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Blink	By : yeagerbomb Category: Gravitation > General Views: 2675 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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thanks for the review, and i'm glad you like it. i like it too, and, to be honest, there are bits i don't remember either...~

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The next morning I woke up after Tatsuha had already left for school. I peered out the door, and the entire house was silent except for the quiet squeal the oven made when it was on. I crept to the kitchen and found a note on the counter.

Eiri, your breakfast is in the oven. Be careful taking it out, it will be hot. Father and I won�t be home until later tonight, so please behave with Tatsuha. Be sure to do your homework and practice for Father.

--Mother

I opened the oven and took out the plate of eggs and sausage, and made a piece of toast. I ate it all happily, ecstatic to have a meal without my parents talking to me, or kids at school whispering about me so I can plainly tell what they�re saying. When I finished, I went to my room and did my homework as Mother had instructed. But afterwards, instead of getting out my books to memorize different things for Father, I pulled out a notebook I kept hidden and began writing in it.

�They laugh, I cry.

I cry, she screams.

She screams, I cry.

I cry, they laugh.

It�s all a vicious cycle

I no longer can endure.

No one ever seems to care,

Or try to give a hand.

I�m all alone in the world,

And no one wants to help.

The only one who�s ever there

Is much too young to know

The pain I go through every day

To carry myself home.

I see no reason to go on.

No one would even notice,

If one day I just skipped school

To lie somewhere, in the dirt.

Just slip a knife from Mother�s cupboards

And take it half to school.

Then I use it on my throat,

To let myself just bleed.

I would fall to the ground,

And let the tears go,

As the blood swept from my body.

That is all I want to do,

This Monday before school.�

That was what I wrote, and when I read it over, I was spooked a little. I shut it back into the drawer and locked it up. Then I did as Mother wanted, and studied for Father. The day after that, I was home with Mother. It was Friday, and Mika was coming home that night for my birthday Sunday with a friend. Mother made me help her clean, and she got done plenty early, although I did most of the work and she just watched.

She went shopping to get stuff for the dinner that night and I stayed home by myself. I was in the kitchen, pondering a snack, when the phone rang. I just about jumped out of my skin. I stood watching it until the machine picked up and I heard my sister�s voice on the other end.

�Mother? Hey, I got in a little early, so I�m on my way over right now. Is anybody home?� She paused, waiting for someone to pick up. I moved to answer it, but as my hand was over the receiver, she started talking again. �I guess not.� She paused again, talking to someone else. �Oh! Okay, so Father�s out, the boys are at school, and Mother�s probably shopping. I hope the hide-a-key is where it used to be, or we�ll be stuck outside. And it looks like it�s going to rain.� I wrapped my hand around the phone and brought it to my ear.

�Hello?� I said.

�Eiri?!� she exclaimed. �What are you doing home?�

�I�didn�t go to school,� I told her honestly.

�Are you sick?�

�No, not really.�

�Is Tatsuha at school?� I nodded, then realized she couldn�t see me, and said yes. �What�s wrong with you then?�

�Nothing really. Father just said I didn�t have to go back to school for a couple of days. I didn�t go yesterday either.�

�Okay. Well, I�m on my way home right now, so don�t freak out when we pull up, okay?�

�Yeah. See you soon,� I said, feeling a little excited to have some time to Mika and her friend for myself. We hung up and I went back to my bedroom to write a little of a story I had been working on. I got so wrapped up in it that when Mika knocked I nearly had a heart attack. I stuck the notebook under my pillow and ran to answer the door. I opened it, beaming. �Mika-chan!� I shrieked, jumping up to hug her.

�Hey!� she said, pulling me into her arms. She kissed my cheek, and I couldn�t stop the squeak of pain escaping out my lips. She held me out in front of her and looked at my face. �Oh my god. What happened?�

�Nothing. Just a fight,� I said. �That�s why I stayed home.�

�Oh,� she said, uncertain. �Well, come on. Let�s go in, okay?�

�Yeah,� I said, nodding with a smile on my face. I tugged her inside as she and the man I had sort of noticed behind her grabbed their bags. �Nothing�s really changed, except your room is Father�s new study. Tatsuha and I are sleeping in the living room and you get our room. We�ve just got to set it up, really.� I was just babbling along, trying to distract her from the bruises. They put their bags in our room and then Mika introduced me to her friend.

�This is Tohma,� she said. �Tohma, this is my little brother.�

�Hey,� he said, smiling. �Let me guess� You�re Eiri, right?� I nodded. �And you�re older than� Oh gosh, what�s the other one�s name?� He looked at Mika.

She just smiled. �Tatsuha.�

�Right. You�re older than Tatsuha, aren�t you?� I nodded again, suddenly a little shy around him. �It�s your birthday this weekend, isn�t it?� I nodded again, feeling my face turn red. �How old are going to be, Eiri?�

�Fourteen,� I said, trying to hide the fact that I was embarrassed.

�Eiri, why don�t you show Tohma around the house while I get a little snack for you and Tatsuha when he gets home?� Mika said.

�Okay,� I said. �Um, this is my bedroom, but I�ll be in the living room for the weekend.� I led him through the house, showing him the bathroom and Mika�s old room. I told him where Mother and Father slept and showed him the gardens outside.

�This is my favorite one,� I said, motioning to my mother�s rose garden. �It smells so nice, and it�s so pretty. Just like Mother.� I watched Tohma look at the gardens and admire each one carefully. �Mother grows the roses. She grows all the good ones. That�s Tatsuha�s, over there,� I said, pointing at a garden of vegetables. �He likes to make Father happy, so he does anything he suggests.� Tohma�s eyes glanced over the roses to Tatsuha�s veggies, and then to Mother�s other gardens. She had at least a dozen, all filled with beautifully fragranced flowers; daffodils, roses, marigolds. You name it, she had it. I pointed out Mika�s old garden, which Mother had taken over. She had crocuses and lily�s planted there, and I thought they were the best thing in the yard, next to Mother�s roses.

My eyes stayed locked on Tohma, whom I�d begun to calm down around after the house tour. I saw his eyes stop on a certain garden and followed his gaze. There was a single garden, secluded from the rest. Snapdragons were budding and the daisies beside them were beginning to seed. Along the edge were pebbles, meant to keep out bugs because Mother didn�t want them in the plants, even though the stones didn�t do anything to help. In each corner was one iris, each a different color; pink, white, red, and yellow. Scattered throughout it were baby�s breath, just poking out of the earth. I blushed a rabid red that he would stop to take in my measly, horrible garden.

�Who�s is that one?� he asked me without taking his eyes off it.

�Which one?� I asked, pretending not to know.

�With the different irises and daisies.�

�Oh,� I said, but it was more of a squeak. �M-mine. It�s not very good. I have to replant the daisies and snapdragons every spring, but I don�t mind. Mother doesn�t like that I grow daisies, but I think they�re pretty. The white of their pedals is so pure.�

�I think it�s beautiful. Can I take a closer look?� he asked. I nodded, and led him to it. �Why do you grow what you do?�

�Hm? Oh, well� The daisies seem pure and�almost perfect. But they don�t look it right now. Snapdragons are delicate. Their heads could be pulled off easily, so it�s required to be gentle with them. Baby�s breath� Well, I don�t always do baby�s breath. One time I dropped dandelion seeds in, but made it look accidental. Mother can�t stand weeds. But I did it because they remind me of life when they seed and blow away. Nothing stays long, and it can never truly return to the place it began. I picked baby�s breath this season because I like what they stand for.�

�And what�s that?� Tohma asked, looking up at me from where he was crouched, looking at what I had planted.

�Youth, beginnings, innocence. The name says it all. Baby�s breath. I planted forget-me-nots last year. I was feeling kind of lonely, and they just seemed appropriate.�

�And the irises?� he said, looking at the yellow one before him.

�Oh. Well, I planted those a few years ago, when Mika was home. She helped me clean and plant the bulbs. I wanted irises for everyone I loved. I picked four, one for each of my family members. Sometimes the colors are a little different though. I thought it was cool they were all different this year,� I said, smiling down at him.

�Well, they�re all beautiful. I wish I could have seen the daisies before they died,� he sighed, turning to look at them. �They�re one of my favorite types of flowers.�

�Really?� I asked.

He smiled and nodded, then stood up. �Yes. I think they�re some of the most beautiful things in the world.� I smiled, feeling much better about my garden than I ever had before, and we stood outside, looking at the gardens until Mika called us back inside for milk and cookies.~
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