Title: Sky Child
Author: Ree
Theme: Haruka/Uranus (amazed : day 9)
Genre: General
Version: PGSM
Rating: G

This complex lady and her friends belong to Takeuchi Naoko. I just asked if they could play for a while.

Sky Child

Asumi Ten'oh looked down at the little baby resting in her arms. Smiling down at the tiny newborn, she waited for her newest granddaughter to open her eyes. When she did, Asami looked down into the clear blue eyes that looked up at her. "Haruka-chan, you and I are going to get along famously."

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Two months later, Asumi quietly shut the door, hoping that Haruka would sleep. Moving quickly she slid out the side door and sat out on the porch. As she looked over her garden, she was amazed at how much it had fallen apart over the past four days. But it was spring, and the weeds grow fastest in the spring. Normally she spent at least an hour tending the gardens. Today she was supposed to be cleaning the area around the waterfall fountain. But all of her routines had changed the day Ayano, her daughter-in-law, had fallen ill. 'And it has only been four days.' On the first day Hideaki called her really early asking her to come over. That had been a long day. She spent it running between Ayano and Haruka. 'It's amazing how much a person can remember when they are challenged again. That day reminded me of the time both of my boys were sick.' Luckily Ayano's parents were able to take care of her since then, but they weren't able to watch Haruka. 'And Hideaki has to work, so he can't watch his little daughter.'

Her gaze skimmed over the garden patch outside of the room Haruka was napping in. Standing up, she brushed the back of her kimono off, and walked over the small flower bed. Tightening her obi, she crouched down and started weeding.

A little while latter, Asumi sat back on her heels, fanned herself with her hands, and scanned the sky in hopes of seeing clouds coming her way. 'The sky is so clear blue. It reminds me of something..." Gazing off into the horizon, she finally spotted the clouds she had been looking for. 'They're so far off. I doubt I'll get any shade from them.' Sighing she started back to work, listening closely for the sound of Haruka stirring.

Later that evening, looking into the eyes of the little girl playing peek-a-boo with her, Asumi realized what the sky reminded her of. "Haruka-chan. How did you catch a part of the sky in your eyes?"

Haruka just blinked up at her grandmother. Asumi ran her fingers through the baby's wispy black hair. "And somehow, you got the night sky to color your hair." Leaning so close that their noses touched, Asumi whispered. "So, you are a sky child?"

Haruka cooed and giggled. Asumi took that as an agreement.