Remember Me?

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Hi! My name is Azure. Just to let you know, this is my first Hotarubi no Mori e fanfiction, so sorry if it sucks lol. Also, I have three other stories that I'm working on, so if I don't update this one for a while, you know why now. ANYWAYS, I hope you enjoy chapter 1 of "Remember Me?"! -Azure

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I stopped at the wooden steps before my grandfather's house. Glancing up, I squinted as the harsh rays of the sunlight consumed my eyes. The house was as it always was, the same traditional Japanese wooden structure that shared so many memories. Lush, green grass licked at the parts of my feet that were exposed from wearing sandals. The cicada's rhythmic and sweet music filled the dry, hot air and filled a bit of my empty heart.

It was painful here. So, very painful.

I sighed lightly, and marched up the steps as they creaked underneath my weight. "Grandfather! I'm here!" I hollered as I dragged my luggage onto the porch on which I stood.

There was a bit of a pause before I heard something in reply.

"Hotaru! Put your things in the living room for now! Then meet me in the kitchen for some watermelon." My grandfather shouted back in his usual cheery voice.

"Ok!" I yelled back as I yanked my luggage to the living room. Setting my bags down in the center of the room, I huffed from exhaustion and walked toward the kitchen where my grandfather was waiting. A smile played across his face as he offered the plate of watermelon.

With some hesitation, I grabbed a slice of the sweet and watery fruit as we headed towards the side of the porch that over-looked that forest.

The forest that held some of my most happiest and worst memories of my life.

Those memories were the ones that turned me into what I am now: A depressed and unresponsive high school girl.

The memories were melancholy and described myself quite well. I was found daydreaming more often then normal at school and at home. My 'friends' had abandoned me after a few days of acting like this. But the occurrence of it all was to much for a weak girl like me to handle. He was the reason that my summers were something I looked forward too. He was one of my first true friends- No. He was my first love. I loved him more than anything. Yet, just like how a light turns off when you flipped the switch, he was gone. Just like that. His disappearance was the memory I remembered best, despite how it made me feel.

That joyous and agonizing night. He reached out to the falling child, and caught his arm. None of us realized the boy he had caught was human. A few seconds after the touch, he started glowing a beautiful silver green. He had touched a human. And he was disappearing because of it.

"Hotaru! I can finally touch you!" He had told me, his gentle and steady arms held wide to embrace me.

Pulling his beloved white mask off my face, I ran up to him and gave him the embrace, the touch he had so longed desired. The few seconds we had, locked into each others' warm and loving grasp, were some of the best moments of my life. I could finally touch the one I loved for countless summers, for numbers of years.

As fast as the hug had been, his body was gone, and his soul was scattered, leaving me alone and forlorn. I sobbed hysterically into his clothes that he left behind.

After the moment had past, I stood up clumsily while wet, silent tears streamed down my cheeks.

I walked to the mask he had gave me, and delicately picked it up, as if it would disappear like he did moments before. I stared at the mask's painted face and held it close to my body. The mask was all I had left of him besides the abounding memories I had imprinted into my mind.

He was precisely why I chose to come to my grandfather's house.

Not because of my parents begging me, saying that it would help me.

Not because I looked forward to the summer ahead.

It was because of him. I wanted to officially say goodbye to him. To my beloved Gin.

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Azure: So; what did you guys think? It probably sucked lol. Please tell me anything that I need to improve upon. Derp I was actually crying when I wrote this, because I was writing it like a few minutes after I just finished the movie. I was sobbing so much but I had to keep it as silent as possible because I was watching it at midnight and I didn't want to wake my parents up lol. *sigh* Gin. why did you have to go?! You're making the fangirls cry themselves to sleep!

Gin: It's not my problem! I didn't know that boy was a human!

Azure: Well, you should have been cautious and not help him at all! Or at least tell Hotaru to help him instead!

Hotaru: Huh what?

Gin: ...

Azure: Anyway, you're lucky I'm going to write what I'm going to write! Hmph *shun*

Gin: What are you going to write?

Hotaru: Yeah, how come you can't tell us? *pout*

Azure: First, I don't want to spoil it for them *points to readers* Second, I want it to be a surprise for you guys.

Gin: I don't care about surprises, tell me! I want to know! Especially if it involves being with Hotaru!

Azure: Nope.

Hotaru: Come on!

XxTerraxX: Don't push it any further you two. When Azure has her mind set on something, she means it o3o

Gin: ...Fine

Hotaru: Please R & R in the comments below!