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Chinatsu · Visitor Joined: 07 Sep 2010 Posts: 7

Locks of silvery blue hung in braids down over a pale pink kimono. A birthday gift last year via messenger from her brother, Chinatsu had chosen it especially for today. Standing in the doorway of Mistress Ni'Xuin's home she folded and unfolded her hands nervously. It had been 5 years since she had last seen Hikano. And even then it had only been for a few hours as he stopped to check in on her on his way back to Zento.

A tall boy even then, she had craned her neck to look up into his dark brown eyes. With a smile that gave her a sense of peace he gazed down upon her. Her own hazel eyes eagerly drinking in the attention. That need to be the only thing in his line of sight had often gotten her into trouble with their parents. But it was a need she could not shake.

“When will you come back Hikano?” an eleven year old voice questioned him.

“When you are past your sixteenth summer, dear sister.” That one comment and he turned and walked silently out the door stopping only to give a kiss to their Mother. She watched him from the door until he was out of sight and then stood silently for the next 4 hours watching still in hopes that he would come back once more. She knew he would not, but it did not keep her from hoping.

Chinatsu · Visitor Joined: 07 Sep 2010 Posts: 7

Mornings in Zento were not like back home. The air was crisp and clean yes, but ever so much busier. The noises of people constantly on the streets was something Chinatsu would have to get used to. She wondered if Hikano had had as much trouble sleeping as she did, when first he got here? Mentally she made a note to ask him about such when next she saw him. That alone was a question.

Hikano's letter to their parents had arrived 4 days past her sixteenth June. The worn edges of the parchment spoke of many days travel and of warriors hands scrawling quickly across paper he did not really have time for. Was she to be a burden then, she wondered? Or was she to be reunited with the only other soul who seemed to understand her in this world?

Now, 2 weeks past the note's arrival, she peeked her head out from Ni Chan's front door and took a barefooted step onto the porch. Adjusting her Kimono around her, she set off in search of Hikano as a smile edged itself from corner to corner.