For the Love of the Game

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Video Game) ¦ Gen ¦ G ¦ NAW ¦ by Silky_John ¦ 200 words ¦ 2025-07-01 ¦ Ancillary Entries ¦ AO3

Hikari | Mythra & Homura | Pyra, Hikari | Mythra & Metsu | Malos, Homura | Pyra & Metsu | Malos

Hikari | Mythra, Homura | Pyra, Metsu | Malos

Dialogue Heavy, Drabble, Loosely centred around that one Vale h2h, the one about the blades who do girls' nights, Fluff, Rosieblade Chronicles 2025

And the game is girls' night.

Happy birthday Rose :D

Couldn't quite hack 100 words, so the next best thing was to do 2 times that.

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"Mythra--"

"--just for tonight, and if you sleep--"

"My--"

"--can basically be the one with him the whole day while I--"

"Mythra!"

Silence. In the distance, Elysium's bell tolls. Pyra rarely ever raises her voice, especially not at--

"Shuddup."

They both turn to look at the new arrival, Pyra's outburst... not forgotten, but shelved for later.

"We weren't even talking," says Mythra, not looking at him.

"Yeah, you were shouting."

Silence. Neither of them looks at Malos.

"Loudly," says Malos quite loudly.

More silence. Mythra rolls her eyes. Pyra stares off into the distance.

"And all this," continues Malos, "for girls' night."

Mythra turns to glare at Malos, but before she can say anything, Pyra speaks.

"... don't you and Jin--?"

"Don't be an asshole," says Malos, rubbing at the back of his head.

Pyra shrugs, somewhat apologetic. Mythra laughs, more than just a little mean. They all stand in silence, looking out over the Elysium that exists in their shared consciousnesses.

"...Hope you enjoy girls' night," says Malos, quiet.

"Ditto for the Jin-thing," Mythra responds. After a moment, she adds: "Say hi."

"Let's pretend I will," says Malos indulgently. He turns to Pyra. "Sleep okay."

"Thanks. Hopefully we--"

"No 'we'--!"

***

Getting back into Drabble writing through XC2 might be worthwhile.

As always,
Love,
John.