Chapter One:
More than just a House
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It was indescribable. Rin just felt completely indescribable. She could pick out the pain, the loss, and the regret she felt in the pit of her stomach, but anything more would be impossible. She'd never felt so lost before in her life. She could only then, standing in front of her new "house" with her mother and sister, realize the difference between lost and lost. When she was six, she had left her crocheted doll her mother had given her at a market. She'd simply lost her favorite toy. But now, she felt as if she was in a sea of unknown, suddenly snatched away from her old, happy life. Yes, now she realized she was truly lost.
"It's beautiful, Rin!" Rin tried to fake a happy smile for her mother as they walked up the cobble stone steps to their new house, she would refuse to call it a home.
As they walked further along the steps Rin could finally see the dark blue of the ocean, right behind their house. Nobody was there; it wasn't as crowded like she imagined all of New York. Rin was surprised to see there actually was one house near theirs. It looked much newer than the two story, brick home she would be living in.
Rin had nearly tripped over her mother when she'd suddenly stopped at the front door. Rin's mother excitedly fumbled with the key and the small baby in her other arm before finally being able to unlock the door. It let out a load creaking sound as if it hadn't been opened in decades, and it probably hadn't.
Rin's mother stepped inside first before making an awestruck gasp as she looked around the room. Rin felt luck she didn't have asthma, with all the dust floating around and such. Through the fairly thick clouds of dust Rin could make out that the house was indeed fully furnished from the previous owners, and even included dishes and cooking utensils in the little kitchen.
"This is… amazing." Rin could see her mother near tears, most likely from the reasons they did move. Despite that she missed her small, one bedroom home in Berlin, she knew that the house meant so much more to her mother than she could even imagine and she was grateful for that. Even Neru seemed so upbeat and happy with a big grin on her puffy cheeks.
Rin's mother wasted no time in exploring every detail of the house, still in an exhilarated mood. Rin, however, had another idea on how she'd spend her first day there after almost a month of preparation and travel. "Mother?" Rin called. Her mother turned around with Neru still in her frail arms. "Yes, Rinny?" She asked with a smile that almost made Rin feel absolutely horrible for hating her house.
"May I go outside?" Rin's mother gave short "sure" and got back to cleaning and searching.
Rin wasted no time to head out of the door and to the vast wheat fields she'd seen around the house.
A/N: This story has so far turned out to be boring but I only wrote this for the last/next chapter. XD
Anyway, thank you for reading~
