Title: Simple Words
Word: Figment
Kaoru sat in the auditorium listening to the guest speaker drone on and on about gods only knew what. This has been going on for about an hour already. At first it had been okay, but after a few minutes this guy just started to drabble on and on and on and on...He sat with his arm on the arm rest and his chin in his palm. If only Hikaru were here. His brother had been sent off some where by one of their teachers and had yet to return.
"Oh!"
Kaoru looked down to see that a small round object had rolled from the aisle behind him, to his feet. He bent down and picked it up, the object felt rather heavy in his palm. He turned around to give it to the person that had lost it but seemed to pause as he took in the person behind him. It was a girl with dark curls, green eyes and dressed in a kimono similar to those worn by a geisha. But this girl, she didn't look quite like one.
"Thank you," The girl said quietly as she took the object from his out streched hand. She gave him a small smile and then pointed to the front of the auditorium where the stage was located. He nodded and then turned back just as the man ended his seemingly endless speech and placed the microphone on the stand. As everyone stood up Kaoru quickly got up and turned around to find that the girl's seat was now empty.
He tapped the shoulder of a boy that had been sitting in the seat next to hers and asked if he had seen where she had gone.
"Girl? That seat was empty through the whole presentation."
When Kaoru asked another person that had been sitting in that row as well he got the same response. There had been no one sitting in the seat behind him. When Kaoru looked back at the seat he found a small black box with a cherry blossom sitting on top. He looked around to see the last of the people leaving before picking up the box and opening it. Inside was the round object that the girl had dropped, and it was only now that he really got a chance to look at it. It was a round object, flat on one end, green and with gold letters circling around it. The gold letters formed the name Tamika.
What amazed him was that after he had read her name, he found that the object opened to reveal a gold oval locket. Inside were two black and white pictures. One of a small child, a boy. The other picture show a couple, the woman was the girl he had seen sitting behind him dressed in the same kimono, and next to her...was him but dressed in western clothing and looking slightly more mature. Upon seeing himself in the picture, he felt a chill run down his spine and sensed that someone was watching him. He turned around to find Tamika leaning on the back of the seat, cheek laying on her palm, smiling at him. Kaoru reached out a hand to touch her, to reassure himself of what he was really seeing but Tamika held up a hand, still smiling, and made a gesture that meant goodbye before she disappeared right in front of him.
Kaoru stayed staring at the place Tamika had disappeared from when suddenly some one grabbed his shoulder startling him.
"Come on," Hikaru said as he led him out of the auditorium. "We've got to get to the host club."
"Okay, just let me get my book bag first. I'll meet you there."
Hikaru only shrugged and left as Kaoru made his way back to his seat to grab his things. He heard the soft melody of a piano begin to play and he looked up at the stage to see Tamika dancing by herself, twirling and laughing. He smiled as he grabbed his bag and made his way to the entrance. Before closing the door to the auditorium as he left, Kaoru looked back at the stage where Tamika still dance. Only now, she was joined by a man holding a child in his arms who immediatly held out his arms for Tamika to pick him up. He silently watched as the three danced to the music of the unseen piano before closing the door and heading towards the third music room.
