The Suicidal And The Sacrificial

Under The Sakura Tree

Then, what is it that you fear the most?

Do you fear dying?

Do you fear death itself?

"What are you doing? Let the butterfly go. It looks like it's in pain".

In order not to creep out the rest of the high schoolers, Yoru Sumire lets go of the butterfly she took hold of. The black-haired lady with velvet eyes was known to have some peculiarity. Her silence packaged with eyes that seemed disinterested in the mundanity of human life created a wall between him and humans. The only person who would approach her is the upperclassmen, Keiko, and his friend Tatsuki. Sumire understood the small glare that Tatsuki had and gave a small bow. 

"How many times do you have to follow her around?", Tatsuki sighed and led her friend back to the main street. "She just looked lonely every time", Keiko said with a worried voice. "What you have to worry about right now would be the disappearance of Ichigo and Orihime. For who knows what reason, he's been skipping school for a week. It's not like Orihime will also do the same", Tatsuki balled her fist. The name made the black-haired woman behind them show a change of facial expression which Keiko caught while having his head slightly looking behind. 

Karakura High- Class 1-1

Sumire had always been in time, not too early, not too late but just in time. It will save her from having to socialize with students at her age but at the same time, avoiding any consequence caused by her tardiness. Since there is not much to do as a student, reading her notes and advancing into the next lesson became her pastime. Hours spent in school became torture to the lady who can predict what could be the next thing that would come out of her teacher's mouth. The mundane life is boring her to death. 

"So the story we are going to talk about would be In the woods beneath the cherry blossom in full bloom written by Sakaguchi Ango", the teacher announced creating a slight curiosity amongst the students. "Romance?! Have you ever heard of lovers getting to be eternally bounded if they spend time under the cherry blossom?", one of the students raised his hand in order to be permitted to share his thoughts. The teacher had a nervous laugh and passed through a student who already opened the book. "Shall we have Yoru-san to read the first part?", the teacher gave a nod of his head. Upholding to rules, the lady stood right away and did what was asked of her.

When the cherry trees bloom, people feel lighthearted and happy, and wander around under them, drinking sake, eating cakes, exclaiming how beautiful' what a glorious spring--but it's all a lie. Why do I say so? 

Soul Society

But on such a happy day as this, what difference could it make that they would pass beneath it? He was not afraid. And then the cherry forest appeared before his eyes, a mass of blossoms at their height. Here and there a petal fluttered down in the breeze. A layer of petals covered the earth beneath his feet. But where could they have come from? For, spread out above him, as far as he could see, were clouds of fully opened blossoms, from which it was impossible to imagine that a singe petal had been lost. The man stepped beneath the blossoms. It was utterly still in there and seemed to be growing colder. Then he noticed that the woman's handswere freezing cold. 

"Oh, that was chilling. Can you read it to me once more?", a cheerful with mixtured of a thrilled one voice echoed in one of the infirmaries of the fourth division barracks. "If I read it one more time, my insomnia will get worse", Kira felt the cold breeze in his spine. The two are enclosed inside a curtained corner. "Then, do you know what it means?", Nozomi looked at the white painted ceiling and lifted her hand. "Good, I can now move my hand. Probably, it'll take two more days before I fully recover", she nodded in agreement with her statement. Kira silently sat on the chair with his mind somewhere. "What are you so depressed with?", the bluish white-haired lady with blue eyes sighed and tried to reach into Kira's hair. "Cap- my former captain Ichimaru Gin died during the last battle. I know for sure that I do not deserve assuming his role even if its temporary", the blonde looked at pair of ocean blue eyes. "It's normal to feel insecured and anxious. When you start doubting yourself, that's where the game ends", the lady who seemed to be around Kira's age messed with his hair.