disclamers: some characters are mine... but you know who is not. pls don't sue me. (",)
This is supposed to be a song fic from Regine Velasquez's song How Could You Leave, but it got out of hand. So here…
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How Could You Leave
"drink this medicine after each meal. see me next week so that i can check if your condition has improved. ne?" the young doctor instructed as she finished wrapping the dried leaves.
"hai, megumi-sensei", the young man stood up and bowed to the young doctor.
"it is nothing, tomo-kun", she smiled as she handed the package to her patient. "i am glad to be of help. just call if you need everything"
"hai" tomo nodded as he prepared to leave
"sayonara tomo-kun" she said as she sat down. tiredness was etched on her pretty face. "are there other patients waiting outside?"
"there are none, megumi-sensei. i was the last one in line. there aren't that many patients today. are you expecting someone?" tomo asked
"no one" she said softly. she smiled as she notice the concern on the young man's face. "it is better if you go home now, it will be dark soon"
"are you sure you will be alright" tomo asked hesitantly
"hai. now go, il see you next week", she said as she ushered the young man out her clinic.
"sayonara, megumi sensei" tomo said as he close the gate to her clinic
"sayonara, tomo-kun" she waved back. as soon as the young man disappeared from her sight, she felt her shoulders cave in and a sigh escaping from her lips.
a feeling of sadness swept over her as she made her way back to her house. she is back in aizu, her hometown. it was been more than a month since she have returned and she have adjusted easily in her new surroundings. she has bought her own house wherein she set up her own clinic. the town was in need of a doctor, and her services were warmly welcomed.
the townspeople have been very kind and accommodating and she has quickly become the most respected doctor in town. she became good friends with some women her age, especially those women whose babies she look after. more often they try to persuade her to meet their male friends, but she politely refused. she reasoned that her profession is her topmost priority.
all is well for her here in aizu.
but sometimes she can't help but miss tokyo. her mentor, her friends, kauro, kenshin tae, yahiko, and he who's name she can't mention. someone who she desperately needs to forget, or at least try to.
she has a new life now, away from all of them.
away from him.
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she sighed as she settled herself on the patio of her house. she shivered as felt the cool evening breeze caress her bare arms.
her cinnamon eyes roamed the clear summer night sky. subconsciously looking for a constellation named orion, as a forgotten memory make its way on her mind.
All day I settle on just thinking about ur smile
"do you see that?" the smile evident in his voice as he excitedly pointed at a pattern of stars against the dark sky.
"what? where?" she said. frowning as she followed where his fingers pointed
"there! you see those three stars? and the five stars surrounding it?" he said taking her hand. he used it to trace the outline in the sky.
she blushed at the contact of their hands. "oh you mean that figure that looks like a man" she asked turning to look into his face.
he let go of her hand as he lay down on the grass. "yeah. that's orion" he said
"orion? where did you hear those things?" she smiled as she joined him in the grass
"yahiko. he's been reading those western books about stars and stuff", he explained.
she shivered as she the sudden gust of night wind enveloped her.
"cold?" he asked turning towards her, worry knitting in his brow.
"yes" she answered folding her hands inside her kimono.
she felt her arms go around her shoulder as she pulled her closer to him. she gazed up to his face, her cinnamon eyes looking for answers.
"better?" he asked a soft smile lighting his dark features
"hai!" she said softly as the cold left her. and all she can feel is the warmth coming from him.
I see u in my dreams
How u complete me
"wake up sleepy head" he whispered softly in her ears
she found herself cradled in his arms. they were in front of her apartment.
"did you carry me all the way from the river?" she asked snuggling in his chest
"of course" he smiled. "you look so content sleeping i didn't want to wake you up".
"you just did" she yawned sleepily
"that is because i don't have keys to your house. you don't want me to bring you home, or did you?" he asked huskily
"you just wish baka tori" she slapped his arms. "can you let me down now?"
"if you wish" he answered as he slowly let go of her
she quickly wish she didn't said that, she shivered as the cold got to her once again. "good night baka tori" she said as she opened her door
"good night megumi" he said softly
"good night sanosuke" she whispered. watching him fade against the night, the smile never leaving her face.
Flowers u left me here
"megumi-sensei! megumi-sensei!" little ayame squeled dancing around her
"what is it ayame chan" she asked
"sanosuke gave this for you" suzume said handing her a bouquet of roses
she blushed as she accept the flowers. "tell him i said thanks" she said inhaling the sweet scent of the roses.
"hai hai" the little girls said as they run back to the yard
she smiled as she looked at the flowers, they really are pretty.
"what does this mean sanosuke?" she asked softly. she lovingly placed the flowers on a vase beside her table. "do i have the right to dream once again?" she whispered to the wind.
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TBC