Written for the LJ-community 30 shards.
Character(s): Souta
Summary: Bits and pieces of a forgotten character's struggle to accept his sister's life and death.
Shard: #5 - Memories
Title: All That Matters
Author: Ziggimaguagua
Word count: 250
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He doesn't remember very many things anymore. People tell him so. He doesn't remember who, though.
He remembers his grandchildren and he remembers telling them stories. They used to like that, but now they don't. They say they are too old to believe his silly fairytales.
He doesn't think they are silly, though, he thinks they are true, but nobody believes him, and maybe he's just confused, like they say.
He certainly is old, he knows that. Old and maybe confused, he doesn't like that very much, but there's nothing he can do about it.
He remembers his sister, he's sure of that. She was a priestess, she fought demons, she died in another world, he's sure.
But the people at the nursing home don't believe him. They never believe him and he's beginning to not believe himself either.
His sister died from leukemia. Or she was swallowed by a magical well. Or she died from leukemia...
He's beginning to find it hard to get a hold of reality. He thinks he knows things and then he suddenly doesn't. Everything is changing too fast for him to keep up, and even the simplest tasks are becoming difficult.
In the end he decides to hold on to the few things no one but he can decide or change. He loves his children and their children, he loved his wife and his mother and his grandfather and, no matter how she lived or died, he loved his sister.
That's all that matters.
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A/N:
Well... That's it :) The very end of Souta's life (or the last we're going to hear of it, at least). Hope you enjoyed reading it.
Please leave a review and tell me what you thought about it. I know my writing can use some improvement and I'd love to get a few pointers on where to start working :) and on the stories, too, of course, and plot (or the lack of it, rather... was that ok? I was sort of trying to go for a "normal life" feel. And normal lives tend to have no plot at all.)
Btw: I'll be starting a new Souta-story soon, this one more... story-like. Longer. :D So go take a look at my profile, if you liked this.(Or maybe... It's gonna be a lot different... but go look if you like Souta :D and Sesshoumaru ^_^ )
That's all for now :) bye-byes