Absurdly clean. The sickening smell of industrial strength cleaner invaded her nostrils. The young, short silver haired girl sat before a woman, long unruly straight black hair, her beauty striking. It was easy to see where the girl got her own graceful features. Her right hand straightened the older woman's hair, anyone else would have stirred at the touch and yet no such signs of life were to be seen. The girl's solemn magenta gaze took in every feature.
"Good Morning, Mama." She cleared her throat, blinking quickly to force her tears away. Walking over to the window, she picked up a petite red vase on the windowsill a fresh lone small faced sunflower.
"Towa... What brings you here?" Turning in the direction of the voice, She looked on to see her father, navy blue suit and tie, a disposable cup of horrid hospital coffee in hand. His long silver tresses gathered into a high ponytail, cold golden eyes trained on his daughter.
"I-I wanted to see her, before I had to go to school, Father..." He sat the cup onto the bedside table and sighed.
"Go." The menacing aura emanating from his person was enough to get Towa to high tail it out of the room. She didn't chance a look over her shoulder, had she, Towa would have seen him, pressing the back of her mother's hand against his forhead, her name just a pleading whisper. "...Rin..."
Towa, now out of breath after running down three flights of stairs, doubled over. A hand outstretched with a cool bottle of water. "I don't know why you insist on coming in the morning, you know how he is."
"I just wanted to see her, Setsuna." She sighed bringing the bottle up to her lips. Of course she knew it was foolish, Father despised them... He blamed us for the current situation. But she couldn't even hate her own father for how he felt.
Setsuna gripped her twin's hand, squeezing it reassuringly. Both lost in thought, had found themselves in front of their school, a prestigious all girl's academy. "See you at lunch, Sister?"
Towa smiled. "Yes."
"Mama, you won't believe the good news." Towa beamed, "Setsuna made first chair!"
'That's amazing, sweetheart.' The sun shone into the dreary hospital room. Although her mother laid before her she imagined the kind hearted woman sitting up, her hands clapped together, with a smile to match her daughters.
"The instructor was blown away by her talent, it was really nice of Moe-Mama to teach her how to play." Towa laid a hand on her mother's and squeezed. Everyday it was becoming harder and harder to come by her mother's side, Other than her father, she was the only one to come see her. Setsuna hasn't been able to take a step into the building since then. She cleared her throat, "Oh, I joined the kendo team, they just have me cleaning the equipment right now, but I hope to be able to join in on the training soon."
Her phone sprung to life, ah, it must be that time. Towa gathered her items, gave her mother a quick kiss on the cheek and made her way home. The night air was crisp, and cool a sign that winter was approaching, what a day to forget her coat. Rubbing her arms she ran to the apartment as fast as she could. The only sound in her ears, thrumming of her heart and heavy breath. Upon opening the door she was accosted by a small figure.
"Sis" The little hands gripped her shirt, "What took you so long? I thought we were gonna play as soon as I got home."
"I'm sorry, Mei, I must've forgot." Towa pet the top of her sibling's head, who was currently going full puppy pout mode. "What would you like to play?" Ten hands of Uno and one grueling game of Monopoly had Towa rusting her hair and groaning in frustration. "How? Tell me your secrets!"
"Never!"
"Girls, come wash up, dinner is ready." An older gentleman popped his head into the living room. The two replied in unison, cleaning their mess, and heading in the direction of the delectable scent.
Everyone gathered around the dinner table, Souta at the head of the table, his wife to the right with Towa and Mei sitting opposite of their Moe. Grilled mackerel, fresh pickled daikon, and bowls of rice were all set for each person, a extra big portion was set aside for Towa.
"How was school?" Souta took a big drink from his water. Mei practically jumped out of her seat she was so excited to share her day, about how her and her friends drew flowers outside for their art class, the different things they had learned. Towa internally sighed in relief, grateful the little one turned the conversation in her direction. She was ripped out of her thoughts by Souta.
"How about you, Towa? How was school?"
She shrugged, hitting her chest a little as a bit of food had gotten stuck in her throat momentarily. "It was fine, Souta-Papa."
"Just fine?" Souta let the subject go after her nod, if it was important she would bring it up with him. Souta could see she was uncomfortable and decided to change the subject to something a less insignificant.
"Thank you for the meal." Towa gathered her empty plates quietly, placing them in the sink. With a bow of the head she walked to her room and laid in bed hugging her pillow. 'Father...'
"Ma-Mama? Papa?" Little Towa woke up startled, her whole body ached, her bottom lip quivered. What are all these machines, god that smell? She covered her ears, the constant beeping of the heart monitor hurting her ears. "MAMA! PAPA!"
A loud thump sounded against the outside of her room. Rustling, someone screaming, She walked slowly to the door, the familiar cadence of her father's voice, but the tone... it scared her. "I said FIX HER!" She opened the door a crack to see her father holding the doctor by the collar of his shirt, up against the wall, the nurses just a few feet from them both trying not to agitate him further.
"I-It's as I said sir! Everything went well in surgery, we don't know why your wife isn't waking up now." Sesshomaru had his hand in the air as if ready to punch the incompetent man before him.
"P-Papa?" She asked in a small voice, his head whipped around, the pure unadulterated rage unleashed on poor young Towa.
She shot up breathing heavily, her clothes and sheets covered in sweat. Her eyes wide with fear, she closed them tight. 'It's okay... we're fine now. I-I'm okay...'