Ch. 8 In the Morning
A/N: Sorry for the late update… with all these other stories I'm working on, I forgot about this story… I'll try to update at least two chapters before school starts again. Anyway, please R&R and enjoy!
Disclaimer: Because I'm getting sick of retyping it, please look at the previous chapter's. Besides, I'm sure everyone knows the disclaimers…
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Hisana eventually stopped crying. 'Got to go back to the hut before the children wake.' Rising to meet the sunrise, she distractedly thought, 'Pretty…' Then, she turned to dash back to the hut.
Beginning to wash her tear-stained face, her thoughts returned to her dream. Hesitantly, Hisana reached to touch her arm. It wasn't injured in any way. 'Thank God.' Hisana dried her face and hands and began to make a meager breakfast for herself and the children, once they woke up.
'But there's no way Kuchiki-taichou would love me. Right? Right. Besides, it's impossible for a commoner to marry a noble, no matter what. So it's hopeless… But I still love him…'
"Hisana-onee-chan?" Yuriki had woken up while Hisana was lost in her thoughts and was tugging at her worn out yukata hem. "Are you ok?"
Hisana bent down to be eye level to the young boy. "Why, do I look sad to you, Yuriki-kun?"
Yuriki looked a little hesitant before he spoke. "Onee-chan, you had a sad look on your face." He arranged his facial expression to mimic Hisana's face as he remembered it. "Like this."
The little boy's imitation was as follows: sad eyes and a pout. While Hisana hadn't pouted, her eyes did betray an inexpressible sadness. But Yuriki's imitation was so cute that she couldn't help but abandon that sadness and smile with both mouth and eyes.
"Oh, Yuriki-kun." Hisana ruffled his brownish-blond hair affectionately. "Onee-chan's not sad because I'm with you and the others! So don't get upset, mm?"
At her words, Yuriki cheered up. "Ok!"
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Byakuya resented his paperwork. Unfortunately, another towering stack found a way to his desk. He grudgingly picked up a pen and began signing the papers.
"I'm sorry for all this extra work, taichou. Shiba-fukutaichou and Ukitake-taichou are both feeling ill and you don't know how bothersome 4th Seats Sentaro and Kiyone can be. Of course there's 3rd Seat Miyako-san to do the work, but Yamamoto-sou-taichou asked us to also help 13th Division," explained Sakihama apologetically. "I'm deeply sorry."
'Why 6th Division? Surely Kyouraku would agree to this… Yet again… he wouldn't.' 'I understand. Thank you."
'Really, all I want to do is see Hisana again.' Sign paper. Grab another. Sign. Grab. Byakuya's hands formed its own automatic process. 'I really, really would like to see Hisana and make sure she's not injured like that dream.' Sign. Grab. Sign. Grab.
Sakihama observed her taichou carefully. 'He seems to be under some stress or something.' "Umm… Kuchiki-taichou, pardon my asking, are you under stress?"
"No."
"Oh. It seemed as if you were… I'm sorry…" Sakihama turned to her own stack of paperwork. 'This will take a while. God, I hate paperwork…if only it didn't exist.' Sighing, she picked up a piece of paper and a pen, and she began to sign.
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How was this chapter? It's the aftermath of the dream… which was the same with different points of views! Well, anyway, I hope you liked it… again I'm sorry for the late update… Please R&R
Love always
hisanachan
