Ithoyizi, or a Boy and His Toy_In Your Arms_Eternal Starry Sky_Professor Quartz
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Ithoyizi, or a Boy and His Toy
“What is this?” The awe in the boy’s voice sounded like the labor of building a thousand grand pyramids. His eyes widened with the wonder of a newborn fawn seeing her mother for the first time. His fingers touched the toy with the timidity of a bomb expert deciding whether to cut the red or the blue wire first.Despite his weakness and tiredness, the boy’s father beamed down upon his son. He recalled the moment his own father generously gave him this very same toy. Such a simple gesture, but one full of meaning and purpose. To understand the importance of this moment, the reader must fir...
In Your Awww.onedoor.ccrms
Trigger warning: child deathIt is the time of night when its silence is not disturbed by whispered words, but by exhaled breaths. You shift in discomfort when loud snores disturb your delicate sleep. You extricate yourself from your husband’s loveless embrace and head to the adjacent room. In its musty darkness, you find him in his cradle, staring at the glow-in-the-dark stars, as he always is. His open eyes glaze over everything in their sight. You take him in your arms and softly close them. You whisper forgotten lullabies in his ears, swinging him with the hesitant delight of a new mother. ...
Eternal Starry Sky
"It's so nice to be out here tonight..." Mother said, her arms linked behind her back as she looked up at the sky. I stopped abruptly when we reached a familiar place. "Mom," I said, as I pointed towards the school park, "can we go there? I haven't been on a swing for a long time!" I looked at the swings, remembering just how much I loved going on them back in daycare. Mother sighed. "We came out here to walk, not to play on swings, Inari." "Aww, but I wanted to swing on them too!" Satoshi exclaimed.Mother looked at my brother and I, and finally made her decision. "Fine, but only for...
Professor Quartz
The inside of the car was nice and toasty after having had the heating on during the fifteen minute drive to the train station. It had been harder than he expected to find a parking space in the usually empty parking lot of the station, but Tom had finally found a spot and was now mentally preparing himself for the upcoming shock of the crisp Autumn air waiting for him outside. As expected, a rush of cold air surrounded him as he climbed out of the car, and a wave of goosebumps began to wash over his whole body. He shivered, but as he did his nose caught the scent of something familiar. Someth...