(FIC: Yuki & Ame): Siblings
Title: Siblings
Fandom: Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki
Pairings/Characters: Yuki, Ame, mentions of Souhei/Yuki.
Warnings: Unbeta-ed, did I mention that I hate the 1000 word count limit? ;A;
A/N: Day 8 entry for Celeng 10 Hari Kreatif Bersama Tante-Tante Fujo. The prompt is Films.
Fic word count: 998.
Siblings
An Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki Fanfiction
On a summer when she comes back to her village, Yuki asks Hana to let her go deep into the mountain.
“I’ll be back, Mom,” she says, because even if Hana is smiling, there’s fear behind her eyes. But Yuki knows who she is-she might be part wolf, but she’s human. She’s chosen to be human. “If Souhei comes over, tell him to wait.”
“Be careful on your way there,” Hana tells her. “And don’t patronize your brother.”
She sniffs. If she gets her way, she’d have done a lot more than just patronizing. “I won’t.”
-----o0o-----
She finds Ame when she’s this close to giving up-catches a sight of him running up path to the waterfall. She stops, because she’s a city girl now, she doesn’t have the tenacity to conquer nature like she used to. So she calls out loudly, “Ame!”
Ame doesn’t stop. He disappears behind the shadows of trees and rocks.
“I hate you,” Yuki grumbles. And because she’s not her mother, because she doesn’t turn into her wolf form, and she’s still got a long way to trek back home, she sits down under the majestic tree and looks around.
Ame’s done a pretty good job in taking care of this forest, Yuki thinks, and doesn’t stop the proud smile curving on her lips.
-----o0o-----
“There’s this huge theatre in the city, you know. Mom never took us there back then, but I go there almost every week now. Sometimes with Shino-chan, sometimes with Souhei.”
There’s no one here to listen to her talking, but she thinks somehow Ame would hear her stories. They haven’t seen each other since Ame disappears into the forest, having chosen the life of an adult wolf, leaving their mother alone in the village home. She’d tried going into the forest several times to look for him, despite Hana’s aversion, because even if Ame has chosen a different life, a life that she doesn’t like, they’re still siblings.
Ame is still her younger brother. The one who follows her steps everywhere when they’re kids, the one she’d protected and saved. For him, to leave without so much of a word to her, stings.
So she sits there, pretends that Ame could hear her because this forest is practically his, in a way, and talks.
“They play movies there. A lot of foreign movies, animated movies, sometimes 3D movies, and we have to wear these silly glasses to watch those, but it’s pretty cool, too. I love them.” She pauses, lets her eyes roam around just to make sure there’s nothing dangerous lurking close. If nothing else, her wolf instinct never dies down. “I think you’d love the documentaries. The other day they did a wildlife documentary on the Amazon, you know? It reminded me of you, and I wanted to show you that movie, if you’d ever come with me to the city.”
The breeze carries away her words almost as soon as they leave her lips, replacing it with silence that makes her unsure if she’d even talked at all.
“But you’ll never leave this forest, will you? Ame.”
Her tone is turning wistful, and under other circumstances, Yuki would be embarrassed. But right now, right now all she can think is how her roommate, Maya, would sit with her brother at lunch, fighting over a piece of octopus sausage, reminding each other to call home, and sometimes going to the movies together in the weekends. She misses Ame, she misses having a brother, she misses having someone she needs to protect and take care, even if Ame doesn’t need her to be that older sister anymore.
She sighs, scrubs hard at her eyes, and continues, “I’ll be going abroad for an exchange program next Spring.”
She thinks she hears something shuffling from behind her, but she doesn’t turn around.
“I’ve decided my own path too, Ame. I’ll go see how big the world is, compared to your little forest.” She grins, imagining the dirty look Ame would give her if he heard that. “I won’t be able to come back home often, though. You’ve got to take care of Mom, alright.”
And then there’s that slide of fur against her back, and the unmistaken feeling of a wolf form curling, slowly changing into that of a human. Yuki takes a deep breath, squeezes her eyes closed, and hopes her voice doesn’t tremble.
“Enough hiding?”
The back pressing against her own tenses, and then she hears his voice, deeper than she remembers, quieter than she remembers. “I’m sorry I hurt you, Neesan.”
That one fight, years ago, leaving her sobbing over scratches on her skin in the bathroom. She laughs.
“I won’t be coming here,” she says. “For a long, long time.”
There’s a stilted pause, and then a pair of arms-they still look as small, as fragile, but there’s strength in them now, and Yuki buries her face into those arms, chuckling. She misses this, god, she really does.
Dark blue strands, so identical to Dad’s, tickle her chin as Ame buries his face in the crook of her neck.
“Souhei-kun’s good to you?”
“He is.” Yuki pats her brother’s arm, pauses, then continues, “He knows.”
Ame tightens his arms, and Yuki wonders if he really has turned into an adult wolf. “I miss you.”
“Yeah,” because she’s prouder than him, and she has no idea how to say it out loud. “Me, too.”
“Be happy.”
“You too.”
The arms let her go, and Yuki turns around just in time to see Ame transform back into a wolf, leaping up towards the rocks in a graceful arc, and disappears just like that.
And then she hears the howl.
“Fine, fine,” she chuckles. “Just this once.”
Seconds later, an answering howl resounds from the base of the majestic tree, echoing in the corners of the forest, manifesting everything that’s left unspoken.
If their mother hears, Yuki thinks, she’d be so happy.
-----o0o-----
Fandom: Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki
Pairings/Characters: Yuki, Ame, mentions of Souhei/Yuki.
Warnings: Unbeta-ed, did I mention that I hate the 1000 word count limit? ;A;
A/N: Day 8 entry for Celeng 10 Hari Kreatif Bersama Tante-Tante Fujo. The prompt is Films.
Fic word count: 998.
Siblings
An Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki Fanfiction
On a summer when she comes back to her village, Yuki asks Hana to let her go deep into the mountain.
“I’ll be back, Mom,” she says, because even if Hana is smiling, there’s fear behind her eyes. But Yuki knows who she is-she might be part wolf, but she’s human. She’s chosen to be human. “If Souhei comes over, tell him to wait.”
“Be careful on your way there,” Hana tells her. “And don’t patronize your brother.”
She sniffs. If she gets her way, she’d have done a lot more than just patronizing. “I won’t.”
-----o0o-----
She finds Ame when she’s this close to giving up-catches a sight of him running up path to the waterfall. She stops, because she’s a city girl now, she doesn’t have the tenacity to conquer nature like she used to. So she calls out loudly, “Ame!”
Ame doesn’t stop. He disappears behind the shadows of trees and rocks.
“I hate you,” Yuki grumbles. And because she’s not her mother, because she doesn’t turn into her wolf form, and she’s still got a long way to trek back home, she sits down under the majestic tree and looks around.
Ame’s done a pretty good job in taking care of this forest, Yuki thinks, and doesn’t stop the proud smile curving on her lips.
-----o0o-----
“There’s this huge theatre in the city, you know. Mom never took us there back then, but I go there almost every week now. Sometimes with Shino-chan, sometimes with Souhei.”
There’s no one here to listen to her talking, but she thinks somehow Ame would hear her stories. They haven’t seen each other since Ame disappears into the forest, having chosen the life of an adult wolf, leaving their mother alone in the village home. She’d tried going into the forest several times to look for him, despite Hana’s aversion, because even if Ame has chosen a different life, a life that she doesn’t like, they’re still siblings.
Ame is still her younger brother. The one who follows her steps everywhere when they’re kids, the one she’d protected and saved. For him, to leave without so much of a word to her, stings.
So she sits there, pretends that Ame could hear her because this forest is practically his, in a way, and talks.
“They play movies there. A lot of foreign movies, animated movies, sometimes 3D movies, and we have to wear these silly glasses to watch those, but it’s pretty cool, too. I love them.” She pauses, lets her eyes roam around just to make sure there’s nothing dangerous lurking close. If nothing else, her wolf instinct never dies down. “I think you’d love the documentaries. The other day they did a wildlife documentary on the Amazon, you know? It reminded me of you, and I wanted to show you that movie, if you’d ever come with me to the city.”
The breeze carries away her words almost as soon as they leave her lips, replacing it with silence that makes her unsure if she’d even talked at all.
“But you’ll never leave this forest, will you? Ame.”
Her tone is turning wistful, and under other circumstances, Yuki would be embarrassed. But right now, right now all she can think is how her roommate, Maya, would sit with her brother at lunch, fighting over a piece of octopus sausage, reminding each other to call home, and sometimes going to the movies together in the weekends. She misses Ame, she misses having a brother, she misses having someone she needs to protect and take care, even if Ame doesn’t need her to be that older sister anymore.
She sighs, scrubs hard at her eyes, and continues, “I’ll be going abroad for an exchange program next Spring.”
She thinks she hears something shuffling from behind her, but she doesn’t turn around.
“I’ve decided my own path too, Ame. I’ll go see how big the world is, compared to your little forest.” She grins, imagining the dirty look Ame would give her if he heard that. “I won’t be able to come back home often, though. You’ve got to take care of Mom, alright.”
And then there’s that slide of fur against her back, and the unmistaken feeling of a wolf form curling, slowly changing into that of a human. Yuki takes a deep breath, squeezes her eyes closed, and hopes her voice doesn’t tremble.
“Enough hiding?”
The back pressing against her own tenses, and then she hears his voice, deeper than she remembers, quieter than she remembers. “I’m sorry I hurt you, Neesan.”
That one fight, years ago, leaving her sobbing over scratches on her skin in the bathroom. She laughs.
“I won’t be coming here,” she says. “For a long, long time.”
There’s a stilted pause, and then a pair of arms-they still look as small, as fragile, but there’s strength in them now, and Yuki buries her face into those arms, chuckling. She misses this, god, she really does.
Dark blue strands, so identical to Dad’s, tickle her chin as Ame buries his face in the crook of her neck.
“Souhei-kun’s good to you?”
“He is.” Yuki pats her brother’s arm, pauses, then continues, “He knows.”
Ame tightens his arms, and Yuki wonders if he really has turned into an adult wolf. “I miss you.”
“Yeah,” because she’s prouder than him, and she has no idea how to say it out loud. “Me, too.”
“Be happy.”
“You too.”
The arms let her go, and Yuki turns around just in time to see Ame transform back into a wolf, leaping up towards the rocks in a graceful arc, and disappears just like that.
And then she hears the howl.
“Fine, fine,” she chuckles. “Just this once.”
Seconds later, an answering howl resounds from the base of the majestic tree, echoing in the corners of the forest, manifesting everything that’s left unspoken.
If their mother hears, Yuki thinks, she’d be so happy.
-----o0o-----