Childhood Memories
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Summary: Yusuke can't help but think back to his childhood friend, and out of nowhere she appears once more. They've changed but not that much.
Pairing: Kagome Yusuke
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Ruffled leaves mix with budding laughter as two children run around the small playground, weaving in and out of the brightly colored play-equipment; playing a game without any name till they came to sit at the swings.
"We'll be friends forever right?" The boy asked, doe eyes pleading towards his only friend. Her raven hair fell to her shoulders is big waves, her sapphire eyes smiling back at him.
"Of course," she grinned locking pinkies with the boy. "Forever and ever,"
Brown eyes opened slowly to look at the white ceiling staring back at him.
'I dreamt about her again,'
Rolling away from the sun entering the room, he sat on the edge of his bed staring at nothing in particular as he lost himself in thought. A hand running through his bangs in a flustered manner.
'I've been dreaming about her for months it feels like,' he sighed thinking of the little girl from his childhood. He could still picture her with absolute clarity as if he were still a child free to play with her at the park.
"Kagome! Kagome!" children circled a girl dressed in pink much to her clear dismay as they played the game, chanting as they continued.
Yusuke watched from the swing, kicking his feet in the dirt.
The other parents didn't like him, he heard their remarks but never really understanding why. Why did they call him and his mother names? They used words he didn't understand, like; whore, harlot, and heathen, whatever their meaning he knew they weren't nice.
Standing, he made his way to the circle, brows together in what looked too cute to be a scowl. The kids paid him no mind as they taunted the girl with words of freak and weirdo thrown in.
Grabbing a pair of locked hands the kids were forced to stop as the chain was broken, all forced to look at the boy their parents told them to stay away from.
"Leave her alone!" He growled, and they jumped before running away with a shriek or cry of "monster." He didn't care what they called him; he didn't like having to see someone else being picked on.
"Thank you!" Arms wrapped around him forcing pink to his cheeks.
He didn't know what to say, none of the kids liked him so he had limited interactions with anyone besides his mom and she was often sleeping or "sick" as she often said.
Pulling back, but still hugging him, sapphire eyes smiled just as she did. "My name's Kagome, what's yours?"
"Yu-Yusuke," he stuttered.
"Wanna play?"
"Are you sure? All the other kids think I'm a monster," he pouted.
She shook her head, the waves of black hair bouncing around her. "You have too pretty of a soul,"
Pink cheeks burned red. "Boys aren't pretty!" He huffed.
She simply laughed.
"Kagome," he whispered into the quiet room. They had played every day at the same park, she had become his best, and only, friend. And he was sure she would have remained such if they hadn't moved so abruptly. It still hurt to picture her waiting there for him, and him never coming.
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Little did he know that's exactly what she'd done.
Dressing in pink standing at the edge of the park, sapphire eyes searching, always searching, for the brown haired boy with the big doe brown eyes. Switching from standing to sitting she didn't dare play on the equipment determined to wait for her friend. Even when asked, or encouraged, by her mother Kagome remained waiting.
Every day she asked to go, and when her mother questioned it, she all but screamed that she had to be there. She was fiercely loyal to the boy, her unwavering devotion to him was sad for anyone to witness, but no one suffered as she did. The bullies were horrid but she endured, the lack of play she could withstand as none of the other kids were as funny, but it was the loneliness that ate away at her small heart.
Days rolled into weeks before nearly two months had passed before she cried for her absent friend. Wherever he was, it wasn't with her, but she held out hope he'd make his way back to her. They had made a promise to be friends forever. And he wasn't one to break a promise, even if she had to wait a year, or years, she held on to the hope that he would come back to her, that he would forever be her dearest friend.
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Yusuke walked, hands in his pockets as he made his way down the worn sidewalk. Even after moving back to the area, because of the fire that had nearly killed him (again) and burnt their previous apartment to oblivion, it had taken him more than a year to explore the once familiar area. And maybe it was because he felt guilty, or better yet, scared that he'd come face to face with Kagome. She, after all, had lived in the area and very well might still live nearby.
Making his way up the stone steps a familiar sight greeted him. Brightly colored play equipment stood empty in the middle of a human-made clearing. He stopped merely looking as he remembered.
Phantoms danced in the back of his mind, almost able to visualize the girl and himself playing on the equipment. Looking at the swings a sad smile pulled at his lips; he could picture her smiling face as she asked him to push her higher and higher, her hands outstretched to the sky. The swings were her favorite, they, of course, were typically taken by the other kids, so the time they spent was usually limited, but her smile was worth the wait.
So lost in memories Yusuke jumped when he felt a mix of rekai and youki heading towards him.
