Miracle's Dream (Prologue)

Summary: A young girl who seemed to have no connection at all to any of them are the one who brought them together and drove them apart. She’s the one who shows them the real person they could be. 

Chapter Word Count (Total): 1,023 (1,023)
Rating: PG-15 in later chapters due to PDA and sensitive issues

Disclaimer: I do not own people... Mentioned people in this fiction belongs to themselves and their professional self, belongs to Johnny's Entertainment

Warning: Character Death

She just happened to be there. She just happened to catch the glimpse of the speeding car. He stood there stunned, unable to move, unable to call for help. Time seemed to freeze around him.

"Look out..!" she dashed towards the frozen boy. Pushing him to safety while putting her life on the line. Somehow, god just refuses to take her life just then. While she had nothing to lose. And nothing to leave behind if she died. The car stopped merely an inch from her.

The driver kept apologising and bowing in front of her. Softly she nods and smiled as a reply. "It’s fine. No one got hurt." she spoke gently. "Daijoubu desu ka?" she asked kneeling beside the boy she just so happened to helped.

As if he was snapped out of his trance, the boy nodded. "Daijoubu. Gomen nasai." he bowed down. "Arigatou gozaimasu."

The girl just smiled at him. "It’s okay. These things happens." She said as she stood up. Smiling, she extended her hand to help him up as well.

"Boku wa Tegoshi-desu." he said accepting her help.

"I’m not here to make friends." She said coldly but the smile never left her face as she walked away.

"Matte. Chotto matte kudasai." Tegoshi called the girl but she just walked ahead not even bothered by her own coldness. "Nani o kore." he mumbled to himself.

"Hontou ni. Sumimasen." the driver apologised again for the final time before fleeing the scene. Tegoshi turn around and shook his head and smiled at the driver. Knowing it was not entirely the driver’s fault. He was at fault to for being careless and spaced out.

He turned around to see the girl once again but she was already nowhere to be seen. A familiar voice calling him was getting nearer. "Tegoshi. Daijoubu ka?" his voice alarmed questioning the younger boy. Tegoshi just smiled and nodded. "Aho ka, omae?" he spoke with a harsher tone as he slapped the back of the younger boy's head.

"Eh, nani o kore?" Tegoshi questioned, rubbing the back of his head. Pouting a little.

"You were spacing out again. This MP3 player is totaled." he spoke in Japanese picking up what is left of the player. "This is your fifth one this year alone. And it’s not even October yet."

“Ahhh…" Tegoshi moaned. "Forget about that. Did you see the girl who helped me?" He questioned. The other boy looked at him quizzically. "You saw her right?" Tegoshi questioned the other man who was walking with her before she saved him.

The man just shook his head. "You must have hit your head pretty hard, Tegoshi-san." the man spoke.

"Shige she was here. I'm not delusional. She was really here." Tegoshi spoke. Shige just nodded as he pulled the younger boy towards the car.

"I'm sure she was."

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As soon as he looked away she ducked into the emergency ward. She cannot afford to gain a friend. Not at a time like this. She had been told by her doctors back in the States she had no more hope. She had only months to live. That was five years ago. In those five years, she lost her best friend and her parents in an accident. But she is still alive. When her doctor told her a new form of treatment was being developed in Japan, she did not for a second hesitated to come. Money was not a matter to her. So she came. Alone.

Three years living like a guinea pig being prodded and being tested on, she felt as if she has had enough. Many times she wanted to go back. Though when she thinks about it. Back to what. There are only memories of what was. There is no one waiting for her back home. Not even a grave for her to visit.

"I’m sorry for being very cold to you Tegoshi." she spoke quietly.The lights around her started to limit into a narrow tunnel. The almost deserted place seemed gravely quiet.

Maybe her time was coming after all.

"Catherine. Where are you? Catherine. I know you're in here. Answer me." The nurse called out to her. She just smiled. Knowing that she will be found eventually. But not that very second.

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Three years has passed. Yet he still could not accept her to be his younger sister. He knows she did not ask to be born. The hate that he has for is father is just unforgivable. When his family received a letter from the American court in order to take her in without any reasons, he was the first one to go against it. Yet his mother willingly takes her in. Taking the responsibility of a mother. Yet he never once faced her himself. Neither him nor her knows what each other looks like.

"She is still your sister you know. There's no harm in just seeing her. Maybe you can change her mind." his mother’s voice rang in his ears. "She needs someone she can call family to move on just to get he will back to live. Just see her once. That’s all I'm asking from you. One time."

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Two years had passed and many times he had lost hope to ever see her healthy. Not that he ever had, but at least he wanted to see her smile again. The soft and shy smile that she once had when they first met. It had been almost two weeks since he saw her last. Somehow he felt responsible for her. He knew how ever for them to have any kind of relationship would just be a dream.

Her voice has no more life as she once had. Her hope to live had been lost since she overheard the man talking about her. Yet, never once she complained. Never once she tried to take her own life until that day. He wondered what was going through her mind that very moment she stepped in front of the faceless boy.

Somehow he felt responsible for her. As though he was the only person she has to rely on.