Sakura Sakura (Yuuri)

Setting: Blacklight, the mainland, Morrowind.

It's a stormy night and rain pours down outside my window. It's half past twelve. But I cannot sleep. Something feels off, as if something is not right. I roll out of bed, forgetting it's on a slightly raised platform and hit the ground with a thud. I get up with a groan, ow that hurt more than expected. I gaze out the window onto the courtyard. The wind blows the trees around and leaves float through the air, I notice the front gate is open though it was closed when I went to sleep, odd. I shift my gaze from the gate and notice a light is still on in the upper right section of the house. I squint and try to clear some of the fog off the window. It seems it's coming from my uncle's bedroom. Grabbing a candle and slipping on a shirt and shoes I go to investigate. He shouldn't be up at this point at night, it's not like him. If anything it's more like my dad to be up, but not Takayama.

Silently making my way through the house I get to the wing of the house where my parents rooms and Takayama's room are. The rest of the house might as well be abandoned with how quiet everything is except, what's that? I get closer staying pressed close to the wall. It's voices, familiar voices. One being my uncles and another I remember but can't quite place. How to describe it? It's like a soft wind on a clear spring day, or the tinkling of silver bells or droplets of water into a pool. It's soft but sweet and intelligent. Who is it? I knock on the slightly open door. “Come in.” Takyama says and I poke my head in. “Oh it's you! I thought it might have been your dad.” He sighs and I notice the women in a kimono in front of me. So that's who it was, Sakura. She turns around and gives me a smile and a polite nod. “I hope we didn't wake you.” Takayama waves a hand “His room is on the opposite side of the house. You probably saw the light on didn't you?” I nod “The rain woke me up and that's when I noticed it.” I turn to my aunt “It's great to see you again, what brings you to Blacklight?” She smiles and playfully points to my uncle, who blushes profusely and looks away. “Takayama you're married stop acting like a schoolboy in love.” I say in a slightly scolding tone and he looks at me unamused in which I shrug as it's an accurate statement. “Um Sakura, were you the one who opened the gate?” She stifles a laugh “What?” Takyama asks her “What's so funny.” She attempts to regain at least some composure “I thought of something funny. Or at least you two would find funny, and me of course.” I sit down as I had been standing the whole time and my legs hurt. “Do tell.” She moves toward us a little bit “Instead of gate don't you mean Gay-te?” She tells with a grin “oh that's good I'm using that.” “How'd we never think of that?” Takyama asks me. “I don't know... that's a good question. How did we never think of that?” I stand as I should probably head back to my room. Suddenly I begin to feel incredibly sleepy and as if my legs are about to give out from under me, oh no-

I come to laying on the floor, luckily it's carpeted in this area of the room. Narcolepsy, always causing some kind of problem. I look over to my left at Takayam’s bed. He sleeps more peacefully than I've seen in years, Sakura sits up on an arm and sings a lullaby softly. The familiar melody is a traditional song, and fits well with her name, Sakura.

sakura sakura
noyama mo sato mo
mi-watasu kagiri
kasumi ka kumo ka
asahi ni niou
sakura sakura
hana zakari

sakura sakura
yayoi no sora wa
mi-watasu kagiri
kasumi ka kumo ka
nioi zo izuru
izaya izaya
mini yukan

She notices me looking on and smiles. “You alright? You fell over, I was afraid you’d hit you head.” I laugh slightly and get up, sitting on my knees. “Narcolepsy, that happens sometimes. It's usually managed by medication but I haven't had it the past few days, they need to refill the prescription.” She nods knowingly “I still remember when you were a little boy and you would always doze off in your classes. Or you would daydream or doodle instead. Benjamin, our younger boy, did the same.” Sakura explains with a slightly sad smile. Though neither of them mention it very often I can tell they miss their kids a lot. If I were in their place so would I, and Suki, the youngest, always loved playing with me, I remember that much. “I should go back to sleep. But I'll see you in the morning. Goodnight.” I exit the room still hearing the humming and singing as I walk down the hall and even after it fades away in physical time, it still echoes on in my head. I look out my window one last time, the Sun’s starting to come up, I'm almost never up when this happens, and so it intrigues, and even surprises me a little. Valan and Farkas must be used to it as neither of them have a sleep schedule that I know of at least. Closing the window and crawling back in bed I drift off to sleep Sakura’s lullaby echoing in my dreams.
“Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms,
Across the spring sky,
As far as the eye can see.
Is it mist, or clouds?
Fragrant in the air.
Come now, come now,
Let's go and see them!”

Takayama exe has stopped working (final version will be digital)

Hope you enjoyed this! I've been stressed and swamped with school work and other stuff. That and writing block (Thanks ender for the prompt. I'm not sure Valan knows what he's doing but Yuuri and Phillip to the rescue!) 

Until next time,

Max