"Wait!" I ran toward after my childhood friend as fast as my tiny legs could carry me, "Please come back!"
He stopped walking, and I finally caught up with him.
I grabbed his hand, "Please, please, don't go, Kazu-chan!"
"Karin-sama?" he turned around and looked down at me, and then he smiled, "But I have to, Karin-sama."
"No!" I started crying and hugged him, "Please, you're my friend!"
His smile faded for a second, but then it returned as he hugged me tightly.
"I promise, I'll come back for you."
"W-when?" I asked as he wiped my tears away with his sleeve.
"After you turn 16, you will turn into a princess, so I will be there to protect you."
He kissed me on my forehead, "But I have to go now."
"Please, stay here!"
He pulled away to quickly kiss me on my cheek, "Will you marry me when we're grown ups, Karin-sama?"
I didn't even have to think about it, "Yes." I nodded.
He let go of my hand, beaming, "Thank you Karin-sama! I promise, I'll come back!"
"Kazu-chan, NO!"
In a bright flash that I guessed was my regular 7 year old imagination, he was gone before my very eyes, and in his place was a white necklace with a bright pink jewel on the end.
I loved him so much.
My alarm went off, waking me up, and I turned to shut it off, then flopped back on my pillow.
I'd been having that dream almost every night since I turned 15, and I'd be 16 tomorrow.
I didn't mind having it, it was a really precious memory of mine, and I'd treasure it forever.
But I missed him so much that the memory was sometimes almost painful.
"Karin! Sweetie, you better hurry up or you'll be late for school!"
I shook the thought away and pulled the covers off of me, standing up.
I put on the white short sleeved shirt of my uniform, pulled on the black and white patterned skirt, the black long sleeved jacket, my thigh high socks, and last, my white ballet flats.
I sighed, and walked over to the mirror to put my pale blonde hair in two long, thick braids that reached all the way to my knees, and tied a black ribbon into a bow around each of them.
Then I sat down to put on my mascara, then light pink lipstick, and felt that was enough for now.
Grabbing my backpack, I clutched the necklace Kazune had given me the day he left and closed my eyes.
I miss you, and I hope I can see you tomorrow..
I wondered what he looked like now..
He really was adorable when we were little – he had bright, beautiful, crystal blue eyes and snow white hair that was cut just under his ears.
He was taller than me then, and I was pretty sure he'd be taller than me now, the only place I hadn't quite grown in was height.. I was about 4 feet and 10 inches.
I wonder if he would find me attractive.. I was told I had a great form and appearance- curvy hips, medium, round breasts, big, bright green eyes, and porcelain skin, and my features made me popular at my high school, but I was so shy that I didn't exactly like being popular.
All the kids at school called me beautiful and adorable all the time, but of course, the opinion of the one I loved would only matter.
I put on a bright smile and walked downstairs.
"Morning, Auntie." I walked over to her and gave her a hug before leaning over to give my 4 year old cousin, Mimi a kiss on her forehead.
"Good morning, Karin! Hurry up and eat your breakfast so you can go to school, hon."
I nodded and started chewing on a piece of bacon.
"So, Karin, what would you like for your birthday tomorrow?"
"W..well, umm.."
Well, I can't ask for her to help me find Kazune, so...
"A bunny.."
"O-oh... " My aunt sighed, "I.. I don't know about that.. so, I'll think about it, okay?"
I looked down at my plate. I'd been wanting a bunny for a while now, but my aunt was never really sure about pets.
After I had finished breakfast, I picked up my backpack and stood up.
"I'll be late if I don't go now, so I'll see you guys later."
"Bye, Karin."
I ran to the door and as I closed it behind me, I made a left on the sidewalk and ran to the place where I usually met my friends.
"Himeka-chan! Miyon-chan!"
Miyon and Himeka turned to me and Miyon crossed her arms, "So you finally made it, we were going to be late if you hadn't have gotten here just now."
I blushed, "Sorry, but you could have just started walking ahead. I could have caught up."
"Good morning, Karin -chan!" Himeka walked over to me and gave me a kiss on my cheek.
"Well, come on, guys, let's go." Miyon started walking and Himeka and I followed.
At School...
It was really hard to pay attention to the teacher when all I could think about was that dream..
"Ms. Hanazono? Do you know the quotient?"
I snapped back to reality and straightened up instantly, but started blushing when all eyes turned to me.
"Uh... um.." I studied the board, "124?"
She smiled, " Excellent, but I'd like to see you paying a bit more attention."
My classmates giggled for a few seconds before quieting down, and Miyon nudged me in my right shoulder.
"Nice save, but what are you day dreaming about?"
I blushed instead of answering and decided to just turn away.
Resting my face in my hands, I stared forward at the teacher, but my thoughts had soon drifted off to Kazune again.
The bell rang , and I gathered my things to leave.
In the hallway, I was thinking about what kind of bunny I'd like when one of the popular boys in school named Hiroki walked up to me as Miyon, Himeka, and I parted ways.
"Hey! Hanazono."
I gasped softly when he quickly wrapped his arm around me and with the other, he lifted my chin to look at him.
I blushed and tried to look away, "Um... Hi-hiroki-san, uhh..I.."
"What's the matter, Hanazono? I just wanted to ask you something.."
Embarrassed, I froze, my cheeks red as I looked up at him.
"You're so cute.." he whispered, "Want to go out with me tomorrow? I heard it's your birthday."
"Uh.. um... I uh.. I have to go to the bathroom!"
He let go of me when I gently pushed him away and ran off toward my other class.
"I'll be waiting for your answer, my darling!" he called.
When I reached the other hallway, I let out a sigh of relief and opened the door the gym doors.
I went into the girls bathroom to change into my gym uniform – a low-cut white tee-shirt with black boy shirts, and pulled on my tenni-shoes.
"Hanazono-san, if you don't hurry, you'll be late to class, we're playing volleyball!" One of my classmates called.
"Ah! Right!" I stood up from the bench and ran off.
5 minutes later..
I didn't stop thinking about him in this class either, and that didn't end so well..
I ended up being taken into the nurse's office after being hit several times in the face with the ball, and payed little attention.
I lay down in the nurse bed, and the school nurse waved the two girls who had taken me here off before turning to me and handing me an ice pack.
"Oh, Karin-chan, I hope you didn't hurt yourself too bad..." she hugged me.
"I'm fine... I was just spacing out a little..." I blushed.
"Well, that's expected," she giggled, "you have beautiful skin you know, and you look just like a princess with your hair like that."
I smiled, "Thank you.."
"You can rest here for a while until your head feels better, sweetie."
"Thanks.." I lay down, and a while later, I was dreaming.
It was another memory about Kazune, and it was when he had to sneak in my room one time I was having a nightmare.
I was tossing and turning,and finally woke up, crying, calling his name because I was scared.
And that was when my window opened.
The moon made his snow white hair glisten, and his soft blue eyes were staring at me from across the room.
He walked over to me and lay down next to me.
"Karin-sama, are you alright? I heard you calling me."
"It's because..." I clutched his shirt, and he wrapped his arms around me protectively, "I h-had a bad dream!"
"What did you dream about?"
Tears rolled down my cheeks, "You went away and never came back!" I whispered.
I heard him giggle, "I would never leave you, silly!"
I stopped crying and managed a smile as he held me tighter.
"I'm going to stay with you forever."
I fell asleep, safe in his arms, and I didn't remember having a nightmare after that.
"Karin! You're going to be late for your next class if you don't hurry out of that gym uniform.."
I opened my eyes and blinked a few times, then I sat up.
"Does your face feel better?" the nurse smiled.
I smiled back, "Yeah.. um.. thank you very much.. Have a nice day!" I stood up and bowed once, then ran out of the door.
Later...
"Karin-chan, I heard from Yumi-chan that you've even been daydreaming during gym class." Himeka handed me one of her perfect rice balls, and I gladly took it.
"Ah.. yeah, I've just been thinking a lot."
Miyon put her hands on her cheeks, and she raised her eyebrows, looking at me quizzically.
Pretty soon she was circling around me, looking at my face from all kinds of angles.
"What?" I asked softly.
"Could it be?! You've fallen in love?!" she finally asked.
My cheeks grew hot, "N-no, I've just been thinking about someone from a long time ago.."
"Is it a boy?" Himeka asked.
I nodded, and my two best friends squealed in excitement.
"He's a childhood friend.. that um.. had to leave almost 9 years ago."
"Oh, Karin-chan, do you think... he was your first love?"
I blinked, I don't think I had ever thought of it that way.
"Umm... I think so..."
Himeka and Miyon beamed, "Oh that's so sweet!" they both stood up to hug me.
"Oh, but it sounds tragic.." Himeka sighed and sat back down.
"But, who cares, you have to tell him how you feel!" Miyon sat back down as well.
"I don't have his number.." I sighed, "And I don't even know if he'll remember me.. But I dream about him almost every night."
My two friends gave me sad smiles.
"You can't give up on your first love! Or it shall haunt you forever that you never told him how you really felt!" Miyon winked.
"She's right, you have to track him down!" Himeka agreed.
I rolled my eyes, "Yeah, right.."
If he really cares, maybe he'll keep his promise and come back for me tomorrow.
I bit into the rice ball Himeka gave me and became deep in thought once again.
After School...
The final bell rang, and school was finally over.
I waved goodbye to my friends as I walked home by myself, and down the crowed streets, but stopped when I saw a pet store, and went in to see if they had any baby bunnies.
I saw a small, fluffy, black baby bunny that looked up at me with big brown eyes, and I waved to her.
She continued to stare at me, and all of a sudden, I heard a voice.
The Earth is in danger, Hime-sama...
I looked around, wondering if there was a TV or someone talking nearby, but I only found myself looking back at the bunny again.
You have to turn into a princess soon, Hime-sama!
The bunny stared back for a second, and then turned to join it's family for lunch.
I blinked a few times, and guessed it was just my imagination.
"Oh, you are all so cute, I wish I could have one of you... you know, it's my birthday tomorrow." I smiled sadly.
I looked at my watch and saw that it was time for me to go home, and ran out of the Pet Store.
At home..
After dinner, I sat down to help Mimi on a puzzle when my aunt walked over to sit by me on the couch.
"I have an early birthday present!" she waved a three tickets to my favorite singer – Fluffy-chan's concert, and I hugged her and took them.
"You can take those two friends with you, since you said they love Fluffy-chan as much as you do!" she smiled.
"Oh, thank you, auntie, it's such a great present!"
"It took me sooo long to get it, too." she picked up a puzzle piece and handed it to Mimi, who smiled and put it in the right place.
"I'm so happy, I'll call them right now! It'll be time for me to go to bed soon, anyway."
I hugged and kissed my aunt and Mimi and ran upstairs to my room.
I dialed both Miyon and Himeka and told them the news, and there was at least 5 minutes of excited squealing before we all had a normal conversation, and we said our goodbyes 15 minutes later.
Stretching and putting on my pj's – frilly pink boy shorts with a frilly white shirt, I lay in bed to right in my diary of my memories for a while before I felt sleepy and felt a little warm, so I opened the window, letting the curtains blow out of the way as I got a good view of the bright city before crawling back into bed.
I took out my two thick braids and let my long pale blonde hair fall curly around me as I lay down and turned out my light.
I'm turning 16 tomorrow, Kazune.. You promised you would come see me. Will you keep that promise? I want to see you...
And then I closed my eyes and drifted off to yet another wonderful dream, but this wasn't a memory.
A small white bunny was hopping through space, dancing around galaxies and planets, until it finally reached the earth, and was heading for japan..
I woke up as soon as it landed on Tokyo, and that's when I saw that same, snow white bunny sitting on my window.
I was still for a moment, wondering if I was still dreaming, and pinched myself.
The bunny had those same, bright crystal blue eyes as Kazune, and I found myself smiling.
I walked over to it and lifted it up.
"Wow, you're heavier than you look.." I held him in my arms and he looked up at me, and stared at me with wide eyes for a moment before suddenly jumping up to give me kisses all around my face, and I let out soft giggles.
"You're a sweetheart, aren't you?"
He blinked and closed his eyes, resting in my arms as I hugged him.
"You seem tired... I let you sleep in my room tonight, okay? And I'll see if I can get Auntie to help me find your home."
I carried the bunny back to bed with me, and hugged him tightly to my chest.
"You're so cute... You remind me of someone, you know.."
The bunny surprised me by kissing me just above my heart, and then closed it's bright blue eyes, and dozed off.
I smiled before falling asleep myself. And then I dreamed of bunnies everywhere claiming me as their princess. What a silly dream..
In the outside world, while Karin is still sleeping (Regular POV)
The bunny sat up and looked around, then looked down at Karin, admiring her peaceful sleeping form and her beauty, and never would have guessed she would grow up to be this gorgeous.
He quickly peered at her clock.
11:58.
It's almost her birthday! Just a few more minutes...
11:59.
Staring down at her lovingly, the bunny snuggled up closer to her and his little heart leaped when he realized she was wearing the necklace.
Karin didn't know her whole world would change in just a 10 seconds.
12:00.
The necklace flashed, but didn't wake her up, and engulfed her body in a light, and then the light disappeared, revealing her again.
The bunny leaned over to kiss her on her lips, and fell back asleep, but felt itself slowly growing back to it's original form.
"Kazune, I miss you so much..."
"Well, I'm right here.."
"I know... like you always said, you'd stay with me forever.. But why won't you come see me."
"Wake up, Karin-sama."
When I felt the bed underneath me, and a familiar, protective embrace, I realized that I was finally awake, and my eyes snapped open.
At first, I saw a well toned chest and gorgeous abs, but then I gasped and my eyes widened when I saw who this beautiful body belonged to, and knew I had to be dreaming.
He himself was like a dream..
He was smiling, his bright, crystal blue eyes staring down at me from the other side of the bed, and I saw that his soft, snow white hair had grown all the way down to his shoulders.
He was absolutely gorgeous.
"It's been awhile." he said casually, and I noticed how deep his voice had gotten.
When I finally found my words, I stammered, "K-Kazu-ch-chan..."
"Karin-sama, you grew up to be so beautiful, you know."
Tears rolled down my cheeks, "It... it's really you..? I'm not dreaming...?"
"No, why?"
"I'm dreaming! I have to be, my Kazu-chan left... it's just another painful dream about him, just wake up, Karin." I looked away from him.
Oh, what a beautiful dream it is.
I felt warm hands wipe away my tears and cup my cheeks, then suddenly, Kazune sat us up and gave me a long kiss on my lips, surprising me, and, god, was it amazing.
He pulled away, scanning my face full of content, and my flushed cheeks and half lidded eyes, then smiled his usual smile that I had longed to see for almost 9 years.
"Still think you're dreaming?" he asked in his smooth, deep voice.
"Oh, I hope not.." I said softly, and he pulled me into his chest, hugging me tightly, and I reached up to hug him as tight as I could, closing my eyes and enjoying this moment.
Please, please, be real!
Wait..
My very close childhood friend just kissed me.
That's about the time I finally realized that his chest was bare, and when I pulled away, I was glad my comforter was covering the lower half of his body, because he was..
I flushed in embarrassment.
COMPLETELY NAKED.
With a yelp, I jumped back and fell off the bed, landing on my backside.
"Karin-sama?"
I stood up and pointed at him, "Y-you're naked!"
He touched the covers, grinning.
"Yeah, I am, wanna see?"
My whole face went red and I quickly turned around, "N-no!"
"Relax." I heard him snap his fingers, "Okay, you can look now."
I turned slowly, and stopped blushing when I realized he was fully clothed, wearing snow white bunny ears on top of his head, and a white uniform.
"Is it... really, really you?"
He nodded, "Totally."
"I'm really not dreaming?"
He shook his head, "It's reality, Karin-sama."
"But, how did you-"
"Enough with the questions, would you just hug me already?"
Crying tears of joy, I jumped back on the bed and into his open arms, finally getting the best present that I could ever have.
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