AN: Very short, introductory chapter. Hope you enjoy 😊
Little Girl Lost
Chapter One – Waking Up
Ten years ago Kuon Hizuri would never have expected himself to enjoy such happiness, he hadn't allowed himself to even dream of such happiness but then he had met the girl who had changed his life, the girl who had moved the watch – not the hands on the watch, of course – but the way that he wore his watch, the balance between the past and the present. Kuon had never thought that anyone would have ever been capable of such a thing and that was why he treasured her so much.
He was twenty-five now and he and Kyoko had recently celebrated their second wedding anniversary. In a little under a month, he would be twenty six and they were already discussing children. Kuon had never brought the subject up himself, he knew how hesitant Kyoko was about children and even about some of the major things when it came to love but she had approached him.
She had asked him one night to tell her honestly if he was interested in having a child and he had told her only a few seconds later that he was. Before she had become his girlfriend, he hadn't thought that he would ever make a decent father at least not the kind of father that he was lucky enough to have but she had told him to not think of life in that way.
She had made everything possible and he would never be able to tell her how grateful that made him.
Moving over in the bed, Kuon stretched and looked at the window. He couldn't feel her body behind him so she must have woken up early and was trying to make breakfast for him to eat. That was another miracle that Kyoko had managed to make possible. Eating didn't feel as bad as it once did and the memories of his mother's cooking were being replaced with memories of cooking with Kyoko, eating Kyoko's cooking.
Kuon smiled as he decided to watch the bird that was flying outside the window a little more, he would get up soon and tell his wife how beautiful she was and how lucky he was to have her. He just needed to wake up. As he lay there though, Kuon felt something touch him, something small but firm. He rolled to the other side as he heard a hum and didn't see his wife's head on the pillow but he did hear something and there was something underneath the blanket.
He sat up slowly and reached for the lump. What was going on here? Had someone just randomly been let into their home and had snuggled up with him? As he lifted the sheets, his eyes widened and he let the words "what the hell" slip out from his mouth. Beneath the blanket was the body of a six-year-old Kyoko, someone he remembered all too well.
He pinched himself hard. This had to be a dream. This had to be a nightmare.
End of Chapter One
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