Even If Time Passes | KNY X OC Story

Chapter 9

He was inside of their estate, looking at the garden that was shining with the bright moonlight. There was a woman beside him, sleeping with a baby beside her. He looked bewildered at the sight when the baby started to turn around and fuss. He went to her and picked her with his not-so-strong arms and put her on his chest, making the little baby sigh happily and return back to her slumber. He wasn't in control of his body, he knew that this was either a dream or sign from the future.

He couldn't help but turn towards the woman beside him. Her crimson-like hair was cascading on the pillow like a halo, giving her a calm and ethereal look. He looked back down at the baby on his chest, he couldnt exactly see her features but thanks to his Hashiras who tried to visit and babysit her as much as they could, he knew how his baby looked like. Her hair was starting with white roots just like his own mother's but for a few days now, his dear Hashira's told something new to him: That red hues started to appear at the end of the white hair, at the exact same color as her mother's. He then felt little chubby hands on his face and her bi-colored eyes on him and chuckled lightly while patting her small back. He dragged his fingers on her cheek and poked them, making her look at him with an unimpressed glare. Even if he couldn't see, as soon as their eyes met, Kiriya couldn't help but cry silently. When he realized that his dream was coming to an end and that he was starting to panic, he saw his firstborn look at him with sympathy and hope in her eyes and at the same time, he felt a slight head pat, making him urgently turn behind. He was a child like he was supposed to be, meaning he was still able to see around, and that was when he saw them: A tall person with his father's haori on and a katana on their hand, with white to red hair with black tips. His eyes widened at that and he started to run to that person, even if his lungs screamed at him to stop but that person turned to him slightly, showing the left side of their face to him.

" Don't rush things, father... You will see me soon."

And with that, the room completely gone bright and he jolted up and woke  with sweat. He frantically lookd around and saw his mother trying to calm him down. After 5 minutes of breathing deeply and hugging his mother, he let go of her and looked at her questioningly when he extended her hand for him to take.

"Your father wants to see you... Let's go..."

They started to walk in the estate to reach his father's chamber and when they finally did, Amane turned to him and smiled gently, urging him to slide the door. When he slided it and went inside, he saw that his father was wide awake and was looking at the sky with a straight face. When he heard he came in, he slightly turned to him and gave him his signature kind smile while patting the area next to him. Kiriya sat down down next to his father and they sat in silence for some time, only looking ahead. The silence broke when his father started to talk while patting one of the crow's head.

"What did you see in your dream, Kiriya? It seems like it frightened you..."

Even though his father was blind, he saw right trough his son which didn't make Kiriya so surprised. He fiddled with his fingers and the ends of his kimono, not saying anything at first. But his father was patient, looking down at him with a soft smile.

"I... saw a woman..."

After briefly looking up to his father and seeing him looking at himself as if urging him to go on; Kiriya took a deep breath and continued.

"She was tall... as tall as Shinazugawa-san or maybe a bit more. She was wearing a... mask? But it was covering only the left half of her face. She had white-to-red hair and black tips like me and... She called me... father..."

As soon as he finished, his breaths started to come out irregularly because he didn't understand even a thing about this... dream? Was that even a dream? He was sure that he never saw that woman, she wasn't a relative or anything as well... Or was that a prediction? If it was, then why so suddenly?