Dragon Sword
Chapter 2: Starry Night
Today I set off to Orushonen Orphanage, my childhood friend Yuri's home. We would usually go back and forth from my house, to his home, or to the park. As I neared the mid-sized building Yuri opened the door and greeted me with the usual half smile.
"What took you so long?" Yuri said jokingly.
I chuckled slightly. "I had to wait since my mom baked us this!"
I threw a small package to Yuri and of course, he caught it with ease.
Yuri opened the package and once he saw what was inside his jaw dropped in surprise.
"Star Berry? Man, I missed these! It's been almost a month since I've last had one! Tell your mom that I give her my gratitude!" Yuri said with excitement.
I laughed at Yuri's reaction, although I predicted he would react just like that.
Star Berry is basically sweet bread with tasty, ripe berries in them. It was actually my idea in the first place because I love to cook and I thought I could bake something that Yuri, the other children, and I could eat while I was visiting Yuri at the Orphanage. My first and only attempt ending in burnt failure. I told my mother about the incident and she just laughed, patted me on the head, and set me off to the park. I was in deep shock and amazement when I came back since my mother actually baked some herself! She let us Yuri and I try it first since it was my idea and I could've sworn both our taste buds danced 'til they exploded! Ever since she's been making us some at least ever 2 weeks. We decided from then on that it'd be called Star Berry since I loved the stars and well, it had berries in it!
After we ate our Star Bread we plopped onto the soft grass and were silent for a long time to savor the satisfying feeling of eating the Star Berry. Soon later the silence was broken by Yuri which completely off guard.
"Hey, Toramatsu. What do you want to be when you grow up?"
"Excuse me? Oh. Hm…. I'm not sure…" I thought for a moment, "I've considered being like my Father."
The second I said the word "Father" I started to drift off.
The fact is my Father died when I was young and my Mother raised me alone since then. The police say that he committed suicide but I do not and will not ever believe that! My Father was a great man, defiantly a role model to many, especially me. He was a police officer but later quit to become a scientist for our government. My Father co-workers even claimed that he was too smart for this type of work and should advance farther but he chose not to. He loved his job and I respected him significantly for many reasons, finding a job that helped us financially and that he enjoyed and worked hard on was one of them. He went on a business trip a while after he became a scientist with one of his long known department friends. The police say that he jumped off a 12 story building to his death but I have not ever believed it. My Father was better than that and he would not ever leave us! …Not ever…. I really hate talking about that, even thinking about it, even now. Yuri says I became traumatized by his death but I've recovered very well… I can't remember much from then… I guess I was traumatized…
When I came back to reality I just looked up laughing and said,
"I'll probably be a police officer, since I'm not smart enough to be any scientist!"
Yuri has a somewhat similar story since both his parents died yet no one knows how or why. Yuri keeps saying that he got over it but I don't believe him. I could always tell what Yuri really meant or if he was lying without even having to look at him. Plus he would sometimes have nightmares of what could've happened to his parents when he went to my house to sleep over or even when I went to sleep over at the Orphanage since they knew me for a long time and I was trusted. I would always wake him up to end his slumber suffering by pretending that I was going to get a glass of water and I accidentally hit him or something.
Yuri just chuckled at my answer and look up at the clouds.
"I want to learn Jiu-Jitsu or maybe even Kung Fu! I've seen many people like that!" He said excitedly.
"Maybe you could teach me one day so I have an asset when I'm against a criminal, disarmed." I said smiling.
We kept that into our minds until we drifted off into a deep slumber.
Later that night I awoke to Yuri's struggle. He was having another one of his nightmares. This time I began to shake him by the shoulder.
"Yuri! Yuri! Come on, wake up! Yuri!" I quickly said.
"Huh?" Yuri thought a moment. "What….?"
"You were having another nightmare. Are you okay?"
There was something about Yuri's current expression that just…. sent a chill down my spine. I never saw him like this before. That Nightmare must have been extremely nerve-wrecking for him.
"I'm fine… Thanks." Yuri replied.
Minutes later the sun rose with nothing but the sound of the wind blowing the leaves. ‡
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