Timed Life || Ryuuichi Kashima

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"Jin, have you watered the roses?" the girl brightly asks her little brother who gasps, he had forgotten and he went to do it right away! "onee-chan, tomorrow we're going right?" it was already night time. The Sorashimo sibblings sat at their balcony well Jin was watering their many rose bushes while Ichika smiles and ruffles his hair "Yeah, we're going tomorrow. We'll see the flower dome like you asked" the little boy turned to her with a bright smile upon being promised what he wanted.

He wanted to see roses. Roses, roses and more roses because he'll see it like his big sister. he remembers the small roses he picked out for his big sister when she was hospitalized and every time he plays with Ichika's phone he couldn't help but grin at the phone case that had preserved rose petals, his preserved rose petals that she kept with her. "onee-chan's the best" he said and cuddled her wrapping his stubby arms around her. Ichika smiled fondly and looked to the stars.

She closed her eyes and hums a song to her little brother.

Lie down on ground
to talk to bright sky
A shooting star dashed through the deep sky

Blurred eyes with tears caught your heart and so...

Never turn back
Like a playful mind of a child
We are changing
Fly with invisible wings together now

Your temperature is a little below normal
But we can feel warm
In a secret terminal

At ticket gate in the crowd
Hello goodbye
Again and again

See into the future
With a telescope
Stay here.

Once the song ends, Jin had already cloeed his eyes and slept peacefully in his sister's hold. Ichika hasn't turned away from the stars, not even for a second. "What will happen to you when i leave Jin?" she thought sadly as she remembered the fun she was having doesn't change the fact that her days are still numbered. "Will you miss me? you're so young and im scared you'll forget me" she rubbed the back of her little brother's head helping him snuggle to her comfortably as he dreams the night away.

The thought of being forgotten is scary and painful, but remembering that every day Jin would say that he loves her puts a bitter sweet smile on her face. But is remembrance of her little brother.. the only thing she wants? she always likes to look back on her childhood. It wasn't very colourful in all honesty most of it was just white, the white robes she always wears in the hospital, the white dresses she used to wear before, the white note books she used to draw on, everything was just like a movie from the 19th century black and white.

But not only black and white was present, there was.. red. She remembers the certain redhead that helped coloured her childhood, the times where he showed up in front of her, she found herself smiling more and since then she found the colour she favors the most. She found that she really likes the colour red, because it reminded her of him.

"Ah, it's getting late" she look to the clock inside their apartment 12.34 Am. She stood up and made her way inside their apartment holding her little brother close to her as she turned off the lights in their room. She laid down beside the little man and brushed his bangs away to leave a good night kiss on his forehead grinning to herself as her brother's sleeping face had a small smile on it. And soon she fell asleep.

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"Jin, are you ready?" Ichika asks from the kitchen "Ready!" Jin wore a pink hoodie and some white jeans and some black shoes to top his look, while Ichika wore a blush pink casual dress with some white sneakers and a small purse on her side her hair tied up to her usual pony tail giving her a relaxing and chill aura around her. Ichika giggles as Jin jumped up to her side and cuddled her close as his good morning gesture, and to return it she kissed his forehead.