Umarekawari (The Reincarnations) UNEDITED

Reflections of the Past

I loved my mom let's be honest who doesn't. My mother's beauty caused her a great amount of envy, I would envy her to if I wasn't lucky enough to be her child. You see my mother had the prettiest brown eyes they were the perfect reflection of a beautiful chilly autumn afternoon. My mother loved us both equally but there were moments when she did show it, I understand completely had a lot to deal with and she other times struggled to keep up, she had to consistently prove that she was a good wife worthy enough to carry the Feng last name. However my grandfather was never keen with my father's marriage to my mother and therefore everything my mother did was never enough I guess we related to each other that way as well.

As my relationship with Fei worsened, our fights became more brutal even physical sometimes especially once my abilities were revealed she became even more aggressive towards me.

I remember there was a time we went to a gathering with family and at that time I was very self cautious about myself so I just sat in a corner on my own when Fei had the Audacity to walk up to me and say;

"Just because you have powers doesn't mean you have to be stuck up"

Don't get me wrong she wasn't always so fu*cking oblivious, there were times when she saved me from my dad's scolding but the time we turned 14 we hardly had time to fight, much-less see each other with my new found talent for playing the shime and her dance recitals but something changed that day, that rainy day.

My daiko ensemble was playing far into the Kanto countryside so my mom picked me up first then picked up Fei afterwards everything was fine until we got stuck in traffic

Were she just didn't complaining;

"Why is it taking so long?" she question

"Why don't you be quiet and wait" I shouted

"Why can't you put on a dress or something and make yourself look pretty for once you look disgusting dressing like a guy and what's with you dating Nari, so I guess your gay now too huh, why do you always have to be the one to mess things up"

I looked up at her with eyes of disappointment and betrayal, she outed me without giving it a second thought if it was her I would never.

She suddenly stopped looking out the window and turned to look at me and at that moment I was no longer looking at my sister, it was the reflection of someone else I felt as if I was looking at my father.

I looked in her eyes and saw the fury of my father in them

"That's enough both of you, your acting like children" mom shouted

"Why don't you stay out of it, and focus on driving, and why don't you act a little more thankful to dad, if wasn't for him you would be working some minimum wage job you dumb bitc-" she said before being interrupted

I slapped her, she could say all the bad in the world about me, but insulting my mom, our mom...that was the limit,

"You truly take off your father, Fei" my mother sadly said with tearful

"So your not gonna address the fact that she slapped me" she exclaimed

"And I'll do it again, if disrespect mom again you fu*king spoilt brat, how dare you, mom has to fight everyday to live up to the standards of dad, she doesn't do it for herself, she did for us-"

That's enough, Lei as punishment you'll walk home from here" my mom shouted

"But she started it" I shot back

She gave me the mother's look and I knew she was serious.

During the walk home I decided to let of f some steam, I stopped at a street vending machine and bought some kit kats and a box of pocky sticks, I also stopped at a near basketball court. I even met some of my classmates there, turns out it really wasn't of a punishment.

I left and headed home maybe a hour later. I turned the corner of my street to find flashing lights something happened. As I moved closer I can see it a car crash that's when I saw the license plate of one of the cars I realized it was my mom's car. I broke into sprint to the scene

I saw a body covered with a white sheet but I couldn't see who it was, there was a police officer blocking my view

Once he moved I ducked under the yellow tape to get a closer look, ignoring the calls of the police, ignoring the calls of the bystanders, ignoring the calls of that voice in my head,

The police officer cut me off, I looked around still wanting to see who it was I had a feeling but I just wanted to be wrong but unfortunately a gust of wind blew it lifted the sheet enough for me to see the face my suspicions were confirmed. I fell to my knees and screamed. A sudden burst of thunder and lightning startled the bystanders as the tears fell from my eyes, the rain seemed to mimic them

I knew I lost something that could not be replaced, I lost my mother.