NOW THAT THIS HAS SAT HERE FOR NEARLY A WEEK I’M FINALLY GETTING TO IT, SORRY
16) The biggest sacrifice they make for their family
If you asked Michiru about this, she’d probably mention some big concert she missed for an elementary school pageant or having to give up the ability to go on luxurious vacations at the drop of a hat, but it was worth it.
And THAT– it being worth it– is her real sacrifice. Michiru spent a long time convincing herself that emotionally, at least, she didn’t need anyone. Her parents only ever treated her as a show pony they gave financial support to, so that’s all she needed from them. Any nanny she got attached to inevitably got dismissed, so she learned to not to need them either. Michiru prided herself on this independence. Her detachment and disdain for everyone else let her position herself as better than them all in her mind.
Haruka was first to ruin her perfect detachment, but I think when they have kids it’s an even bigger thing. Michiru can hold Haruka up as the single good point of humanity, but kids take even that away. She doesn’t love them because they’re pure beautiful good people, she loves them because they’re her kids, her bratty, messy, imperfect kids. And the illusion that she could ever survive without people, without these people, is utterly shattered.
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