A/N: Yaz bish, I AM BACK! Man, I'm so excited for this story! I've been thinking about the plot for so long, and FINALLY I CAN PUBLISH IT XD! But gosh, like always I hope you guys will approve of this! This one will be a romance/drama/supernatural/mystery. Yeee, lots of genres :P But still, I hope you'll like this! PLZ ENJOY THE FIRST CHAPTER ;3
I'm sorry…
I'm so sorry…
Please…forget about me…
Forget me and find happiness…without me…
Ayumi…please…
Waking up surrounded by those colored autumn leaves… I don't remember anything. Or maybe… That crying voice apologizing over and over again is all I can remember. Brushing my hands all over the wet ground with yellow, red and orange leaves, I slowly opened my eyes and tried to focus on a single non-existing object. Where am I…?
I tightly pressed my hand against my forehead the same moment that intense headache hit me. Oh god, my throat! I coughed and covered my mouth, feeling like I was going to throw up at any second. I feel sick…! I breathed heavily over and over again to calm myself, and it gradually seemed to work. I looked down on my body and looked at the white dress with really thin straps that I was wearing. Gosh, no wonder I'm so cold! Looking up at the sky, the sun was barely breaking through the thick layer of clouds. It'll rain soon, I suppose.
I unsteadily rose up on my bare feet and squinted my eyes as I noticed a traditional Japanese estate just a few meters ahead of me. It was incredibly big, similar to a Japanese inn and it looked like those palaces in the ancient Japan. Wait a minute…Have I been here before..? Argh!
I almost fell onto my knees when I once again got hit by a headache. «M-My head!» I groaned out in pain and grasped my hair extremely tightly. The same moment, I heard footsteps coming closer to me.
«Miss! Are you alright?!»
I flinched in surprise as I felt a pair of strong hands grabbing my shoulders. I looked up, only to be met by a pair of dull, green eyes covered by a pair of glasses. His hair was in a shade of dark-blue and he looked quite mysterious, yet there was something about him that made me feel a bit more relaxed.
«Y-Yes... My head just hurt for a bit,» I explained. He knitted his eyebrows together and asked: «You must be freezing. Why are you wearing such thin clothes?» I lowered my eyes to the ground and said: «I…I don't know.»
He loosened his grip on me and asked: «What do you mean?» I folded my hands together and said: «I don't remember…anything.» For some reason, he looked a bit down as if I'd said something unpleasant. «Not even your name?» he asked. My lips parted automatically. I…I remember. «Ayumi…I think,» I answered.
The boy smiled and said: «I'm Sakutaro Morishige. Nice to meet you, Ayumi.» As if someone poked my forehead, I wobbled backwards as I heard his name. Sakutaro Morishige…We kept looking at each other for a while until he offered: «…Would you like to stay with me for a while?»
«H-huh? I wouldn't want to be a bother!» I insisted. He bit his lip, processing what I'd just heard. He thinks that I'll be a bother, doesn't he? After some deep thinking, hes hook his head and almost yelled: «They'll just have to deal with it!»
I jumped at Morishige's loud voice and asked: «They?» «I don't live alone, you see. It's me, my two friends and the head mistress of this estate,» he said. My eyes widened, pointed at the huge estate behind him and stuttered out: «You live..THERE?!» He gently smiled and said: «Correct. It is quite the mansion, don't you think?» I nodded and took my time to just look at it once more.
«Come on, we should hurry,» he said and led me to the porch. I instantly felt insecure coming into the estate. I just woke up with no memories, and now I'm letting this man bring me to his home?! I don't want to admit it, but…I feel so much safer now knowing that I have somewhere to stay until my memories… «hopefully» will come back. I didn't object while he lead me to inside the house.
…
«Oi, Sakutarooo!» I heard coming out of what I assumed was the living room. As we got closer, I noticed a boy around Morishige's age. His hair was brown as well as his eyes and his expression was even frindlier than Morishige's. But as once the boy saw me, his expression turned grim.
«A-….» He stopped talking and just looked at me. And then he looked at Morishige. He sighed an shook his head as if he understood and smiled at me. «So you're the one Sakutaro saved, huh? Nice to meecha!» he said and took my hand. «Oh…Hi. My name is Ayumi,» I said politely. «Satoshi Mochida here!» he said and put his hands on his hips.
Morishige coughed and mumbled: «She appears to have lost her memory.» Satoshi looked up at him and cocked his head to the side as he said: «Is that so…» I pressed my lips together and looked around in the mansion. Why does all this…seem so familiar…? I brushed my bangs back and noticed Satoshi and Morishige mumbling behind my back. I only understood a few words:
«What ***** done? We **** him…»
«I know, I know but ***** she*****Sachiko will****sure!»
«If you just**** a few days, and***»
«What's done****. You tell her and I'll call him.»
«Umm…» I mumbled behind them. Morishige turned to me and said: «Sorry about that. We just had to talk about something.» «Oh, it's okay!» I stuttered out . They looked at each other and turned to me when Satoshi said: «We'll have to talk about the situation to the head mistress Sachiko.» «Then, I should join you,» I said. Satoshi sighed and said: «I…I don't know if that's such a good idea.» «Huh?» I mumbled. Morishige nodded and said: «She's… very rough around the edges and even violent.»
I didn't say anything at his quote. V-Violent… I looked down on my tip toes and didn't even look at Moriswhige when he said: «Just stay here. Excuse us.» Not waiting for my answer, they already went ahead of me. I didn't want to eavesdrop, so I did as they said and stayed where I was.
*22 MINUTES LATER*
I didn't think much about what they said. I just sat down in the corner with my hands wrapped around my knees. I could hear a little girl's voice, talking loudly and even yelling at times. Gosh, my head hurts…! I know, I must have heard that voice before…! With my mind being filled with thoughts, I started thinking about that single memory I have…
The voice…from when I woke up.
The voice that apologized to me with such sadness in his voice. It was a man's voice and I feel such despair when I recall it. I know that it's from the life I had, but the life I don't remember. Distracted by my thouhgts, I jumped as I heard Satoshi and Morishige walking up behind me.
«We're finished,» Morishige said and put his hand on my shoulder from behind. I wrapped my arms tighter around my knees and looked down on the floor. Satoshi looked at me and said: «You don't have to be shy Ayumi! You're free to stay here until you get your memory back.»
«Really?» I asked. He nodded and handed me a pair of clothes. «You should change into these if you don't want to catch a cold,» he said. I took them and smiled in appreciation. «Let me show you your room,» Morishige said and helped me up from the ground. «Ah…Thank you…,» I said and followed him down the hallway.
…
«So…Is there anything else you need?» he asked after showing me my room. It was really big and to my surprise, there was a regular bed there and not a matress on the floor like most japanese inns. «No, this is more than enough. Thank you som much!» I said gratefully. He smiled at me as if to say «Don't mention it.»
«Ayumi…You don't remember your family either?» Morishige asked. I turned to him with a slighty surprised expression. My family…? I started twiddling my thumbs, not knowing how to answer. I could have a family that's waiting for me to come home…
«Sorry…I shouldn't have asked,» he said and fixed his glasses. I sat down on the bed and didn't say anything as he looked at the ceiling. «Oh…One more thing. Dinner will be ready in a few hours. And our other friend who lives here will be home before dinner so you can meet him too,» he said before leaving.
Is this..the right thing? Is it right for me to just move in with these people? Those kind of thoughts haunted me from the time I changed into the dry clothes until a few hours passed. While walking through the hallway, I knew what I needed to do.
…
«Ah, hey Ayumi! Dinner will be ready in a sec!» Satoshi said from the kitchen. A guy that cooks? Oh well, I don't see any servants here. Morishige was sitting down by a table, so I joined him.
«I hope you're hungry,» he said. I nodded and folded my hands together in anticipation. I waited until Satoshi sat down as well after serving something that looked like curry.
«Let's dig in!» he said and rubbed his hands. To be honest, it wasn't that bad. I was hungry anyways, so I would have eaten dirt if that was the only thing they served. But I needed to talk with them. «Hey…» I mumbled. Both of them looked up at me in question. I coughed and said:
«You've been so kind to me…I want to pay you back. If only you two and the other guy are living here, I should become your servant! I can cook, clean and stuff!»
Satoshi's eyes widened in a small shock as well as Morishige's. «We don't need servants. We can do way more than you know,» Morishige said. I raised my eyebrow and asked: «What do you mean…?»
Satoshi smirked and whispered to Morishige: «It's okay to tell her. Sachiko said so…as long as the same thing doesn't happen again.» The same thing…? Morishige sighed, looked at me sincerely and asked: «Do you truly want to know?»
Paralyzed by his intense gaze, my lips were shaking. «Um…I…» He sighed again and looked at the flower vase on the table. «All three of us…have two abilities. One that brings joy, and one…» Before finishing his sentence, he took a hold of one of the flowers in the vase and stared at it. My heart skipped a beat as I saw the flower withering right before my eyes.
«…that brings despair,» he finished.
«Oh my god…» I whimpered out. It just…withered! It was so fresh just now, so how…?! I was extremely surprised, yet…For the hundreth time, I've seen this before! But…Ugh, I don't remember…
«You…You have powers…?» I asked as calmly as I could. Satoshi nodded and explained: «Us three are orphans. Sachiko picked us up and raised us right here. However…she granted us these powers, because…» He stopped and said with a grim look: «I'll tell you another time, actually». I bit my lip and clutched onto my hair. «So…What are they exactly?» I asked. Morishige fixed his galsses and explained:
«Like I said, we have two powers each that are balanced. If I have used the joy-power, I can't use it again until I've used my despair-power once to create balance. Also, our powers are on different levels when it comes to intensity. Satoshi has the least intense, our friend is in the middle and I have the most intense. Do you understand?»
«I…I think…» I said. This is way too much for me… So magic exists!? And why would this Sachiko let them tell me this when I've only just met them?! However, I'm still very curious. «What kind of powers do you have?» I asked shyly.
Satoshi cuckled and answered: «I, the «weakest» can either light up or darken. I could easily create an eclipse, right now actually! Morishige, «the strongest» can either kill or revive…Intense, I know.»
«And…what about your other friend?» I asked hesitantly. Morishige replied: «Ah, right. He can either-…
…
He stopped talking the moment we heard footsteps down the hallway. When they got extremely close, my heart started beating rapidly as I laid my eyes on a tall blonde-haired buy with icy silver eyes that stood right by the doorsill to the kitchen.
He stared straight into my eyes… My head and heart started aching when I saw him for some reason. He's so…angel-like. His hair may be messy and his clothes may be untidy, but… He looks so pure. Just…Who is he and why is he looking at me like that…? Is he shaking? «Hey Yoshiki!» Satoshi said to break the silence.
He stopped looking at me and mumbled: «Yeah, hi…» Morishige coughed and said: «This is the girl I told you about…» Again, he started looking at me. I stood up and mustered up a smile while saying: «Nice to meet you…I'm Ayumi!»
No talking. No handshaking. Nothing. His gaze looked somewhat… forlorn and depressed. He looked down on the floor and said: «I'll go to my room.» I almost felt rejected when he stormed out of the kitchen to his room.
«He's been through hell these past few days…Just give him time,» Satoshi said to comfort me. I just stood there, thinking about my actions. «Did I do something…?» I asked. None of them answered me, much to my confusion. I sighed and sat back down to continue eating.
If only I had my memories…I wouldn't be this confused.
A/N: Alright, chu thinking about the first chapter? Plz review and tell me :3 As always, UNTIL THE NEXT CHAPTER ;3