Born Of The Moon
Chapter VIIII
Memories Of A Feather Forgotten
"So we'll meet you there this afternoon okay?"
"And hurry it up!"
I didn't blame them for rushing me like they were. I had been dragging myself around for the past few weeks after Hitomi
had left. I remembered how the last time she left time hadn't moved. This time it was for me. It was dragging its sorry ass,
that was for sure.
I threw on my loose navy button up shirt over my while muscle shirt and was out the door. Yukari and Amano had noticed
my sudden withdrawal from the world so they had decided to take me out to Tokyo for a day on them. It didn't sound that
thrilling to me but I decided I should at least make an effort.
I waited for Amano and Yukari at Hitomi's father's restaurant. Thank god he wasn't there. After Hitomi had left that night, her parents had held me accountable for whatever had happened. They've been trying to sue me with the disappearance of their daughter ever since, but it's gone no where. I've already been questioned by the police and investigators, and I'm quite sure the other man in the restaurant sitting a few tables behind me is a detective himself. It doesn't bother me though, because the fact is I have nothing to hide. I did nothing wrong, and even though I know what really happened, I wasn't about to explain it all to the police. I had the strangest feeling that her parents know as well, but they just want me out of her life.
"Yuhan." I heard one of the sisters address me. It sounded more like Miyasi. "You've got some guts to come back here. Why are you even here in the first place?"
I looked up and saw Miyasi leaning right in front of me, her blond hair falling over her shoulder, and her skimpy shirt giving me a full view of her barely covered chest. I somehow managed to keep eye contact with her. "Enjoying a nice cup of coffee and waiting for Amano and Yukari."
Her eyes fell lazily and one eyebrow rose. "Sure you are. You should know that if Hitomi's father gets here you can be arrested."
"For what? Drinking a cup of good coffee and giving him some business? That's pretty shallow if you ask me."
She shrugged at me. "It's your decision." She finished as she went to serve another awaiting customer. The clock on the far wall read 2 p.m.. I couldn't understand why Amano and Yukari hadn't shown up yet. They were a half an hour late.
"Yuhan!" I tensed a little as I heard my name being recalled. This time I knew for sure who it was. Her semi-shrill voice had left its impact on me the first night we had met.
"If my husband comes in here and sees you, god only knows what will happen! I suggest that you leave this instant!"
Whatever. Nothing really mattered to me now anyway. The couple hadn't shown and I was bored yet again. "Fine." I left
some money on the table and was on my way. I could feel two sets of eyes watching my departure. One was Hitomi's
mothers, and the other was that man's who was sitting behind my table. Too bad I hadn't got a good look at him before I
left.
The rest of my day was spent walking around Tokyo, trying to find things to keep myself occupied. It wasn't until the
evening that I found myself somewhere where I could rest for a while. It was the last place I had seen Hitomi. The track
field. I felt something pull at me from the inside. I couldn't quite tell what it was, but then I found a long box to be in my
back pocket with my wallet. Sighing, I pulled it out and instantly remembered what it was. The present that Hitomi had
given to me. She told me to open it at a time when I had felt discouraged, right now seemed to fit that description. I really
did miss her a lot. I never realized how important she was to me in my life, until now that she's gone. I've heard the line
'You don't' realize what you have until it's gone'. I've tried hard all my life to make sure that never happened to me. Now it
has, and I wish I never knew the feeling. Then I remembered about the box I still held in my hand.
I sat myself down on a bleacher and studied the box for about five minutes. I mean, there was nothing special about it; it was a box. Big deal. It's what was inside that scared me a little. What would she have left me in this box? It had a lot of importance to her, I knew that much. That she would leave it with me was something different, and I was quite skeptical about finding out what it was. As always, in given time my curiosity got the best of me and I slowly opened it. I could feel some sort of energy when I opened it, but it was unseen. It was overpowering, almost like the feeling love gives you. When I got the nerve to look inside the box, I found its contents to be wrapped in a navy silk cloth. As I removed it, I could see the shining from whatever was being covered with the cloth. When I took in the sight of the ivory feather, I felt that pull again. Now it was more like a tug. I knew now that it had a lot of value to her, even if the particular feather didn't belong to Van in the first place. Something was pulling away at my soul and I couldn't figure out for the life of me what it was. I placed the feather back inside the box without re-wrapping it in the silk cloth it came in.
Leaning back against the cool surface of the metal bleachers, I closed my eyes and let my thoughts waver. I had been doing
that a lot lately. Maybe a little too much. And what did I always find my thoughts drifting towards? Anyone could've
guessed correctly. The girl whom I had lost to a blue pillar of light and a man with angelic wings. Of course I felt a great
amount of joy for her. She was back with the people who loved her, and she loved equally in return. Although, I couldn't
hold back my aching. I had lost one of the most important people in my life. Despite the fact that she probably didn't know
how important she was to me, she had to know that I had and still have a strong amount of feelings for her. I'd always miss
her now that she was gone.
"Yuhan, sweety, are you alright?" My mother greeted me as I entered the door to my old house. I had been spending my
two weeks off with my family in Tokyo. I rarely got to see them, so on my holiday break I'd usually come out to visit them
for a week or so. This time, however, I had reason to stay longer. It was funny actually; my parents only lived a few streets
away from Hitomi's parents. Amazingly, Hitomi and I hadn't met each other by lucky passing by one another some day, but
at the end of the eighth grade for her. I was already into highschool.
I gave my mother a well-forced smile and backed away to my room in the basement.
Hitomi, I hope you're happy, wherever you are now. Know that my prayers will always be with you.
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If you all didn't realize, ta daa, this chapter was on earth and from Yuhan's point of view. I missed him. He missed Hitomi. I had to write this out. And besides, he had to find her gift. I'm thankful for all of my latest reviews everyone! And to CRR, if anyone knows who this is, please inform them that I replaced all my chapters with new documents to see if that would help the problem that they describe of not being able to read past chapter four. I really don't know what the problem could be! I'm trying my best!
Please Review, the rest of you :) You gave me the inspiration to write this chapter out quickly.
