Cherry Blossom Abyss

Flashback: Vivian (age 9)

It was a tad bit scary,everytime I saw jun's fangs.

"No peeking!!" He turns and runs off and I close my eyes,counting to 20.

Me,Junya,and uehara were outcasts. We used to play hide and seek with the class.

We'd wait hours,excited to be found.

But we were never discovered.

One day I went home crying and all the boys made fun of me at the time.

So me,uehara and Junya formed a group.

And we have stuck together ever since.

I giggle and peek around the tree,tapping Junya and causing him to scream out and grab his heart.

I laugh more. "Found you!"

He laughs as well and I see those curious fangs.

He grabs my hand and we head back to the house for lunch.

We always held hands. It was normal for us since we were best friends.

"Awe,look at the couple!" I look up to see uehara raising his brows at us.

Jun blushes,yanking his hand from mine.

"We're not dating!"

Uehara laughs.

"Y'all were holding hands."

Jun shoves him and growls.

"Shutup,stupid!"

Uehara grunts and shoves him back,harder.

"Don't call me stupid,stupid!"

Uehara snaps.

They go at it until ise comes out,cocking his brows in confusion.

He looks over at me and I shrug.

So ise heads over to them,breaking them apart and leaning in ueharas face.

"I know you,you're that little kid who thinks he's the shit."

Uehara snarls at him. "Piss off."

Ise chuckles.

"My,tough guy aren't ya? Cussing at age 10." Ise coos.

Uehara swings at him but ise shoves him away easily,holding him back by his head.

"Aw,so cute. He thinks he's really something."

Ise mocks,causing uehara to get angrier.

I blink,unable to look away as Naoki walks out.

"What's going on?"

"Alpha male fight,I guess." I shrug.

He rolls his eyes and gestures to me.

"C'mon. Dinners ready."

I nod and follow him inside.

About 45 minutes later,I look out the window. I smile softly.

Ise was asleep by the tree. Uehara beside him,snoozing softly. Jun was cuddled up on uehara,snoring.

Chiaki peeks out from behind me.

"What goes up must come down,huh?"

I giggle. It was a heart warming sight.

The sun had set,orange and pink illuminating beyond the clouds.

I wonder if Mom was seeing this beauty?

I think there was beauty everywhere. In everyone.

It was just either overlooked,or buried.