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[nothinglikea]

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[lightthedarkness]

Oh, I have a soulmate back home. Makoto is actually friends with him, too. He's my fiancé. [Usagi holds up her left hand, the pink, heart-shaped diamond sitting comfortably on her ring finger.]

I absolutely love Makoto, but she also understands how I feel for him. She doesn't ask to replace him, only that she occupies a different space. That's... I mean, that's hard to ask of someone, to accept that you will never see them as something so grand and that they have to share space with someone. I always said that if I someone even saw me in that way, if they wanted to start a relationship here, I would explain that to them.

And she knows.

[nothinglikea]

[Rose takes a long moment to ponder this]

...I'm not sure if I could do the same thing. There was a--a man I loved in my world. One who died to save me, one whose last name I took in honor of him. At the time, I thought he was my only soulmate. But Snow...she's proven herself my soulmate, too, in a different way. So I can't help but feeling that a person can have multiple loves of their lives with none of them eclipsing the other.

It doesn't hurt that he met Snow once, before I was sure of my feelings for her. But he seemed sure. And he was happy for me, for both of us.

[lightthedarkness]

And that's okay.

Everyone loves differently.

I'm glad your soulmate could see your other great love. Mamoru has to share me with Makoto. too. [With... all the girls, actually. Makoto is her soulmate, too, in a different way.]

Though, I agree, Makoto and Mamoru don't eclipse one another. [She would die and kill for both of them.]

But I couldn't have gone into a relationship without the other person knowing about him, about my feelings about him. That's what I meant by unique and why I thought I would always be someone surrounded by couples, not a part of one.

[nothinglikea]

[and Rose nods in acknowledgement]

As am I. I'm pleased that he met her, even more so that he approved. He told me that--that my heart must go on, even without him. I'm sure that sounds mawkish to an extent, but I would have wished the same for him, should the tables be turned. And, if your love is willing to share, I'm pleased for all of your sakes.

It's impossible to do so. No two people are alike, neither are two loves. [and she'd be willing to fight or die for each of her own, but perhaps especially Snow. she'd already had a difficult enough life, Rose wanted to protect her]

I wish I could say that I understood completely, but the best I can do is compare it to myself and Jack. Jack freed me to be myself, not whom my mother and wretch of a fiancé at the time wanted. Snow frees me to feel the urge to protect, to fight for, to defend. Since it's what I choose, it's also freeing.

But you're choosing, too, are you not? Just as I am, to have two loves.

[lightthedarkness]

Ah, sorry your mom and initial fiancé weren't supportive. I hope you have lots of support here, though, for whatever your choices are. I want to protect and defend my loved ones too. I would do whatever I could to keep them safe.

I am, yes, it... I suppose because it's Makoto, it's easier for me to choose it because I've always loved her in a different way so a romantic way... it's not hard for me to come to that feeling either.

[nothinglikea]

'Weren't supportive' is putting it very mildly. They were distressed and humiliated at the notion of myself loving a poor boy. I can only imagine what they'd do should they know I'd fallen in love with a young woman. Which should either of them arrive, would have to remain secret for a while. Especially were it Cal.

Well, they say that the best friends make the best romantic partners? I wish you and Makoto the best of happiness.

[lightthedarkness]

If either of them arrives, rest assured you wouldn't have to deal with them alone. As the champion of love and justice, I could never allow a jerk to stand in the way of love like that!

You and Snow too!

[nothinglikea]

[Rose looks reassured. she knows that Cal would have quite the cold welcome should he arrive]

Thank you! I think we will.