Hannya wandered past the bamboo and the goldfish ponds to settle amongst the tall, swishing reeds. He dropped backward into the soft clump and put his hands behind his head. Sunshine flowed down onto the earth, birds sung.
Hannya sighed.
Six months already. And he still had only regained his most rudimentary memories. Playing at the beach as a child, falling into a ditch and laughing about it as a young boy, liking okonomiyaki…None of this helped at all. But there was one thing…
Hannya bit his bottom lip and furrowed his brow as he relived the image for the thousandth time:
Him, younger and masked as always, standing in a small group of faceless people, laughing along with a rosy-cheeked little girl as he caught her from falling. Him, giving the child a piggyback ride. Him, tucking her in at night.
That girl.
Hannya sat up suddenly, then, brushing stray grass and dirt from his clothes, stood up and looked at the sky. The cloudless, pure blue sky.
[Pure blue…]
Her eyes were pure blue. Hannya pressed his hand against his forehead and groaned. Why couldn't he remember?? Takamura-san had said that traumatic experiences often resulted in total amnesia, and that, in time, both his body and his mind would be healed. But it had been SIX MONTHS!!!
The sound of wood splintering echoed into the forest as his fist connected with the trunk of an unfortunate tree.
Shaking his head, Hannya headed for work.
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Finished at 10:50(it's 10:51 now) PM (EDT) by Allison Chang, Alias TBOtaku on Friday Night, September 7th, 2,001. =''= Read and review, onegai, minna!! O^^; ^_^V" -TBO~~
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Hannya sighed.
Six months already. And he still had only regained his most rudimentary memories. Playing at the beach as a child, falling into a ditch and laughing about it as a young boy, liking okonomiyaki…None of this helped at all. But there was one thing…
Hannya bit his bottom lip and furrowed his brow as he relived the image for the thousandth time:
Him, younger and masked as always, standing in a small group of faceless people, laughing along with a rosy-cheeked little girl as he caught her from falling. Him, giving the child a piggyback ride. Him, tucking her in at night.
That girl.
Hannya sat up suddenly, then, brushing stray grass and dirt from his clothes, stood up and looked at the sky. The cloudless, pure blue sky.
[Pure blue…]
Her eyes were pure blue. Hannya pressed his hand against his forehead and groaned. Why couldn't he remember?? Takamura-san had said that traumatic experiences often resulted in total amnesia, and that, in time, both his body and his mind would be healed. But it had been SIX MONTHS!!!
The sound of wood splintering echoed into the forest as his fist connected with the trunk of an unfortunate tree.
Shaking his head, Hannya headed for work.
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Finished at 10:50(it's 10:51 now) PM (EDT) by Allison Chang, Alias TBOtaku on Friday Night, September 7th, 2,001. =''= Read and review, onegai, minna!! O^^; ^_^V" -TBO~~
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