More of the whole AU from the last few fics. Mio is less homophobic than Sigma, but she's still got issues. ----------
Mio was surprised when Leo came to her shortly after school had ended. She was sure he was going to spar with Gentarou as part of his regular practice at controlling his magic. "What's wrong?" she asked, moving her fingers gently.
"Mom wants me to ask for your penpal's email address." The way he signed it said that he wasn't that happy about asking her.
She raised her eyebrows. Marie-san had said nothing on the matter other than that she'd gotten Leo's mother's letter. "Why?" Leo was better settled with Kaoru-chan than her penpal.
"Well, she didn't say no," Leo said, sighing. "Mom says that she told her that I was too young and she couldn't marry a legal minor from another country. Besides, she's a warmage."
"They don't usually marry," Mio acknowledged. "I still think you belong with Kaoru-chan."
"I just don't want to get married." His confession shocked her so much that she dropped her hands, unsure of what to say. He was a mover; they usually did get married.
"You're not old enough to get married." Mio hoped she'd convince him that he was being rash. She knew that Sigma thought that Leo was having sex with Gentarou, but even if Gentarou was bisexual or gay, which Mio doubted, Leo didn't seem that interested in him. At least she thought not.
And if he wanted to date Gentarou? There was no harm done as long as he found a wife after.
"That's what I told Sigma and Mom." He put his hands up as if he was going to say something more, but didn't.
"But she still wants you to email my penpal?" she asked.
He nodded agreement. "She thinks that if your penpal gets to know me, by the time I'm a legal adult in four years, she'll want to marry me."
It would be hard, Mio knew. Warmages couldn't be concerned with just one person; they had to be protectors of all. It was part of their natures. Most of them were female, too, which made it even more interesting. And Leo didn't seem that interested. "I don't think you're going to convince her to marry you," she told him. "But I think she'd be a good friend."
"I agree. It'll make mom happy until I apprentice, and then… I'll figure out something." He gave her a small smile. "I don't think she can protect me from nightmares."
"No." There was little a warmage could do about that. They were beings of flame and other elements, reaching into the heavens to bring wrath upon people that would hurt others. They were not healers of the mind.
But she didn't blame Leo's mother for trying. She was still worried for him. Mio was too. But it wasn't something to be solved by marriage.
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Garo Makai Senki HS AU, Mio reflects on Leo's marriageability and his mother's choices.
Date: 2012-05-12 02:35 am (UTC)----------
Mio was surprised when Leo came to her shortly after school had ended. She was sure he was going to spar with Gentarou as part of his regular practice at controlling his magic. "What's wrong?" she asked, moving her fingers gently.
"Mom wants me to ask for your penpal's email address." The way he signed it said that he wasn't that happy about asking her.
She raised her eyebrows. Marie-san had said nothing on the matter other than that she'd gotten Leo's mother's letter. "Why?" Leo was better settled with Kaoru-chan than her penpal.
"Well, she didn't say no," Leo said, sighing. "Mom says that she told her that I was too young and she couldn't marry a legal minor from another country. Besides, she's a warmage."
"They don't usually marry," Mio acknowledged. "I still think you belong with Kaoru-chan."
"I just don't want to get married." His confession shocked her so much that she dropped her hands, unsure of what to say. He was a mover; they usually did get married.
"You're not old enough to get married." Mio hoped she'd convince him that he was being rash. She knew that Sigma thought that Leo was having sex with Gentarou, but even if Gentarou was bisexual or gay, which Mio doubted, Leo didn't seem that interested in him. At least she thought not.
And if he wanted to date Gentarou? There was no harm done as long as he found a wife after.
"That's what I told Sigma and Mom." He put his hands up as if he was going to say something more, but didn't.
"But she still wants you to email my penpal?" she asked.
He nodded agreement. "She thinks that if your penpal gets to know me, by the time I'm a legal adult in four years, she'll want to marry me."
It would be hard, Mio knew. Warmages couldn't be concerned with just one person; they had to be protectors of all. It was part of their natures. Most of them were female, too, which made it even more interesting. And Leo didn't seem that interested. "I don't think you're going to convince her to marry you," she told him. "But I think she'd be a good friend."
"I agree. It'll make mom happy until I apprentice, and then… I'll figure out something." He gave her a small smile. "I don't think she can protect me from nightmares."
"No." There was little a warmage could do about that. They were beings of flame and other elements, reaching into the heavens to bring wrath upon people that would hurt others. They were not healers of the mind.
But she didn't blame Leo's mother for trying. She was still worried for him. Mio was too. But it wasn't something to be solved by marriage.