Runa moved to her side and groaned she shifted again trying to find the
warmth from earlier only to find it missing. Slowly she opened her eyes
adjusting to the soft light that was streaming in though the window. She
blinked a couple times till the room came into focus before she sat up.
"Doko-"
"You're in your old room, sister."
"Evie?"
"I am glad to see you are fine and even more so to see you have not left me alone, again." She whispered her head bowed down shielding her tears from her younger sister.
Runa's eyes widen in surprise at her sister's show of emotion.
"Again? Oh Evie, Gomen nasai."
She whispered as she got up and hugged her older sister. The two stayed like that for a moment before Evie pulled away to look at her younger sister.
"Why did you leave?"
Runa knew she wanted to say me at the end.
" I wasn't thinking about anything except that I had to get away from here. I do not wish to marry some stranger, someone I haven't even met that I don't even know. I didn't mean to hurt you in the process, and if I did then I am sorry."
Evie hugged her once more before pulling back and staring at her.
'Doesn't know him? But she does know him what is she talking about?'
"But Runa I don't understand, you-"
"Excuse me for interrupting but you are wanted on the phone Lady Evie."
"Thank you Betty."
Runa watched her sister get up and walk out of the room while she was left alone to think about what had happened. She gazed around the room a smile forming on her lips. The room had not changed since she had left, it seems as though she had never left in the first place.
With a grin on her face she gets up and walks over to the closet and opens it up. Her eyes alight with mischief she kneels down and starts to dig through the boxes and clothes until she shouts a happy 'yes' and pulls out a medium sized wooden chest.
"Wow, it's still here. I would have though that Betty would have tossed it out."
Sitting back on her feet she opens the chest her smile widening when she sees the contents are still inside and intact.
Evie places the phone down and turns towards her Grandmother's room to tell her the news.
"Grandmother."
"."
"They want the meeting for this afternoon. They are tired of waiting asking us to stop wasting their time otherwise they will cancel the deal no matter who made it."
"Very well. Please get your sister ready."
"Hai."
Evie bowed slightly to the screen door before getting up and walking away towards her sister's room. She found her digging through her old chest and closet.
"I leave you alone for five seconds and you tear the room apart and make it look like the pig pen I remember."
Runa just grinned up at her from the piles of junk around her before holding up a photo. Evie turned ten shades of red before she snapped out of her daze.
"Give me that!" She yelled lunging for her but missing as she jumped out of the way.
"No way! I'm keeping this one, its' good to use for blackmail."
"Runa! Give it to me now."
"Iie!"
Evie chased Runa around the room till they were lying laughing in a pile of sheets on the floor. Evie was the first to catch her breath and regain her composure.
" Runa you must get dressed and ready you are to meet you husband today."
Runa scowled at her before getting up and stalking to the other side of the room.
" Yada! Why should I?"
"Runa, please. Just meet with him I am sure you will like him."
Runa just gave her a look that said 'yeah right' before she plopped to the floor.
" Onegai, just meet with him before you decide anything. Remember you promised Grandfather you would."
Runa's shoulder's slumped and she looked away as Evie slipped out the room sliding the door behind her. Runa sat there for a couple minutes before getting up and calling for Betty.
The maid came in and waited for Runa to talk. When she left she was smiling slightly and she still was smiling when she came back with the outfit in hand. Betty helped her get dressed in the garment that her mother had left her.
"You look so much like your mother."
"Arigoto."
Shigure shifted again earning a low growl from Hatori, Ayame just grinned his golden eyes shining with a hidden knowledge. They were had been waiting for the past hour for them to arrive and he was getting restless of all this waiting.
He noticed that Akito stayed far away from them all sitting in the farthest corner staring out the window. Every now and then a bird would come in or land on his outstretched hand.
He wasn't sure how Akito would react but he was the head of the family so he had to be here. This only seemed to add to his nervousness making him even more restless.
Runa walked down the hallway with Evie to her left, her cousin to her right and her Grandmother in front of here. She was getting nervous and scared she didn't want to do this; she did NOT want to meet this guy.
However she couldn't run because she was blocked in on all sides and they were nearing the room where they were to meet. She took a couple deep breaths and reached for her sister's hand, which was waiting beside hers ready to offer her support.
Runa glanced behind her at her sister then turned to face her fate. The door slid open and all occupants inside turned to see who was entering. An older woman dressed in a deep royal blue kimono was sitting in the doorway head bowed down hands to her sides.
" I would like to present my granddaughter * door slides rest of the way open* Runa Sakura."
Shigure just sits there, mouth hanging slightly open, Hatori looks a little surprised and Ayame is just grinning his eyes sliding to look at his cousins. Akito had not turned around but is still staring out the window a bird perched on his finger.
Shigure blinks a couple more times to make sure he's not seeing things. Runa is standing before him but at the same time it's not her. She's dressed in a deep green kimono with a deep peach one under it and a cream one over that one; a darker shade of peach is wrapped around her waist and her slippers are cream like her first under robe. Her kimono has small lotus blossoms stitched in pink scattered around on it and her hair is pulled up into a loose bun, strands of hair hanging loosely around her face, the rest held in up by two pins with white lotus flowers on them.
She had her head bent down slightly so her face was partially cover by her bangs.
" You may enter."
Runa let out the breath she was holding and walked into the room sitting down on the other side of the room across from the three men. Her sister and cousin sat outside the doors while their Grandmother went inside and sat down next to her.
"So you are the one promised to this-" He paused as if considering what he was going to say " man."
"Hai." Runa whispered keeping her head bowed down.
Akito glanced her from out of the corner of his eye, his cold black eyes staring her before turning back around to gaze out the window.
"How unfortunate for you."
Runa eye's skirted his way but she never looked up.
'Did he really mean that or was he saying it to scare her?'
"Look up child and gaze upon the face that you will wake up to from now on." Said her Grandmother
Runa took a deep breath before slowly raising her head up then even slower bringing her eyes up to meet her 'husband'.
Shigure could feel the oxygen rushing from his lungs when she lifted her head up and slowly opened her eyes, revealing her deep hazels orbs to him. Runa brought her gaze to find herself staring into a pair of familiar warm intense brown eyes. Her lips parted on a small gasp and a smile tugged at the corners of her mouth.
"Shigure."
It was the slightest of whispers but he heard it and his eyes darkened before he smiled at her. He watched, as her entire face seemed to light up a smile spreading across her flushed face.
Runa couldn't believe it Shigure was the one who she was promised to, she was worried about loosing him and here she was getting married to him. She looked sad for a second when she thought of the time at the train station but it was washed away by her happiness.
Unable to contain herself any longer she grinned and lunged forward knocking them both backwards to the floor with her landing on top of him. The noise caused Akito to look their way and he was very surprised to see Shigure was still human with that girl lying on top of him. His gaze narrowed before it turned towards the Grandmother.
The old woman met his gaze head she kept his gaze while she addressed her granddaughter.
"Runa, since you seem to already know the young man I do not see why you should stay coupe up in here."
Runa was blushing but agreed and grabbed Shigure's hand pulling him up and out the door with Hatori and Ayame close behind after being dismissed by Akito.
Runa was standing by the small goldfish pond letting the white apple blossoms fall around her; her kimono rustling slightly in the breeze her hair brushing against her skin making her giggle.
Shigure was standing on the porch watching her with Hatori and Ayame next to him.
"So Hatori when are you gonna make the moves on Evie. She is very beautiful and sweet and kind and gentle and "
"Aren't you supposed to be getting to know your bride."
Shigure just grinned before walking over to where Runa was and wrapping his arms around her waist pulling her towards him. She yelped in surprise then laughed when she realized who it was.
Akito's cold gaze never left the old woman; he wanted to know how the inu was able to stay human even though he was hugged more like smothered by that girl.
"You are probably wondering why he did not change. Am I correct?"
Akito's eyes narrowed into slits and he stood up and walked towards her. She waited knowing that this would happen, that it could not be avoided.
" Do you wish for me to tell you the why and the how?"
He was standing in front of her now his lithe form looming over her own. She had to tilt her head slightly to still keep eye contact with him.
"She is his kokoro no tomo. Because of this she is able to be with him even though he is one of the cursed. That is the why and now the how."
Akito's gaze never left hers and she never flinched only continued to stare up at him, old tired eyes looking down on young energetic eyes.
"You see she too is cursed but not something as such. No hers is more of the spirit not the body. She is cursed with the wandering spirit, her spirit does not wish to be contained with in her body so she is always restless always wondering looking for something yet not knowing what."
His eyes narrowed at her slightly, questioningly as if not believing what she was saying.
"You see our family is cursed like that not of the body like yours but of the mind and spirit. I too have this gift, but mine is far different from any of the others. Mine is that of life, however, if you let me I will give you my gift of life."
She watched as the young boy seemed to be battling with himself, she watched his eyes shifting from cold black empty eyes to warm vibrant eyes. They shifted once more before settling on the cold black eyes.
"You expect me to believe that? Do you think me ignorant to believe such a lie? I can not change the decision so why are you telling me this, is there something else you want."
He watched the old woman before him smile before bowing her head down breaking the eye contact.
"Yes, I wish to give you my gift of life."
Akito's cold eyes widen in shock for a moment before they narrowed to dangerous slits his voice coming out hard and cold.
" Do not mock me old woman for I have put up with a lot from you."
"I know you have restrained yourself but I can see that it is breaking. So I will only ask you once more. Will you let me give you my gift of life?"
She looked up at him her warm sky blue eyes staring at his cold black ones. He seemed to be unsure how to answer her so she stood up so that she was standing almost level to him.
He backed up slightly not liking that she had the height advantage.
"All you have to do is say yes or no." she said holding out her hand to him her eyes smiling down at him.
His cold black eyes regarded her for a moment before a cruel smile spread across his face.
Evie was sitting on the porch watching Runa run around the tree trying to get away from Shigure. They were playing a child's game of tag but it looked like Shigure enjoyed the chase better than the capture.
Hatori sat down next to Evie and they sat like that for sometime before she turned towards him. Her cerulean blue eyes looking up into his dark green ones.
"Arigoto domo."
"For what?"
Evie smiled at him before looking at towards her sister, her hand reaching out and slipping inside Hatori's waiting one.
Hatori was the first to leave excusing himself to check on Akito. When he reached the room he noticed that neither one had moved. Akito was still staring out the window and while 'Grandmother' was sitting down where she had been left only she was staring out the window.
"How are they?" she asked
"Fine, it seems like they were never apart."
She smiled but it did not quiet reach her eyes, her eyes that no longer held their sparkle that seemed dulled and aged. She bowed to Akito before standing up and walking out of the room.
Hatori watched her leave before turning towards Akito he still had not turned to face him. He moved towards him when Akito spoke.
" Prepare rooms for our guest."
Hatori raised and eyebrow but said nothing as he turned and left. He was about to call for the others when he was knocked back by two blurs rushing by him, one looked like Shigure and the other Runa.
He was going to see what the cause was when it walked in the door a very wet and very angry young girl with long amber brown hair and angry violet eyes.
"You two are so going to pay for that one." She muttered stalking after them.
"Evie? Runa? Are you awake?"
"We are now."
"What is it Hotaru?" asked a still half asleep Evie
" Nothings well maybe something. I'm not sure I just have this feeling something is wrongs with Grandmother."
Evie woke up at that but Runa just mumbled something about her being a stubborn old goat. Evie sat up and looked to where Hotaru was sleeping.
" Are you sure Hotaru?"
"Hai, something does not feel right. I'm scared Evie."
At those words Evie got out of bed and rushed to her Grandmothers' room with Runa close behind her. They knocked on the door and after a couple of minutes of no one answering they slide it open and went inside.
Hotaru was sitting on her futon her legs curled under her silent tears streaming down her face because she knew that what she had dreamed has come true.
Evie brushed the stray hairs from her Grandmother's face not wanting to believe it but unable to deny what was in front of her. Runa had left her to go wake up Shigure and Hatori they would know what to do. It was Hatori that came in and found her crying, the tears rolling down her porcelain white skin and falling onto her Grandmother's face.
Hatori wasn't sure how to comfort her because he had never seen her show such emotion, like he was one to talk. So instead of thinking he acted and scooped Evie up into a hug one that she gladly returned as she burrowed into his chest letting the tears slide down her face and the silent sobs escape her lips.
The sakura blossoms rained down upon them like a summer's snow, covering the ground with their pink petals and filling the air with their sweat scent. The three solitary figures stood before a gray headstone watching the freshly plucked lilies dance in the breeze.
Past, present and future the only time they stand together is to mourn the passing of life.
A/N: oh my gosh that is so sad! Where did that come from this was supposed to be a happy fic. Oh well it adds to the story. But oh I need a tissue; I need to see my grandmother. GRANDMOTHER! * gets up and runs to grandma's house *
"Doko-"
"You're in your old room, sister."
"Evie?"
"I am glad to see you are fine and even more so to see you have not left me alone, again." She whispered her head bowed down shielding her tears from her younger sister.
Runa's eyes widen in surprise at her sister's show of emotion.
"Again? Oh Evie, Gomen nasai."
She whispered as she got up and hugged her older sister. The two stayed like that for a moment before Evie pulled away to look at her younger sister.
"Why did you leave?"
Runa knew she wanted to say me at the end.
" I wasn't thinking about anything except that I had to get away from here. I do not wish to marry some stranger, someone I haven't even met that I don't even know. I didn't mean to hurt you in the process, and if I did then I am sorry."
Evie hugged her once more before pulling back and staring at her.
'Doesn't know him? But she does know him what is she talking about?'
"But Runa I don't understand, you-"
"Excuse me for interrupting but you are wanted on the phone Lady Evie."
"Thank you Betty."
Runa watched her sister get up and walk out of the room while she was left alone to think about what had happened. She gazed around the room a smile forming on her lips. The room had not changed since she had left, it seems as though she had never left in the first place.
With a grin on her face she gets up and walks over to the closet and opens it up. Her eyes alight with mischief she kneels down and starts to dig through the boxes and clothes until she shouts a happy 'yes' and pulls out a medium sized wooden chest.
"Wow, it's still here. I would have though that Betty would have tossed it out."
Sitting back on her feet she opens the chest her smile widening when she sees the contents are still inside and intact.
Evie places the phone down and turns towards her Grandmother's room to tell her the news.
"Grandmother."
"."
"They want the meeting for this afternoon. They are tired of waiting asking us to stop wasting their time otherwise they will cancel the deal no matter who made it."
"Very well. Please get your sister ready."
"Hai."
Evie bowed slightly to the screen door before getting up and walking away towards her sister's room. She found her digging through her old chest and closet.
"I leave you alone for five seconds and you tear the room apart and make it look like the pig pen I remember."
Runa just grinned up at her from the piles of junk around her before holding up a photo. Evie turned ten shades of red before she snapped out of her daze.
"Give me that!" She yelled lunging for her but missing as she jumped out of the way.
"No way! I'm keeping this one, its' good to use for blackmail."
"Runa! Give it to me now."
"Iie!"
Evie chased Runa around the room till they were lying laughing in a pile of sheets on the floor. Evie was the first to catch her breath and regain her composure.
" Runa you must get dressed and ready you are to meet you husband today."
Runa scowled at her before getting up and stalking to the other side of the room.
" Yada! Why should I?"
"Runa, please. Just meet with him I am sure you will like him."
Runa just gave her a look that said 'yeah right' before she plopped to the floor.
" Onegai, just meet with him before you decide anything. Remember you promised Grandfather you would."
Runa's shoulder's slumped and she looked away as Evie slipped out the room sliding the door behind her. Runa sat there for a couple minutes before getting up and calling for Betty.
The maid came in and waited for Runa to talk. When she left she was smiling slightly and she still was smiling when she came back with the outfit in hand. Betty helped her get dressed in the garment that her mother had left her.
"You look so much like your mother."
"Arigoto."
Shigure shifted again earning a low growl from Hatori, Ayame just grinned his golden eyes shining with a hidden knowledge. They were had been waiting for the past hour for them to arrive and he was getting restless of all this waiting.
He noticed that Akito stayed far away from them all sitting in the farthest corner staring out the window. Every now and then a bird would come in or land on his outstretched hand.
He wasn't sure how Akito would react but he was the head of the family so he had to be here. This only seemed to add to his nervousness making him even more restless.
Runa walked down the hallway with Evie to her left, her cousin to her right and her Grandmother in front of here. She was getting nervous and scared she didn't want to do this; she did NOT want to meet this guy.
However she couldn't run because she was blocked in on all sides and they were nearing the room where they were to meet. She took a couple deep breaths and reached for her sister's hand, which was waiting beside hers ready to offer her support.
Runa glanced behind her at her sister then turned to face her fate. The door slid open and all occupants inside turned to see who was entering. An older woman dressed in a deep royal blue kimono was sitting in the doorway head bowed down hands to her sides.
" I would like to present my granddaughter * door slides rest of the way open* Runa Sakura."
Shigure just sits there, mouth hanging slightly open, Hatori looks a little surprised and Ayame is just grinning his eyes sliding to look at his cousins. Akito had not turned around but is still staring out the window a bird perched on his finger.
Shigure blinks a couple more times to make sure he's not seeing things. Runa is standing before him but at the same time it's not her. She's dressed in a deep green kimono with a deep peach one under it and a cream one over that one; a darker shade of peach is wrapped around her waist and her slippers are cream like her first under robe. Her kimono has small lotus blossoms stitched in pink scattered around on it and her hair is pulled up into a loose bun, strands of hair hanging loosely around her face, the rest held in up by two pins with white lotus flowers on them.
She had her head bent down slightly so her face was partially cover by her bangs.
" You may enter."
Runa let out the breath she was holding and walked into the room sitting down on the other side of the room across from the three men. Her sister and cousin sat outside the doors while their Grandmother went inside and sat down next to her.
"So you are the one promised to this-" He paused as if considering what he was going to say " man."
"Hai." Runa whispered keeping her head bowed down.
Akito glanced her from out of the corner of his eye, his cold black eyes staring her before turning back around to gaze out the window.
"How unfortunate for you."
Runa eye's skirted his way but she never looked up.
'Did he really mean that or was he saying it to scare her?'
"Look up child and gaze upon the face that you will wake up to from now on." Said her Grandmother
Runa took a deep breath before slowly raising her head up then even slower bringing her eyes up to meet her 'husband'.
Shigure could feel the oxygen rushing from his lungs when she lifted her head up and slowly opened her eyes, revealing her deep hazels orbs to him. Runa brought her gaze to find herself staring into a pair of familiar warm intense brown eyes. Her lips parted on a small gasp and a smile tugged at the corners of her mouth.
"Shigure."
It was the slightest of whispers but he heard it and his eyes darkened before he smiled at her. He watched, as her entire face seemed to light up a smile spreading across her flushed face.
Runa couldn't believe it Shigure was the one who she was promised to, she was worried about loosing him and here she was getting married to him. She looked sad for a second when she thought of the time at the train station but it was washed away by her happiness.
Unable to contain herself any longer she grinned and lunged forward knocking them both backwards to the floor with her landing on top of him. The noise caused Akito to look their way and he was very surprised to see Shigure was still human with that girl lying on top of him. His gaze narrowed before it turned towards the Grandmother.
The old woman met his gaze head she kept his gaze while she addressed her granddaughter.
"Runa, since you seem to already know the young man I do not see why you should stay coupe up in here."
Runa was blushing but agreed and grabbed Shigure's hand pulling him up and out the door with Hatori and Ayame close behind after being dismissed by Akito.
Runa was standing by the small goldfish pond letting the white apple blossoms fall around her; her kimono rustling slightly in the breeze her hair brushing against her skin making her giggle.
Shigure was standing on the porch watching her with Hatori and Ayame next to him.
"So Hatori when are you gonna make the moves on Evie. She is very beautiful and sweet and kind and gentle and "
"Aren't you supposed to be getting to know your bride."
Shigure just grinned before walking over to where Runa was and wrapping his arms around her waist pulling her towards him. She yelped in surprise then laughed when she realized who it was.
Akito's cold gaze never left the old woman; he wanted to know how the inu was able to stay human even though he was hugged more like smothered by that girl.
"You are probably wondering why he did not change. Am I correct?"
Akito's eyes narrowed into slits and he stood up and walked towards her. She waited knowing that this would happen, that it could not be avoided.
" Do you wish for me to tell you the why and the how?"
He was standing in front of her now his lithe form looming over her own. She had to tilt her head slightly to still keep eye contact with him.
"She is his kokoro no tomo. Because of this she is able to be with him even though he is one of the cursed. That is the why and now the how."
Akito's gaze never left hers and she never flinched only continued to stare up at him, old tired eyes looking down on young energetic eyes.
"You see she too is cursed but not something as such. No hers is more of the spirit not the body. She is cursed with the wandering spirit, her spirit does not wish to be contained with in her body so she is always restless always wondering looking for something yet not knowing what."
His eyes narrowed at her slightly, questioningly as if not believing what she was saying.
"You see our family is cursed like that not of the body like yours but of the mind and spirit. I too have this gift, but mine is far different from any of the others. Mine is that of life, however, if you let me I will give you my gift of life."
She watched as the young boy seemed to be battling with himself, she watched his eyes shifting from cold black empty eyes to warm vibrant eyes. They shifted once more before settling on the cold black eyes.
"You expect me to believe that? Do you think me ignorant to believe such a lie? I can not change the decision so why are you telling me this, is there something else you want."
He watched the old woman before him smile before bowing her head down breaking the eye contact.
"Yes, I wish to give you my gift of life."
Akito's cold eyes widen in shock for a moment before they narrowed to dangerous slits his voice coming out hard and cold.
" Do not mock me old woman for I have put up with a lot from you."
"I know you have restrained yourself but I can see that it is breaking. So I will only ask you once more. Will you let me give you my gift of life?"
She looked up at him her warm sky blue eyes staring at his cold black ones. He seemed to be unsure how to answer her so she stood up so that she was standing almost level to him.
He backed up slightly not liking that she had the height advantage.
"All you have to do is say yes or no." she said holding out her hand to him her eyes smiling down at him.
His cold black eyes regarded her for a moment before a cruel smile spread across his face.
Evie was sitting on the porch watching Runa run around the tree trying to get away from Shigure. They were playing a child's game of tag but it looked like Shigure enjoyed the chase better than the capture.
Hatori sat down next to Evie and they sat like that for sometime before she turned towards him. Her cerulean blue eyes looking up into his dark green ones.
"Arigoto domo."
"For what?"
Evie smiled at him before looking at towards her sister, her hand reaching out and slipping inside Hatori's waiting one.
Hatori was the first to leave excusing himself to check on Akito. When he reached the room he noticed that neither one had moved. Akito was still staring out the window and while 'Grandmother' was sitting down where she had been left only she was staring out the window.
"How are they?" she asked
"Fine, it seems like they were never apart."
She smiled but it did not quiet reach her eyes, her eyes that no longer held their sparkle that seemed dulled and aged. She bowed to Akito before standing up and walking out of the room.
Hatori watched her leave before turning towards Akito he still had not turned to face him. He moved towards him when Akito spoke.
" Prepare rooms for our guest."
Hatori raised and eyebrow but said nothing as he turned and left. He was about to call for the others when he was knocked back by two blurs rushing by him, one looked like Shigure and the other Runa.
He was going to see what the cause was when it walked in the door a very wet and very angry young girl with long amber brown hair and angry violet eyes.
"You two are so going to pay for that one." She muttered stalking after them.
"Evie? Runa? Are you awake?"
"We are now."
"What is it Hotaru?" asked a still half asleep Evie
" Nothings well maybe something. I'm not sure I just have this feeling something is wrongs with Grandmother."
Evie woke up at that but Runa just mumbled something about her being a stubborn old goat. Evie sat up and looked to where Hotaru was sleeping.
" Are you sure Hotaru?"
"Hai, something does not feel right. I'm scared Evie."
At those words Evie got out of bed and rushed to her Grandmothers' room with Runa close behind her. They knocked on the door and after a couple of minutes of no one answering they slide it open and went inside.
Hotaru was sitting on her futon her legs curled under her silent tears streaming down her face because she knew that what she had dreamed has come true.
Evie brushed the stray hairs from her Grandmother's face not wanting to believe it but unable to deny what was in front of her. Runa had left her to go wake up Shigure and Hatori they would know what to do. It was Hatori that came in and found her crying, the tears rolling down her porcelain white skin and falling onto her Grandmother's face.
Hatori wasn't sure how to comfort her because he had never seen her show such emotion, like he was one to talk. So instead of thinking he acted and scooped Evie up into a hug one that she gladly returned as she burrowed into his chest letting the tears slide down her face and the silent sobs escape her lips.
The sakura blossoms rained down upon them like a summer's snow, covering the ground with their pink petals and filling the air with their sweat scent. The three solitary figures stood before a gray headstone watching the freshly plucked lilies dance in the breeze.
Past, present and future the only time they stand together is to mourn the passing of life.
A/N: oh my gosh that is so sad! Where did that come from this was supposed to be a happy fic. Oh well it adds to the story. But oh I need a tissue; I need to see my grandmother. GRANDMOTHER! * gets up and runs to grandma's house *