Gates of Horn
Author: Aki
Focus: Shizuka
Rating: G

There was a boy. He was in a suit, looking very formal. His hair was strange, black with a blonde tuft in the front. He grabbed onto that particular little girl's nose, then pulled it back, laughing. "I got your nose."

Another detention. She slept through it.

"Why do you always have to whine like that?" A blonde girl said to the one lonely girl, whose playmates had to go study.

Forgot about dinner, was too tired. She went upstairs and took a nap.

"BUT I DON'T WANT HIM TO COME HERE!" The girl screamed at the top of her lungs, "I WANT MY BIG BROTHER AND SISTER!"

Head pounding, eyelids feeling thick and heavy. Still too tired.

"Can't you see I'm reading? Go harrass someone who cares."

"Shizuka? Now stay awake, here. Next week we're going star- Shizuka!"

"I wasn't asleep, father. I was resting my eyes."

"As I was saying, we're going to go star viewing next week. You should get yourself rested beforehand, and please, none of this sleeping business."

"Yes, father. May I go to bed now?"

He sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose. "Fine."

She trudged up the stairs, collapsing on her bed.

"Why do you always fall asleep when we play tag?" It was the boy again, hovering over the sleepy little girl.

"Because it tires me out." She replied.

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