The girl laughed from the top branches as the boy in front of her struggled to climb the tree.
"What is it Yoshimori? Do you want some help" she asked tauntingly, aware that it was only a matter of time before he gave up and would begin to beg for her help but instead of bursting out crying like he usually did, he continued climbing, ignoring her comment. Finally after several minutes of watching him climb Yoshimori pulled himself up onto the branch she was sitting on, panting but visually proud of his success. Smiling he scooted along next to her on the branch.
"Did you see that Tokine?!" he exclaimed excitedly "I managed to climb up completely on my own"
"It's nice that you could do it I guess but don't you think it's a bit too much to brag when you've only ever managed it once?" she asked, but then quickly realised her mistake. "Wait Yoshimori, I didn't mean it li-" she then stopped in mid sentence when she noticed that he didn't look upset or anything, it was strange, since he normally couldn't take that sort of comment with out bursting into tears.
"Maybe Tokine's right…" mused the boy "I need catch up with you on a lot of things!" he said, glancing for a second at Tokine's bandaged hand for a few seconds before quickly looking away. "It would be bad if I kept dragging you down all the time…" he said, his eyes once again wondering over her bandaged hand. Noticing this, she shoved her hand into her pocket, not wanting him to feel anymore guilty then he already did.
"Catch up huh…I don't know if that's even possible for you, I'm so far ahead that even if you trained for a thousand years you'd never be able to match my skill" she said, laughing at the strange expression on his face that had come as a result of her teasing.
Suddenly standing up with a fierce expression on his face, Yoshimori began speaking "I don't care if it take two thousand years one day I'll definitely by of use to Tokine!" he said, absentmindedly taking a step off the branch he began to fall, though he descent was quickly stopped when Tokine reached out and grabbed him hand, pulling him up, she smiled him.
"Better make it three thousand"
Tokine's alarm clock rang, she reached out and turned off the alarm. It was 7pm and time for her to get to work, as she was getting ready she thought of the memories of her dream, still clear inside of her head. Briefly wondering what it was that had caused her to recall that scene from all those years ago…
Picking up her Shakujo she headed out her door, wondering if Yoshimori had baked another one of those delicious cakes for her. It was an annoying but truthful fact, she thought as she stepped outside, that it hadn't taken him three thousand years or even a thousand, it had turned out that the cute little brat had caught up in just six years instead.
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It's super short, I admit but I think I'm pretty satisfied with how it turned out. Writers please unite by well writing more stories for this awesome series.