Dreamer
-Kitty
Chapter 2: He wears red
"That's a lot of red…," the teacher said, desperately hoping the bubbly little girl didn't turn out to be the type fascinated by blood and death. Kagome turned to beam up at the kindergarten teacher, red crayon in hand.
"Yup! He wears biiiiig red pants and biiiiiiig red shirts!" The child said, stretching out her arms to clarify just how big they were. The older woman seemed relieved and moved to crouch down at the child sized table.
"Who wears big red pants and shirts?" She asked, playing along. The cheerful, bouncy little girl was her favorite and never failed to brighten everyone's day.
"Inu!"
"Inu? Is he your family dog?"
Kagome shook her head vigorously while giggling. She leaned in to the teacher to whisper conspiratorially, "Inu's my dream friend! He has kitty ears and throws me hiiiiiiigh up in the sky and hates when I scream. He's big, and grouchy, and says a lot of bad words!"
The teacher's eyebrows disappeared beneath her bangs as she tried to interpret what the little girl was saying.
"That's… very interesting," she told Kagome, keeping her voice bright despite her confusion, "Why is he so grouchy?"
The young woman had to smile while Kagome's chubby, child's face twisted up to think.
"I dunno!" The little girl exclaimed, before returning to the serious task of capturing "Inu's" grouchiness in art. She eventually traded her red crayon for green in order to illustrate the beautiful green meadow of her dreams and when they all gathered back together to show their pictures, Kagome proudly stood before the class to inform them that she was going to sleep with it in order to show her best friend, Inu, who, by the way, wears red.