Through His Eyes

By: Waterflash

Chapter Two: Dawn's Vision

Light peeked through the small shades on the window. It streamed in through the tiniest of spaces, tracing golden lines across scarlet blanket that was strewn over our bodies.

Botan still lie in my arms, sleeping soundly. Her soft breathing indicated that she was sleeping soundly.

Dawn shone into the night.

But light couldn't shatter the shards of darkness that were impaled into her eyes.

She would always, and forever be lost in the turmoil that I have created for her.

I slipped out from beneath her steadily, to be sure that I didn't disturb her slumber.

Dawn brought vision to me, but it would never bring vision to her.

Slowly shutting the door and turning to face the wall, a picture that I never had noticed before was placed on the wall. Usually, something like that wouldn't bother me, but this was different.

It was a painting. A beautiful painting of a woman in a long, flowing, crimson kimono.

My breath caught in my throat.

Her resemblance to Botan was eerie.

I studied the details of the painting, trying to decipher it's meaning of not only being there, but just it itself.

The woman was on the edge of a ravine, her ankles chained down to jagged rocks jutting up behind her. Her face was solemn, her long azure hair elegantly cascading over her shoulders. Her eyes were of a breathtaking shade of lavender, which resonated with loneliness.

"Oh my God…" The simple capturing of that scene had drawn me in, and I was completely lost in it.

"Shuuichi? What are you looking at?" Shiori's voice came from behind me. She was peering over my shoulder, directly at the painting.

"Can't you see it?" I glanced at my puzzled mother.

"No, there's nothing there…"

Okay… She was confused. I was baffled as hell.

I turned away from the wall abruptly, to face down the hallway. "It was nothing. I thought I saw a spider. You know how much I hate spiders…"

She nodded in agreement.

I tapped my way down the stairway, and made my way into the kitchen. "Kasaan, I'll make breakfast, okay?"

She gave a gracious reply of, "Thank you Shuuichi. What will we be having?"

I sifted through the cupboards, checking to see what ingredients we had. "Hm, I think we have enough for Belgian waffles."

Shiori clapped merrily to herself, grinning. "I absolutely love the way you make those! Make sure you make enough for Botan. I think she'll want some when she wakes. How could anyone deny your cooking?"

I rubbed the back of my head. "I'm not that good…"

"Oh, you're too modest…" She responded.

All of a sudden, I heard a loud thud come from upstairs.

"Was that Botan?"  Shiori asked, worry making it's way into her voice.

I dropped the frying pan I was holding, and rapidly climbed the stairs up to my doorway where Botan was leaning against the wall. "Kurama-kun, I'm okay… I just…"

I stared at her oddly. "How did you know it was me?" I asked her, grasping her hand to make sure she was okay.

"Your ki… Let's just say I've been busy lately." She smiled feebly. "Can I go downstairs? I don't like staying still… I feel like a prisoner in my o--- someone else's home.

"Of course Botan-san, but I just wish you would have called for me… I would feel horrible if you got hurt…"

I began to help her along, taking it slowly so she would not reinjure herself. "Botan-san, please don't take another step. You may hurt yourself on the stairway. I'll carry you again." Damn… So tempting…

The moment she nodded, I swept her off of her feet. She gasped in surprise as I quickly stepped down the stairs. I placed her down gently at the foot of the stairway.

"I'll be starting breakfast in a moment. Would you like to sit down at the table?"

"Hai, onegai."

I led her to the chair across from Shiori and set her down, and picked up the pan that I had accidentally dropped earlier.

Shiori began to speak politely, "So Botan, tell me a little about yourself. Though I've heard a bit from Shuuichi, I want to know more about you."

"Well, of course you know that my name is Botan… I work as a messenger." I cringed a bit as she said this, wondering if it was wise to say so. "I was accepted to the same college as K--- Shuuichi-kun. That's how I first met him. We've been good friends for four years now."

Shiori gave her a strange look. She didn't seem awkward when she spoke, which was normally strange for most of the girls that chased after me constantly. I smiled widely at this. Botan didn't seem suspicious at all.

"Tell me what you like to do for fun." Shiori questioned.

"I love my job. It's my passion. It's what I live for." I felt a twinge of pain when she said this. It was true. The only way she could live with a human body… It was her job as the ferry girl of Reikai.

Suddenly, I heard a small voice.

"Please… help me…"

Well, I apologize for how short this chapter is… I just wanted to post something so you all know I wasn't dead… ^_^;;; I swear to you, I'm finally out of this writer's block, and school and everything else has slowly but surely calming down…

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