Leaf-Viewing (Miss Don't Touch Me/Suikoden III, Blanche + Sarah) Title: Leaf-Viewing Author:catdevigri Fandom: Crossover - Miss Don't Touch Me x Suikoden III Pairing/characters: Blanche & Sarah (Sarah->Luc) Rating: G Warnings: none Word count: 266 Prompt/challenge you're answering: Blanche & Sarah, Autumn leaves all around
"When my sister and I worked as maids, there was a yard we had to rake in the fall."
"I did the same thing for my mistress." Sarah smiled at the idyllic memory. "She had an enormous amount of property. I was hard work."
"You weren't by yourself were you though?" Blanche wondered. "There was someone else, I thought."
"Yes. ...Luc was there. He hated raking the leaves for Madame Leknaat and he grumbled a lot, but he would never leave me to work all on my own." Sarah closed her eyes and smiled, the happiest days of her life thus far etched vibrantly into her mind.
"Hey," Blanche slipped her hand through Sarah's arm, "We should go out and see some nice autumn leaves for ourselves. All the beauty, none of the work, you know what I mean?"
"Do you...know a nice spot for that?" Although many of Sarah's words were quite tentative, Blanche knew that underneath that, her caution tempered a deep-rooted determination (to do or be what, Blanche wasn't sure).
"Bit by bit, I think I'm getting to know all the loveliest parts of Paris." Blanche's smile was tinged with sadness, "I have a lot of people to thank for that." ...and some of the best of those people weren't around any longer for her to thank (she couldn't help but think that Sarah and Antoine would have gotten along well).
"Please then, take me there," Sarah agreed, "And perhaps soon enough I'll think of a way to pay you back for it."
"Don't give it a second thought, Sarah. Nature is free."