The Boy on Peppermint Street

Memories of the past♡

[ Kagome ]

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{ xxFlashbackxx }

I sobbed on the sidewalk of Peppermint Street, outside the funeral. "Dad... you can't leave me all alone... please..."

I heard a ball bounce behind me and I turned around in an instance. A boy with long silver hair, a pair of puppy ears and a red haori showed up behind me.

His beautiful clear golden eyes stared back at me as he held a rubber ball in his hands. "Hey...are you okay?" he asked.

I nodded my head and I wiped my tears away. I didn't want him to pity me. He sat beside me on the sidewalk and patted my back, putting his ball on his lap. "Hey...I'm not sure what's wrong but what I'm sure is that it'll turn out alright." I hugged my legs and buried my face in my arms.

He stood up and reached out his hand. I took it and stood up, beside him. "Would you like to play with me?" he asked. I nodded my head and we started to tossing the ball at each other, and like that, the pain slowly seeped away.

We played together everyday after that, and that helped me to move on from the grieving of my father's death. But, all that ended that one day, when my mother found out about him and scolded me for having a connection with a 'hanyou', which I found out later that it meant a half dog demon. Even then, I didn't feel afraid knowing that.

However, from that day onwards, he suddenly disappeared and I suspected that he had overheard our conversation. I never saw him again and all over again, I fell back deeply into that suffocating state of grief.

{ xxFlashback endsxx }

It was never the same without the boy. I didn't even ask him for his name. Is he doing okay? Does he remember me? Will we meet again?

These questions replay in my head every year, every day, every second, minute and hour.