A/N – Hiya! Well how you all doing? Again I'm glad to be back again. Anyways, I know you rather read my story than hear me talk but, I just wanted to say thanks to all my loyal readers and that I'm still kickin' it in with Hitsu x Karin. Okay enough stalling, enjoy reading this chapter.
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Ch. 2 - Time Will Tell
"You again."
His low unemotional voice said.
Karin gazed straight at him. The gentle breeze flowing through his snow-white hair. Still cerulean eyes glazing down at a cell phone, pushing buttons as if he were texting a friend.
"Why didn't you come to practice?" she asked innocently. His emotionless face remained passive, "I never said I would."
The sound of the buttons on the cell phone came to a pause, "Besides, I don't have much free time."
Karin stared irritably at him, "Why are you so busy when you're just an elementary student?"
"Shut up."
For a few minutes silence dawned upon them.
"Hey, why do you come here? Is it close to your home?"
"Not really," he replied immediately flipping his cell phone and suddenly staring into the orangey sky, watching the sunset with a frown. Karin turned her ebony head towards the sunset and watched the million emotions playing through his icy eyes.
"This is the best place I can find to look at the sky."
Again, silence crept up on the two of them as they watched the sun go down without a single word escaping their lips. They continue to watch until he shifted positions, "It brings back memories."
"Memories?" she asked.
Karin continued to watch him and the sky, slowly everything began to fade into oblivion. She could no longer hear what he was saying or decipher the image of the boy standing beside her. Her eyes twitched and she squinted, frustratingly trying to see him. Everything became black and she saw herself fall into a pit of darkness.
Karin opened her eyes once again; cold sweat sliding down her temple. She looked around her to find herself sitting on chair. In front of her was her history textbook. She frowned realizing that she fell asleep trying to finish the last of her homework. Karin yawned and her dark eyes darted to the clock on the wall.
12:25 am it read.
'Everyone should be asleep,' she said to herself.
She stood up and quietly walked out her room shutting the door carefully not to wake up anyone. As she made her way to the entrance of the house, she quickly grabbed her hoodie and slipped it on. Karin looked back to make sure no one was watching her and when she was sure she was alone, she took off.
She sat quietly near a cliff. The lights of Karakura were off and everyone was safely tucked in bed. The bright white moon glowed in an essence of elegance as the abundant sparkling stars scattered about the pitch-black sky. This cool summer night, or rather morning seemed perfect; almost too perfect for her.
She was there again. Sitting on the guardrail, the same guardrail that "they" sat on five years ago. How could she forget? It wasn't that she expected to see him again. No, it was far from that.
She didn't know when or how but all those years ago, she never realized why she came here.
"He was right, this is the best place you can watch the sky."
A small frown played on her porcelain face. They were good friends. Or that's what she told herself. Then again, how can they be good friends when they only saw each other once or twice. She knew nothing about him except that,
"He's a shinigami."
Karin shook her head. She cursed herself for being there right now. Why did it matter? How could this one person make her feel like this? Why was she feeling like this, this feeling of sadness and want?
Want…. she thought to herself. What did she want? She didn't know.
No.
It wasn't that she didn't know, it was more like she refused to accept that she knew what she wanted. That didn't make sense to her. How could you want something but refuse to accept that you want it?
Again, she shook her head, it wasn't an 'it' she wanted though. She wanted 'him'. She wanted to speak to him, to see him, to hear him even touch him. It fascinates her how one day she thought of him as a friend then the next he had become more than just a friend in her heart.
Karin clutched her heart. No one knew about them, except maybe for that busty woman he called Fuku-Taichou. But that wasn't the point. She continued to wait there until dawn. How long had she been waiting, waiting for him to come back? She couldn't remember how many times she's been there every night just waiting. It was hard, now she understood what it felt like to be Kaoru waiting for Kenshin.(1)
Her eyes began to droop.
'Maybe tomorrow he will show up.' She said to herself although she knew it wouldn't happen. It just sounded less painful to her.
The moment she stood up, she felt a small breeze go by her. She looked around her searching if there was someone else there. She felt like someone was there; but rubbed her tiresome eyes and walked away.
Footsteps could be heard making it's way towards the same spot Karin was just sitting in a few moments ago. White hair swayed as the soft wind moved along. His icy eyes gazed out at the sky. After a few minutes, he pulled out his cell phone to stare at a picture. Young and spunky, a female he had once known in his life. Her baby face barely noticeable. It was a picture from years ago, and everything about the girl was natural. She wasn't posing nor was she staring directly at the camera.
She was there, in her school uniform smirking as she was playing with her soccer ball. He took in a deep breath flipped his phone. The young man lifted his head towards the rising sun. He was back again. Not too long after, he stood up and walked away, away from the guardrail and away from the beautiful view of the sky and Karakura.
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A/N: Yep that's it for today. Sorry everyone, I'm trying to cram time to update and study but its all good. Hope you enjoyed this chapter.
If you're confused, just review me and I'll answer you're questions.
(1) "Kaoru waiting for Kenshin" – the characters Kaoru and Kenshin are from the anime Samurai X or most commonly known as Rurouni Kenshin. In this anime, Kaoru a spunky girl who waits for her one and only samurai love, Kenshin. Although the story isn't based on that, Kaoru always waits for Kenshin every time he leaves to go save the world.