Umarekawaru: Chapter 2
Author's Notes: Okay, so this is the sequel to Prêt with me! As you all know. And you know that Himeno has died, and that her mother was looking down at her body at the end of the last chapter. Well, Dawn has met a man, and he helped her get to Kaoru's new home, with Natsue the widow. (I didn't like the fact that Dawn was slightly attracted to him even though she should be focusing on poor Himeno's death, but I can't think of anything else.) And by the way, Dawn is Himeno's American mother. I hope that clears up some of the confusion. Well, on with the story!
Dawn neared the large estate with caution in her eyes, fury in her heart. Why had Kaoru forgotten about her? She was right here; it was like Kaoru had gone and married another woman right under her nose! But yet it felt like she had known all this time…like she had been out in the open, there, in the Awayuki estate, but in some other form. It felt like somehow she knew about all of this…and she had been happy about it. How long had she been gone? Himeno had grown up so much, so…it must have been for a long time…Kaoru had the right to marry Natsue. Himeno needed a woman in her life now that her mother was gone.
"Dawn, are you alright?" Onkan's voice seeped into Dawn's mind. She frowned, looking up at his calm face. The purple eyes…the low, silky voice…the understanding in his eyes…he seemed familiar…in a way. But how…?
"Yes. We…we should go in now." She was aware of her voice shaking and trembling, but she could do nothing of it now. He seemed to know anyway, the pain of losing a child. The pain of death. He knew how one got, how the world trembled and shook with full force, like everything had been destroyed and you were alone. It was like he…it was like he knew exactly what death was, and like he had gone through such a stage in which he had experienced so much…that he himself was destroyed. There was a sadness in those amethyst eyes…
They walked in the gates, their eyes darting to the expansive pathway, down to the ground. Dawn's eyes began to fill with tears as she slightly raised them to rest on Himeno's calm and peaceful face, silent from death. She wished her daughter would just wake, and she wouldn't be here, at her former husband's mansion, to inform him of the death of Himeno.
A small, balding man came up to them, a suspicious look on his face. He was looking mainly at Onkan with fear.
"What do you want?" he asked Dawn and Onkan, greeting them with…fear?
Dawn held out Himeno's body, unable to contain her tears any longer. She fell to the ground, jagged ridges forming down the sides of her pale cheeks, caused by salty water droplets forming out of her eyes. Onkan leaned down to her, looking quickly at the small man.
"Fetch the master of this house, Kaoru-sama. Inform him of his daughter's death, please." He remained disturbingly calm, his eyes lowering again to Himeno's body with a familiar ness, a strange recognization in his eyes. Did he know her?
Author's Notes: So? What did you think? I'm sorry it was so short; my brother's antsy to get on the computer, I'm hungry, and new anime is on. But with the minimal work I did, was it still a good chapter? I honestly hope so!