Warau Kisetsu

by: yumeneko

Author's notes: This fic is nearly like Blossoms Of Blood when it comes to character set-up (Hibiemi and Sakura are quite alike) But it's a very different story. Please R&R! All the opening quotes and titles of the chapters are all in pure Japanese. But don't worry, there's a translation...

Prolouge: Watashi no hohoemi ga shinai ma, kisetsu wa kawarimasu.

(Seasons change, while my smile does not.)

Kako wa ima kara totemo kotonaru.

Hitobito ga kawaru. Kaze ga kawaru. Kimi to watashi ga kawaru onaji.

Shikashi, watashi ga ima made ni kimi ni ikaru shite mo, watashi wa kimi wo ikaseru koto ga dekinai.

Oniisan, watashi ga mujouken ni kimi wo aisuru... eien ni.

The past is different from now.

People change. Winds change. You and I change, too.

But, even if I still get angry at you, I can't let you go.

I love you unconditionally, brother... forever.

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Hibiemi Hoshizora was perched on the balcony of her mansion. It was September 20. The sun appeared on the Japanese horizon, making pink and orange spill across the asphalt roads. She just finished writing the lines in perfect kana, inside a white card that said, "Otanjobi Omedetou, Onii-chan.". She closed the card and slipped it inside a green envelope. She was about to walk back to her room when suddenly from the floor below...

"Hibi! Hakkai!" Her father's voice called her, "Breakfast!"

"Coming!" Hakkai's voice rang.

"It's just the same old day..." Hibiemi sighed as she walked towards the stairs.

The Hoshizora family wasn't really your average family, Hibiemi and Hakkai's mother died a day after Hibiemi was born. Hakkai saw the bloody scene. Their father, Tenshin Hoshizora, was a mere ten years older than Hakkai while Hibiemi was ten years younger. But despite painful pasts and hardships, the family lived as if nothing ever happened.

"Onii-chan, onii-chan." Hibiemi knocked on Hakkai's door, "Are you asleep again?"

"Iiya." Came the answer.

Just trying to forget the past again.

"I'll be going now. I'll see you later! Matta ne!" Hibiemi said at the door.

"Matta ne." Came the answer.

-----End of Prolouge-----