The air was stale inside the room. What little breeze did enter was appreciated by the students. They sat at their desks, listening, though most only pretending, to the teacher who stood at the front of the class. She was a tall woman with wiry brown hair and gentle features. Her green eyes appeared a duller shade of their normal vibrancy in the poor lighting of the room. Orbell Sensei was her name and she had been one of my favorite teachers though I found it increasingly hard to enjoy her lessons. She was kind and humorous and at first I had found her lessons interesting however I soon grew bored as I read ahead and her lessons became frustratingly easy. I was bored and wanted a challenge. Most lessons I would simply gaze out of the window, day dreaming. Even when the teacher would call on me to answer a question I could still answer. Thankfully it wouldn't be too much longer before I would be attending To-Oh university and then hopefully receive challenging work.
When the bell rang signaling the end of the day, Orbell Sensei dismissed us and the majority of the class rushed out. I packed up my things and made to follow.
"Yagami kun" Sensei called me as I was about to exit.
I turned to face her. "Yes Sensei?"
The rest of the class filed out. I approached her desk.
"Is everything alright Yagami kun? You seem to be distracted as of late" Orbell sensei asked.
"Yes Sensei, I'm fine" I flashed her a smile.
"Well if you're sure" The teacher said.
I inclined my head then turned to leave.
"Oh Yagami-kun" She grabbed a sheet from her desk and offered it to me. "It's an advanced reading list, I thought it me be of some use to you"
"Thank you Sensei" I took it from her, our hands brushing slightly as I did.
Images of a young girl flashed before my eyes.
Her hair was brown and her eyes a warm green. Her voice was soft and her smile bright. The girl was holding hands with her mother as they crossed the road.
The scene shifted and the same girl, older by several years was hugging her parents after they had given her a bike for her fourteenth birthday.
I blinked, trying to clear my vision. My breathing was strained. Orbell Sensei was looking at me with a concerned expression etched on her face.
"Are you coming down with something?" She asked.
It was then that I realized that the girl I had seen in the images were of the woman standing before me. I didn't have any explanation as to how or why I could see into her past however I knew what I saw was Orbell Sensie's past. There was a dull ache in the back of my head.
When I was younger for over a year I had nightmares about my father's death. It terrified me and soon grew worse as I dreamt about the deaths of other people. I prayed constantly then and still do now that they were simply nightmares because I had seen my father's time and time again and knew the date the dream was set which to my anxiety was coming closer and closer. As I had gotten older the nightmares had stopped though I still had the odd one here and there.
"Should I call you parents?" Orbell Sensei questioned.
I shook my head. "No that's okay Sensei, I was just feeling a bit lightheaded for a moment. Have a good evening Sensei"
I rushed out before she could object.
