My short Haibane Renmei Story...I just felt like writing someday and I
wrote this. I hope it brings a few people some enjoyment, I hope I spelled
the character names right. I do not own Haibane renmei, I own only the
story and the plot :). My friend keeps on telling me to double space the
ends of the paragraphs, should I? I will add on to it if I get some
positive feed-back...
---Winter in Old Home, Haibane Renmei---Part 1---
Rakka awoke from her sleep from the cold air inside her room. Shivering, she got out of bed and wrapped the comforters around her to protect herself from the cold. She didn't feel like doing anything today, but it wouldn't be any better to spend the day in bed. At that moment she heard yelling outside. Curious, she lifted herself off her bed and went over to her window to see what it was.
Outside, it looked to her as if Reki and Kana were having an argument. Rakka unlocked and pushed her window open to try and hear, but immediately regretted it. A blast off cold air shot into the room, making it even colder than before.
"I have work you know Reki, I can't just stand around baby sitting all day!"
"Your job doesn't matter. Today is the coldest we've ever had, do you think that your master will even open up the shop in such weather as this?!" Reki was yelling at the top of her lungs for Kana to hear her. It was snowing hard and Kana was still trying to get into the city.
"I SAID WAIT!" Cried Reki, but Kana was already too far to hear her. "Dammit." She cursed loud enough for Rakka to hear.
Rakka closed her window and pulled on her dress, carefully making sure her wings didn't get caught in it. After she put on her shoes she wrapped her winter coat around her. Before she exited her room, she slipped her wing covers on to protect her wings from the cold. She ran down the hallways and into the courtyard just in time to meet up with Reki.
"Reki!" Cried Rakka, muffled by the wind.
"Oh! You're up Rakka? Quick, let's get inside before we get frostbite out here.
When the two Haibane got inside they went straight to the guest room where they met everyone else. Nemu and Hikari were sitting at the table, waiting for them.
Hikari saw Rakka and Reki enter the room and asked, "did Kana really leave for work in this weather?!"
Reki tore off her wing covers and coat and sat down at the table. "Ahhh, this is better, it's so cold outside. I don't think we'll be doing much today. Kana is going too far for her job, she'll probably end up getting there and being sent back for a day off!" At this she lit a cigarette for herself and slouched a bit in her chair.
Rakka sat down at the table. "So is that why you two were yelling like that this morning?"
Reki sighed, "I tried to stop her. She always ends up complaining about how much work she has to do there and then when she finally has a day off she wants to go work. I just don't understand her."
"You shouldn't complain about what Kana wants to do with her time. You usually prefer it when she's not around, am I right?" Nemu said this while eating her breakfast, not taking her eyes off the plate. Reki, who had her mouth full, couldn't retaliate against the comment without humiliating herself, so she just stayed silent. Rakka and Hikara laughed.
After they finished their breakfast, Reki and Nemu went downstairs to help the house mother with the newborns. Hikari decided to stay in the guest room. She sat down on the bed and started knitting some clothing. Rakka didn't feel like doing much, she felt kind of under the weather, so she contented herself with watching the snow fall outside.
"Kuu," she whispered to herself, "I wonder where you are right now..." It was a very cold day, but thankfully the guest room had heating. All the other individual rooms didn't have any heating, or electricity for that matter. Rakka was playing around with the idea of sleeping in the guest room that night when she thought she saw something outside. She looked at the clock and saw that it was three O'clock.
"Hikari?"
"Yes?" Hikari stopped what she was making and looked up. Rakka could see that the sweater she was making was almost complete.
"Have I just been staring out the window this whole time?"
"Yes, I didn't want to disturb you, I'm sorry." Hikari waited for an answer, but when Rakka didn't reply she turned back to her knitting.
Rakka thought for a moment, she didn't feel like staying inside like this all day, so she got up and started putting her winter clothing on again.
"Are you leaving," Hikari asked? "Then would you mind just telling Reki that I would be glad to make the meal tonight."
"Okay," Rakka said, "is there anything else?" After Hikari shook her head, Rakka left to go downstairs. She stopped quickly downstairs and found Reki being pestered by the young kids.
"Reki? I just wanted to tell you that Hikari will make supper tonight. Is that okay with you?"
Rekki turned around and told then kids off firmly so she could talk to Rakka. "Yes, you don't need to ask my permission for cooking, Hikari works at the bakery, she should have something good for us tonight...I hope it's not something cold though." Reki laughed, but then noticed that Rakka was already leaving. "Rakka!"
Rakka turned around, "what?"
"You're leaving already? I thought you would help me out with these kids. What are you going to do outside?"
Rakka didn't have an answer to that herself, but she felt as if she should be doing something. "Reki...um, I'm just going to go for a walk. I've been inside all day."
"Oh! Okay then, but I suggest you do not leave old home, it's absolutely freezing out there. Kana wasn't thinking when she left like that this morning. If she ends up half dead when she gets back it will be on her own head."
"Okay Reki. Thank you." Reki watched as Rakka left the room, she was left with an uncomfortable feeling that something was wrong.
Rakka thought she had gone a lot farther than it looked. Outside old home, everything was white. She couldn't see far enough to see the wind turbines, this was the worst storm it had been since she had emerged in this town. By the time she reached the village, she was extremely cold and went straight to the small restaurant that she usually went to. Inside it wasn't much warmer, the owner was wearing a long brown coat that made him look twice as big as he actually was.
"My, my. What's this, a young Haibane outside on a day like today?" The owners face couldn't be read easily, but his voice was passionate and caring.
"Can I just have something warm please?" Rakka sat down at one of the tables in the back, not even noticing that the whole restaurant was empty.
"Here, you shouldn't come outside just for a walk on a day like today. I haven't seen a storm this bad for a while now," he said while handing her a hot water bottle. She gladly accepted it. She took off her wing covers and rested the water bottle on her back between her wings.
"Is there anything you would like?"
Rakka shook her head, "can I just lie her for awhile please?"
"No problem, nobody except one other Haibane had come in her today at all. I always thought that you Haibane were the most affected by the cold too!" He strolled away into the kitchen, leaving Rakka to her thoughts. Kana was already here that means, she thought to herself.
She rested inside the restaurant warming herself for a little while until she noticed that the inside of the restaurant had gotten hotter. At that moment the owner came back out of the kitchen and set down a bowl of warm soup in front of her.
"I didn't ask for anything though," she said, looking at the soup.
"It's on me, I wanted to save some energy today by turning the heat off, since nobody was here. But now that you're here, this place should be kept warm."
"But..." Rakka shook her head, "I didn't bring my notebook with me, I can't pay you for this." She knew what he was going to say even before he said it:
"I already said, it's on me. I don't want you to become sick, so please rest up and get on your way when you're nice and warm." With that, he went over to the counter and busied himself with some charts.
Rakka was uncomfortable accepting food for free, but she was glad to have something to warm her up after the cold walk. After she finished her soup, she looked over at the owner and caught his eye. "Thank you very much, for the food."
"You're welcome, have a safe trip now," he responded when she put her coat and wing covers back on.
"Uh," Rakka asked before leaving the restaurant, "did you do this for me just because I'm a Haibane?" The owner looked at her, his face neutral. He thought for a few moments before responding:
"I would try and help anyone unlucky enough to be caught outside on a day like today." He smiled warmly at her.
"Okay, thank you again," she replied and walked back out into the bitter cold. She thought the wind would have at least died down, but it only seemed to have become stronger.
Rakka felt as if she had accomplished what she had to do today by going outside, so she decided to head back to old home. She didn't want to be caught outside after dark. She had only left the shelter off the last house of the village when she spotted something in the distance. The wind was much stronger out of the shelter of the village, so she cupped her hands over her eyes. There seemed to be something dark on the path a few meters in front of her.
She wasn't quite sure what it was, but she didn't think anything of it until she had come up right in front of the object. She gasped when she looked down to see what it was. "Oh no! KANA!" Rakka shouted.
Kana was lying on the ground face first, almost completely covered by snow underneath the darkening skies.
---Winter in Old Home, Haibane Renmei---Part 1---
Rakka awoke from her sleep from the cold air inside her room. Shivering, she got out of bed and wrapped the comforters around her to protect herself from the cold. She didn't feel like doing anything today, but it wouldn't be any better to spend the day in bed. At that moment she heard yelling outside. Curious, she lifted herself off her bed and went over to her window to see what it was.
Outside, it looked to her as if Reki and Kana were having an argument. Rakka unlocked and pushed her window open to try and hear, but immediately regretted it. A blast off cold air shot into the room, making it even colder than before.
"I have work you know Reki, I can't just stand around baby sitting all day!"
"Your job doesn't matter. Today is the coldest we've ever had, do you think that your master will even open up the shop in such weather as this?!" Reki was yelling at the top of her lungs for Kana to hear her. It was snowing hard and Kana was still trying to get into the city.
"I SAID WAIT!" Cried Reki, but Kana was already too far to hear her. "Dammit." She cursed loud enough for Rakka to hear.
Rakka closed her window and pulled on her dress, carefully making sure her wings didn't get caught in it. After she put on her shoes she wrapped her winter coat around her. Before she exited her room, she slipped her wing covers on to protect her wings from the cold. She ran down the hallways and into the courtyard just in time to meet up with Reki.
"Reki!" Cried Rakka, muffled by the wind.
"Oh! You're up Rakka? Quick, let's get inside before we get frostbite out here.
When the two Haibane got inside they went straight to the guest room where they met everyone else. Nemu and Hikari were sitting at the table, waiting for them.
Hikari saw Rakka and Reki enter the room and asked, "did Kana really leave for work in this weather?!"
Reki tore off her wing covers and coat and sat down at the table. "Ahhh, this is better, it's so cold outside. I don't think we'll be doing much today. Kana is going too far for her job, she'll probably end up getting there and being sent back for a day off!" At this she lit a cigarette for herself and slouched a bit in her chair.
Rakka sat down at the table. "So is that why you two were yelling like that this morning?"
Reki sighed, "I tried to stop her. She always ends up complaining about how much work she has to do there and then when she finally has a day off she wants to go work. I just don't understand her."
"You shouldn't complain about what Kana wants to do with her time. You usually prefer it when she's not around, am I right?" Nemu said this while eating her breakfast, not taking her eyes off the plate. Reki, who had her mouth full, couldn't retaliate against the comment without humiliating herself, so she just stayed silent. Rakka and Hikara laughed.
After they finished their breakfast, Reki and Nemu went downstairs to help the house mother with the newborns. Hikari decided to stay in the guest room. She sat down on the bed and started knitting some clothing. Rakka didn't feel like doing much, she felt kind of under the weather, so she contented herself with watching the snow fall outside.
"Kuu," she whispered to herself, "I wonder where you are right now..." It was a very cold day, but thankfully the guest room had heating. All the other individual rooms didn't have any heating, or electricity for that matter. Rakka was playing around with the idea of sleeping in the guest room that night when she thought she saw something outside. She looked at the clock and saw that it was three O'clock.
"Hikari?"
"Yes?" Hikari stopped what she was making and looked up. Rakka could see that the sweater she was making was almost complete.
"Have I just been staring out the window this whole time?"
"Yes, I didn't want to disturb you, I'm sorry." Hikari waited for an answer, but when Rakka didn't reply she turned back to her knitting.
Rakka thought for a moment, she didn't feel like staying inside like this all day, so she got up and started putting her winter clothing on again.
"Are you leaving," Hikari asked? "Then would you mind just telling Reki that I would be glad to make the meal tonight."
"Okay," Rakka said, "is there anything else?" After Hikari shook her head, Rakka left to go downstairs. She stopped quickly downstairs and found Reki being pestered by the young kids.
"Reki? I just wanted to tell you that Hikari will make supper tonight. Is that okay with you?"
Rekki turned around and told then kids off firmly so she could talk to Rakka. "Yes, you don't need to ask my permission for cooking, Hikari works at the bakery, she should have something good for us tonight...I hope it's not something cold though." Reki laughed, but then noticed that Rakka was already leaving. "Rakka!"
Rakka turned around, "what?"
"You're leaving already? I thought you would help me out with these kids. What are you going to do outside?"
Rakka didn't have an answer to that herself, but she felt as if she should be doing something. "Reki...um, I'm just going to go for a walk. I've been inside all day."
"Oh! Okay then, but I suggest you do not leave old home, it's absolutely freezing out there. Kana wasn't thinking when she left like that this morning. If she ends up half dead when she gets back it will be on her own head."
"Okay Reki. Thank you." Reki watched as Rakka left the room, she was left with an uncomfortable feeling that something was wrong.
Rakka thought she had gone a lot farther than it looked. Outside old home, everything was white. She couldn't see far enough to see the wind turbines, this was the worst storm it had been since she had emerged in this town. By the time she reached the village, she was extremely cold and went straight to the small restaurant that she usually went to. Inside it wasn't much warmer, the owner was wearing a long brown coat that made him look twice as big as he actually was.
"My, my. What's this, a young Haibane outside on a day like today?" The owners face couldn't be read easily, but his voice was passionate and caring.
"Can I just have something warm please?" Rakka sat down at one of the tables in the back, not even noticing that the whole restaurant was empty.
"Here, you shouldn't come outside just for a walk on a day like today. I haven't seen a storm this bad for a while now," he said while handing her a hot water bottle. She gladly accepted it. She took off her wing covers and rested the water bottle on her back between her wings.
"Is there anything you would like?"
Rakka shook her head, "can I just lie her for awhile please?"
"No problem, nobody except one other Haibane had come in her today at all. I always thought that you Haibane were the most affected by the cold too!" He strolled away into the kitchen, leaving Rakka to her thoughts. Kana was already here that means, she thought to herself.
She rested inside the restaurant warming herself for a little while until she noticed that the inside of the restaurant had gotten hotter. At that moment the owner came back out of the kitchen and set down a bowl of warm soup in front of her.
"I didn't ask for anything though," she said, looking at the soup.
"It's on me, I wanted to save some energy today by turning the heat off, since nobody was here. But now that you're here, this place should be kept warm."
"But..." Rakka shook her head, "I didn't bring my notebook with me, I can't pay you for this." She knew what he was going to say even before he said it:
"I already said, it's on me. I don't want you to become sick, so please rest up and get on your way when you're nice and warm." With that, he went over to the counter and busied himself with some charts.
Rakka was uncomfortable accepting food for free, but she was glad to have something to warm her up after the cold walk. After she finished her soup, she looked over at the owner and caught his eye. "Thank you very much, for the food."
"You're welcome, have a safe trip now," he responded when she put her coat and wing covers back on.
"Uh," Rakka asked before leaving the restaurant, "did you do this for me just because I'm a Haibane?" The owner looked at her, his face neutral. He thought for a few moments before responding:
"I would try and help anyone unlucky enough to be caught outside on a day like today." He smiled warmly at her.
"Okay, thank you again," she replied and walked back out into the bitter cold. She thought the wind would have at least died down, but it only seemed to have become stronger.
Rakka felt as if she had accomplished what she had to do today by going outside, so she decided to head back to old home. She didn't want to be caught outside after dark. She had only left the shelter off the last house of the village when she spotted something in the distance. The wind was much stronger out of the shelter of the village, so she cupped her hands over her eyes. There seemed to be something dark on the path a few meters in front of her.
She wasn't quite sure what it was, but she didn't think anything of it until she had come up right in front of the object. She gasped when she looked down to see what it was. "Oh no! KANA!" Rakka shouted.
Kana was lying on the ground face first, almost completely covered by snow underneath the darkening skies.