Snippet #372320

Himeko was dreaming of her parents, a dream she had every time her eyes closed for an attempt at peaceful slumber, it was always the same one; her mother was in the kitchen cooking breakfast, eggs sunny side up and crisp bacon, Himeko's favorite. Himeko's father was sitting at the table, lips pressed tightly together as he read the daily newspaper and sipped at his coffee. Five year old Himeko was getting ready due to it being her first day of school. She ran downstairs and ate breakfast with her parents, everything was peaceful, they ate and talked about their plans for the weekend, then everything turned ugly..the house was burnt, Himeko was standing there crying her eyes out in it's remains, her hello kitty backpack on the ground as she yelled in hopes of it bringing her dead parents back to her.

Himeko stirred in her sleep and jumped as she felt a hand softly move some of her hair and she jumped nervously, blinking at him obliviously, "What?" she asked in a soft tone, it was audiable, just a little groggy, "It'd do the family a favor if I got some weird infection anyway, besides..I don't like doctors." she stated in a slightly louder, but still relatively soft voice with a light blush upon her features. She blushed only because she was embarrassed that someone actually registered she was hurt.

"You're the monkey right?" she inquired with a small smile daring upon her features, her outgoing appearance contrasting against her shy nature and tone, "I'm not an idiot..by the way..I just didn't really think it looked that bad nor did I think anyone would notice." she said with a sheepish grin, dropping her stubborn and rude remarks, "No one really notices me, unless they're yelling, I'm actually suprised you didn't."