A/N: I still haven't thought of how I'm going to end this, but from the
looks of things, there's no way I could expand this cause I'd chosen to
write it around the time she's dying already. oh well.. :)
To Illusions-chan, arigatou for the review it means a lot to me :)
To ????, ano.. what does fuku stands for? I'm not that familiar with the Japanese language though I'm teaching myself occasionally. I'm guessing uniforms so I don't think it means that. hehehe
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The weeks passed and Sakura started to sense the unusual atmosphere inside her home. Her mom hardly leaves her room lately and doesn't play with her anymore. Her father always tried to look cheerful though there are times that she would find him looking extremely worried. Her brother would always tell her to shush when she's playing.
It's one of these unusual days when she was found asleep beside her dead mother.
The summer was about to start and Sakura's feeling more energetic than usual. She would toddle off around the house, dragging her dolls with her, she would make them sit and watch the TV with her. Sometimes, she would sneak inside her mother's room and watched as her mother sleeps.
Fujitaka would come home to prepare lunch and feed his toddler daughter and wife before going back to the college where he's currently working.
Sakura would eat the food, her worried young eyes trained on her father. Fujitaka would catch her eye and smiled reassuringly at her. Before he left for work again, he would give her a hug and a kiss then set off again.
Around 3, her brother would arrive back from school. He would play with her for awhile, then go and check on their mother, then retire to their room to study and do his homework.
Around 4, Sakura once again sneaked inside the room and found her mother awake. She saw her mother smiled and reached out her hands for her. Gleefully, she bounded next to her and lied down on the bed facing her mother.
Sakura placed her head on Nadeshiko's chest as she felt her mother's arms wrapped around her tightly. Sakura smelled the familiar scent of her mother and drifted off to sleep, secured in her mother's embrace as she had always felt before.
Touya left their room around 5:30 to start dinner. He looked around for Sakura so he could watch her as he cooked. He looked for her in the kitchen, the dining room and the living room but didn't find her. On a hunch, he checked on her mother and found Sakura sleeping peacefully beside his mother.
He smiled endearingly and leaned over to touch his mother's face. To his horror, his hand felt the coldness and clamminess of her skin.
He quickly got up and opened the light. He found the sight before him terrifying. Nadeshiko's skin was starting to turn blue, her chest lay still, no breath ruffled the hair on Sakura's forehead.
He sunk down on the floor knowing that it was time. His mother had passed away as quietly as she would have liked.
To Illusions-chan, arigatou for the review it means a lot to me :)
To ????, ano.. what does fuku stands for? I'm not that familiar with the Japanese language though I'm teaching myself occasionally. I'm guessing uniforms so I don't think it means that. hehehe
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The weeks passed and Sakura started to sense the unusual atmosphere inside her home. Her mom hardly leaves her room lately and doesn't play with her anymore. Her father always tried to look cheerful though there are times that she would find him looking extremely worried. Her brother would always tell her to shush when she's playing.
It's one of these unusual days when she was found asleep beside her dead mother.
The summer was about to start and Sakura's feeling more energetic than usual. She would toddle off around the house, dragging her dolls with her, she would make them sit and watch the TV with her. Sometimes, she would sneak inside her mother's room and watched as her mother sleeps.
Fujitaka would come home to prepare lunch and feed his toddler daughter and wife before going back to the college where he's currently working.
Sakura would eat the food, her worried young eyes trained on her father. Fujitaka would catch her eye and smiled reassuringly at her. Before he left for work again, he would give her a hug and a kiss then set off again.
Around 3, her brother would arrive back from school. He would play with her for awhile, then go and check on their mother, then retire to their room to study and do his homework.
Around 4, Sakura once again sneaked inside the room and found her mother awake. She saw her mother smiled and reached out her hands for her. Gleefully, she bounded next to her and lied down on the bed facing her mother.
Sakura placed her head on Nadeshiko's chest as she felt her mother's arms wrapped around her tightly. Sakura smelled the familiar scent of her mother and drifted off to sleep, secured in her mother's embrace as she had always felt before.
Touya left their room around 5:30 to start dinner. He looked around for Sakura so he could watch her as he cooked. He looked for her in the kitchen, the dining room and the living room but didn't find her. On a hunch, he checked on her mother and found Sakura sleeping peacefully beside his mother.
He smiled endearingly and leaned over to touch his mother's face. To his horror, his hand felt the coldness and clamminess of her skin.
He quickly got up and opened the light. He found the sight before him terrifying. Nadeshiko's skin was starting to turn blue, her chest lay still, no breath ruffled the hair on Sakura's forehead.
He sunk down on the floor knowing that it was time. His mother had passed away as quietly as she would have liked.