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Mami let the hot water run over her, trying to rinse the stress of the day down the drain. Baths to her, were for soothing aches and pains and ridding oneself of exhaustion. Showers were more metaphorical; she could easily visualize the irritation and frustration she felt run down her skin and into the drain, never to be seen again. She had always hated living alone, but now that she lived with Kyouko and Homura, she relished in the few minutes of peace she could accumulate, namely, being in the shower. She was always the last to complain in any given situation, but sometimes she just wanted to vent...and it was hard to vent to the people ca

Two days. It had been two days since she had last spoken to her. Two days since that incredibly awkward moment in the classroom. Kaname-san! I became a magical girl, too! Madoka's look of embarrassment still lingered vividly in her mind. Homura sighed as she let herself fall backwards onto her bed. She took off her glasses and placed them on the bedside table before sighing deeply once more. She rubbed her forehead while staring intently at the ceiling, despite her slightly blurred vision. What had she been thinking? Or rather, she hadn't been thinking. She was so overcome with -what was it? Joy? Relief?- that her friend was sitting alive a

"Mother fu-" "Language, please." "uh—riend...er." "Thank you, Sakura-san." Tomoe Mami glanced up from her tea for a moment to see her red-haired companion tenderly rubbing her jaw. "Is everything alright, Sakura-san?" Kyouko groaned. "I thought we were past this, Mami. My name is Kyouko. Call me that. You know I don't do well with all that formal crap." "My apologies, Kyouko-san." Kyouko snorted, realizing that was the closest she'd get to informal with Mami. The two girls continued eating breakfast in silence, the tension in the atmosphere of Mami's apartment increasing with every passing moment. Briefly, the silence was broken.