Chapter 9- Things that remind you
Midori got up before everyone else, relatively early in the morning. She went to go look for one of her missing paintbrushes in her bag of things, but as she was frantically looking for it she came across two objects that she hadn't thought about in a while: her pin-wheel and a small doll.
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Kenshin, Kaoru, and Yahiko looked outside to find Midori sitting and staring at a doll and a pinwheel. Sometimes she'd smile, sometimes she'd frown, but she was mostly staring at them blankly. They asked her if she wanted to eat, but she said she would later. They thought it was one of problems again, so they left her alone; there wasn't much else they could do.
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"Here you go!" A man said handing a little girl a doll.
"Its clothes are strange." the girl said, looking at it quizcally.
"Oh? You think it's different? That's because it's from China, Midori-chan," the man said, smiling.
"Thank you, father," she said hugging him.
Midori snapped out of her thoughts. "I'm surprised I still have that nice memory of him," she said quietly as she looked down at the doll, letting slide out her hand slowly. Her eyes driffted off to the pinwheel at her side, She picked up the pinwheel and blew on it so it would spin. "Round and round, spin, spin, spin," she said, barely whispering.
"Look, big brother! Look at this round and round, spin, spin!" the little girl said, smiling, tugging on the clothes of the boy near her.
"Oh, yes. How fun, Midori-chan," the older boy said, half smiling, as he was cutting plants with a scythe.
"Big brother?" the girl asked, looking a sad , and a little curious.
"Hai?" the older boy responded.
"Where's father?" she asked. The older boy dropped his scythe.
Midori stopped blowing on the pinwheel. "I don't want to
remember that. I don't want to remember father." she said to herself,
but still she couldn't stop thinking about him. She remembered him
leaving, her brother trying to comfort her mother; Midori remembered
always waiting for him. but he never came back, he left them alone.
That's why Midori tried to forget him, but memories don't always fade
away.
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"Where's Midori?" Sano asked as they all sat down to eat lunch.
"Oh, she's outside, blankly staring at this doll and a pinwheel," Kaoru said. "I hope she's alright."
"I think they reminded her of the past. and she's upset again," Kenshin said looking at Kaoru. Kaoru nodding at him, looking somewhat worried.
"I think I'll take some food out to her," Kaoru said, picking up a bowl of rice for Midori and walking out the door.
"Midori, I thought you might be hungry so I brought you some food," Kaoru said as she looked at the girl who was beginning to paint now, in rather slow almost sad manner.
"Oh, thank you," Midori said quietly, smiling slightly, as she took the bowl of rice from Kaoru. Midori stayed outside almost all day, only occasionally coming in.
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Kaoru was making a late dinner and Midori actually came in to eat with everyone else, but she went outside after dinner, but when Midori had forgotten something, Kaoru thought that she should have it.
"Sano! Bring this to Midori!" Kaoru demanded.
"Naze?" Sano asked flatly.
"Because, I want you to," Kaoru said.
Sano sighed and took it outside. "Midori?" he asked.
"Hai?" Midori asked sleepily, turing to the man looking down at her.
"Kaoru asked me to give this to you," Sanosuke said, handing the food to her as he sat down.
"Arigatou," Midori said, looking down at her food. Soon after she ate, she closed her eyes and fell asleep, it didn't really take her that long to fall sleep. She leaned over and rested on Sano's shoulder (of course, she did not know she was doing this. She'd be too shy to do this if she were awake. ^_^) Sano blushed a bit and he moved, but he gently put her down, looking at her with her messy hair falling over very pale face. Of course, Kenshin, Kaoru, and Yahiko were watching this, and Kaoru threw a blanket out to him and told him to cover Midori. Of course, Sano got mad at them for watching, but covered the sleeping girl anyway, said goodnight to everybody, and left.
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Midori woke up to her pinwheel near her head, and she sighed. "It just seems like to much in this past two months, all these unpleasant memories," she though. "What's this?" she thought as she looked at the blanket. "I wonder who put this over me? Oh well. I think I'll go inside and go back to sleep." She picked up her things, and of course the doll and the pinwheel were the last things she picked up. She looked at them for a while, and then went inside to go to sleep, yet she still thought of the things that reminded her of the past.
Notes: What a sweet little Sano/Midori thingy, heh, heh, heh, it was a little too cute, but oh well. Please please please R+R!
Midori got up before everyone else, relatively early in the morning. She went to go look for one of her missing paintbrushes in her bag of things, but as she was frantically looking for it she came across two objects that she hadn't thought about in a while: her pin-wheel and a small doll.
~*~*~*~~*~*~*~
Kenshin, Kaoru, and Yahiko looked outside to find Midori sitting and staring at a doll and a pinwheel. Sometimes she'd smile, sometimes she'd frown, but she was mostly staring at them blankly. They asked her if she wanted to eat, but she said she would later. They thought it was one of problems again, so they left her alone; there wasn't much else they could do.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Here you go!" A man said handing a little girl a doll.
"Its clothes are strange." the girl said, looking at it quizcally.
"Oh? You think it's different? That's because it's from China, Midori-chan," the man said, smiling.
"Thank you, father," she said hugging him.
Midori snapped out of her thoughts. "I'm surprised I still have that nice memory of him," she said quietly as she looked down at the doll, letting slide out her hand slowly. Her eyes driffted off to the pinwheel at her side, She picked up the pinwheel and blew on it so it would spin. "Round and round, spin, spin, spin," she said, barely whispering.
"Look, big brother! Look at this round and round, spin, spin!" the little girl said, smiling, tugging on the clothes of the boy near her.
"Oh, yes. How fun, Midori-chan," the older boy said, half smiling, as he was cutting plants with a scythe.
"Big brother?" the girl asked, looking a sad , and a little curious.
"Hai?" the older boy responded.
"Where's father?" she asked. The older boy dropped his scythe.
Midori stopped blowing on the pinwheel. "I don't want to
remember that. I don't want to remember father." she said to herself,
but still she couldn't stop thinking about him. She remembered him
leaving, her brother trying to comfort her mother; Midori remembered
always waiting for him. but he never came back, he left them alone.
That's why Midori tried to forget him, but memories don't always fade
away.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Where's Midori?" Sano asked as they all sat down to eat lunch.
"Oh, she's outside, blankly staring at this doll and a pinwheel," Kaoru said. "I hope she's alright."
"I think they reminded her of the past. and she's upset again," Kenshin said looking at Kaoru. Kaoru nodding at him, looking somewhat worried.
"I think I'll take some food out to her," Kaoru said, picking up a bowl of rice for Midori and walking out the door.
"Midori, I thought you might be hungry so I brought you some food," Kaoru said as she looked at the girl who was beginning to paint now, in rather slow almost sad manner.
"Oh, thank you," Midori said quietly, smiling slightly, as she took the bowl of rice from Kaoru. Midori stayed outside almost all day, only occasionally coming in.
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Kaoru was making a late dinner and Midori actually came in to eat with everyone else, but she went outside after dinner, but when Midori had forgotten something, Kaoru thought that she should have it.
"Sano! Bring this to Midori!" Kaoru demanded.
"Naze?" Sano asked flatly.
"Because, I want you to," Kaoru said.
Sano sighed and took it outside. "Midori?" he asked.
"Hai?" Midori asked sleepily, turing to the man looking down at her.
"Kaoru asked me to give this to you," Sanosuke said, handing the food to her as he sat down.
"Arigatou," Midori said, looking down at her food. Soon after she ate, she closed her eyes and fell asleep, it didn't really take her that long to fall sleep. She leaned over and rested on Sano's shoulder (of course, she did not know she was doing this. She'd be too shy to do this if she were awake. ^_^) Sano blushed a bit and he moved, but he gently put her down, looking at her with her messy hair falling over very pale face. Of course, Kenshin, Kaoru, and Yahiko were watching this, and Kaoru threw a blanket out to him and told him to cover Midori. Of course, Sano got mad at them for watching, but covered the sleeping girl anyway, said goodnight to everybody, and left.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Midori woke up to her pinwheel near her head, and she sighed. "It just seems like to much in this past two months, all these unpleasant memories," she though. "What's this?" she thought as she looked at the blanket. "I wonder who put this over me? Oh well. I think I'll go inside and go back to sleep." She picked up her things, and of course the doll and the pinwheel were the last things she picked up. She looked at them for a while, and then went inside to go to sleep, yet she still thought of the things that reminded her of the past.
Notes: What a sweet little Sano/Midori thingy, heh, heh, heh, it was a little too cute, but oh well. Please please please R+R!