217 Lady In Red

"It'll be sad if it's about status. It means I have to divorce my husband," Ara said woefully as she looked forlorn.

It was an act on her part of course, but she couldn't help but think of it anyway, and her heat hurt. At this moment in time, she could no longer imagine life without him.

"What has become of me," she murmured mostly to herself, but Chiaki misinterpreted it as she's totally depressed, and so, the other took her hand immediately, and Ara looked up and met her intense gaze.

"You deserve it. You are worthy of your love," Chiaki told her softly.

Ara smiled. Because as much as Chiaki tried to appease her heart, Ara knew she was also telling herself that. Ara would tell her that too of course in case her self-realization was not enough.

"As you are yours," Ara said, and the two ladies smiled at each other.