Title: 003 – Funeral
Author: schyra
Rating: ?
Pairings/Characters: Cattleya, Haru
Warnings: ...Vague.
Summary: The dark, damp earth and the quiet rumble of the sky.
Author's Note: Bahahahahha. Arghs. I HAD TO REWRITE THIS ONE GODDAMN IT. A
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003 – Funeral
The dark, damp earth and the quiet rumble of the sky.
It is his mother's funeral and he is dead.
The feeling of dying.
He remembers being dumb, mute, deaf. The cold and clamminess, and the feeling of being numb.
Genma had placed a hand on his shoulder, trying to give some comfort. It felt strange. It confused him. He did not know what to do with it. Now, what was to be done?
It was on everybody's shoulders and lips. He understood by their whispers and mutterings, and didn't really : someone had died.
Cattleya is absolutely howling. She puts her face in her hands and screams and cries and cries. She rages. She is terribly upset. She hugs Haru to her and doesn't let go. He's my brother. He's mine, we're together.
I WON'T LET ANYONE TAKE HIM AWAY FROM ME.
Why won't everybody just leave us alone?
The world splintering and shattering like glass butterflies in his hands.
He is standing in the rain, and looking at the wooden coffin that encases a woman he loved. The memory of warmth, of gentle laughter and loving hands is brought to him on a breeze. The weather is solemn, gloomy. The earth is wet and dark, and the clouds lie low, heavy with clouds that sprinkle light rain over everything. It makes him want to cry.
He can't really remember her now.
He couldn't really remember her back then.
She was always vague, just a comforting scent and warmth and love, and smiles. And loneliness, and worry and being sad. People who walked away and never looked back. Cattleya's tears in the rain.
He remembers it as a cold memory. He treasures it, as her death becomes a part of him so deep he can't even begin to trace its roots.
He doesn't feel like crying anymore.
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END.