt like it was enough, which was why I was glad when she said that she had made a friend, even if I was little confused when she said that it was a girl my age. She talked about Reiko a lot over the phone when I called her, and it wasn't long before she was asking when I could come next because she wanted me to meet her. She said that the girl seemed lonely, since she didn't seem to have any friends her own age, and it would do me good as well, since I didn't have too many friends my age either.

I was more than a little anxious, when I finally agreed to come meet her, I'm not exactly great about dealing with people my own age, but it only took a few minutes of talking with the girl, who was only a little more outgoing than I was, for me to realise that we were definitely going to be good friends, at the very least.

2. Love:

Teenage lover is a weird thing. It's awkward and sweet and embarrassing and endearing all at the same time. You would think that it would be especially awkward with two people like us- two incredibly shy girls who could never quite figure out how to deal with other people our age, since they were so complex and illogical and unpredictable.

That, however, was not the case. In fact, I think that that's exactly why there were so few awkward silences, so few embarrassing moments between the two of us- Because we understood eachother, we knew the other was trustworthy and we knew how to interact with the other, so there was never any reason to feel awkward or embarrassed around the other. We knew that we could be ourselves and the other would love us, no matter what.

3. Light:

It's amazing how easily you can become accustomed to hospital lighting. It's just as amazing how it can go from a sign of ill omen to a beacon of happiness in a way. When my mother was admitted, I absolutely abhored the florescent lighting. It made me feel as if I was walking into a house of death whenever I went to visit my mother. After I met Reiko, my perception of it gradually changed. I still would have prefered daylight and I definitely wanted Reiko to get better and for her mother to come back, but at the same, I had never seen her in any other lighting besides what little natural light came through the small window of her hospital room. Even though I would have rather been sitting in a house, in a cafe, at a park, anywhere else, I knew that, at least for a while, this would be the only light I would get to see Reiko in. So, I go used to it, and eventually, I even began to like the florescent hospital lighting, because the time I spent with Reiko under the florescent bulbs contained some of the happiest moments of my life.

4. Dark:

It was very, very dark. That was the first and foremost adjective that could be used to describe the realm known as the Mnemonic Abyss. Now, more than ever in the short time between Reiko's death and when I ended up here had I more missed the hospital lighting. I knew the details of the hospital intimately, despite the weeks that I had avoided the place after Reiko's suicide. And everything was exactly as I remembered it, I assume because that was the last way that Reiko saw it too. If it wasn't for the suffocating, unnatural darkness, I could almost forget where I actually was, forget that I wasn't just coming to see Reiko once again, forget that she was no longer truly alive...

5. Seeking Solace:

Reiko was very good at putting on a tough face for the nurses. She simply chose to let most people believe that she was naive and that nothing was truly bothering her. I'm pretty sure I'm the only one that she has ever let see the full extent of the toll that the situation is taking on her. She is trying to be positive, but she's not stupid enough to really believe that her mother is coming back. The surgeries, the treatments, they sickness, all of it is weighing heavily on her, but she won't let anyone else see that she's hurting.

I'm the only one that she trusts and cares for strongly enough to let her guard down around. I'm the only one she will let see her cry and I'm the only one that she goes to to recieve comfort when it all feels like it's too much. I'm not sure whether or not I should be happy about that.

AaaaandI'mDone.

That was fun. I can't wait to write more of these! See you next chapter, my lovelies!