Black Swan Wonderland

Dreamers

Halo One: Dreamers:

-Spring 1985-

The early morning sun seemed to glow on Hya-chan's skin. She looked so peaceful sleeping. Makoto reached out and touch her cheek. Theirs was a strange way they came together. Two different worlds. Two different beliefs. He didn't seem interested in her at first. But she won him over in the end.

He smiled to himself. What did he do to get such an angel of a wife?

Makoto froze when he noticed her stirring awake. "Hya-chan?"

His wife opened her big brown eyes. "Good morning, dear."

"How long have you been awake?" Makoto whispered. She shrugged and shook her head. Hya-chan broke into a little giggle. He smiled and playfully tapped her on the nose. Everything about her seemed so innocent. She did go up in sheltered life.

"What do you plan to do today?" he asked.

"I don't know," she said. "You?" Makoto sighed.

"Looking for work," he said. His wife frowned.

"What?" he asked. She rested her head against his chest.

"I just wish you didn't have to go," Hya-chan whimpered. Makoto smiled and patted her on the head.

"We need money to keep this house and eat," he said. "I don't want us to end up on the streets."

"But I can't stand to be away from you so long," Hya-chan whimpered. She looked like a little kitten who's treat was taken away from her. Makoto chuckled.

"Well when I make enough money, we'll spend all of the time together," he said. Moments like this in the mornings reminded him that there were still good things in this world. Hya-chan relied on him to supply their basic needs. He wished that he had enough money to do all of that and buy her nice things too.

"I sometimes dream that I won the lottery," Makoto admitted. "I'm able to buy us a big house. Pretty clothes, jewelry, and presents for you."

"That sounds nice," Hya-chan said. She doesn't really need much to be happy. Though, she has talked about wanting a child. Makoto didn't know how to react to this.

"But we just got married," he said. "Let's just enjoy some time to each other for a bit." That didn't sink in for her. She's always wanted a happy family since she was a little girl.

"Kenshin," Hya-chan said this morning. Her husband gave her an odd look.

"Huh?" he asked. She looked up at him.

"For a boy's name," she said. Makoto shook his head.

"No," he said.

"No?" Hya-chan asked.

"It's sound too stiff, too proper," he said. She cocked her head.

"Then what name do you want for a boy?" Hya-chan asked. Makoto took a moment to think.

"I really like the name Daichi," he said. "Or Ryo."

"Are those nice names?"

"Yeah."

"And what about for girls?"

Makoto took a moment to the think about that. "Kyoko."

Hya-chan lifted her head. "Why that name?" Her husband shrugged and shook her head.

"I don't know," he said. "It just sounds like a nice name. You?"

"Tomoko," she said without missing a beat. Makoto thought about that before nodding.