Yugana Kashi
By Sakura Takanouchi
Disclaimer: hides behind a sign titled, 'I don't own it'
Additional Notes: I'm not dead, I'm not dead…
Chapter Nine: Some Feelings are Made to Last Forever
Kateri woke up and looked around. The sun was shining through the window and birds were chirping outside. She checked her watch. It read 10:45 AM.
She couldn't help remembering the fun times they had had last night. It had been a long time since she had laughed that much, and enjoyed herself that much. Suddenly, she had an urge to be by herself.
After a quick breakfast, Kateri announced to Shiori-san that she was going for a walk. "I would like to go to a park and then explore a little on my own. Daijobu, I should be back during the afternoon," She assured her.
The air felt cool and fresh as she walked away from the apartment. She didn't know if there were any parks close by, but she enjoyed looking at everything she passed by.
A park wasn't too far away, and she reached ina small amount of time. It was beautiful, with flowers and trees and a small stream in which fish and ducks were swimming. She walked over to a bench overlooking the stream and sat down. She took some bread out of her purse and began to feed some of the ducks.
After all the bread was gone, the ducks waddled away and she stared at the landscape before her. It had been less than a week since she had left for Japan, and everything seemed to happen so quickly. A tear fell down her face when she remembered everyone she left behind. She would never see her dad's smile again. Or hear Toshi annoy her. Or play her sisters' childish games. Even her mom. Those people were nothing more than memories, wonderful memories that she hoped to experience again, but for now would be gone from her forever.
She stood up. Her eyes settled on a person that had apparently been standing there for awhile, his eyes full of concern, noticing her tears instantly.
"Shuiichi, you didn't have to come here…" She tried to blink back her tears, but they wouldn't stop falling.
She sank back down on the bench and he joined her. "Would you like to talk about it?" He asked.
"It's just… everything happened so quickly. I really miss my family back in London. Now that we're separated, I start to wonder if they're eating right and taking care of themselves… Everyone's been really great here, and I'm so glad things ended out this way…" Kateri trailed off and looked at a family of ducklings swimming across the water, following a bigger duck.
Shuiichi reached in his pocket and pulled out a package of tissues, which he handed Kateri to dry her eyes.
"Let's get something to eat now, you must be hungry," He said. Kateri stood up, feeling a little bit better.
They found a Yatai a block from the park and bought some ramen and yakitori. They ate as they walked around. Shuiichi showed her some of Tokyo on their way back to their apartment.
As Kateri ate her ramen, she had a flashback about her life in England:
"She then pulled out a very faded picture. It was of the red-haired bishounen known to YYH. She stared at it, and then gently kissed it. She put it back inside her diary, and then put that under her mattress…"
'My life had progressed so far, and I can't believe the good things that have come my way since I arrived in Tokyo. I am blessed to be standing next to Minamino Shuiichi, my undeniably cute cousin. Could he be…?' Kateri's mind battled with her inner feelings.
'He couldn't. That would be too weird. I can't explain it to him, he would just turn me down, or think something was wrong with me. He's walking here right next to me, and he's been so nice. I can't tell his feelings, though. He keeps everything bottled up inside. Why..--"
"Kateri, watch out!" Shuiichi's voice rang out as she felt a tug on her collar.
"You almost walked right into that sign," He chided. "I stopped you just in time."
Kateri's eyes watered. "Stop…Stop being so nice to me!" She took off running down the street with no idea of where she was going. Shuiichi followed her.
She ran for several blocks and then stopped, panting for breath. 'Gosh…he must think I'm mental or something,' she thought. She looked around. 'Great… now I have no idea where I am.' She decided to walk towards where she thought her apartment was, but it was hard to tell. All the buildings looked the same in this area: worn, faded gray tenements. Images of cold homeless people came into Kateri's mind. 'I better get outta here.'
She walked for several blocks, and then she finally saw what looked like some buildings she recognized. She heaved a sigh of relief; that is, until she felt a hand on her shoulder. A voice called out," I've found you. Please explain your feelings, as it is obvious you're all mixed up inside."
A/N
'Sup, minna! So, how's this installment in the chaos of YK? I've left you all at a cliffhanger! HA HA! Sadly, the next chapter shall be the last, or at least until I get some more time to finish it. So, review while you can! grins All of my reviewers for all of my other fics have stopped reviewing cough (But I understand, I've been dead for quite awhile), so Yugana Kashi has been put at the top of my priority list.
There is only one thing that is Seriously annoying me right now: These stupid chapter lengths. For some reason, I'm making all of the recent chapters really short. And It's annoying me! So I'll try to make the next chapter longer. But my minimum is 1,000 words for each chapter, so they're not going to be too short.
I'm getting a bit 'o writer's block because with Kateri and Shuiichi's two worlds colliding, it's hard to express it. You know? Well, maybe you don't, but I'll ramble anyway. Yeah, I know how the story's gonna end, I just don't know how to get there. From here. Or whatever. I'll just end now.
The fluffy and bulletproof Saku-chan
