I love my sister. I do.
It’s just..
Just..
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I am awake. The sunlight wakes me, warm on my back, and I am surrounded by giant trees in the Birch Forest. The birds are singing happily. I wonder if they have to worry about anything? Standing, I stretch, shaking some grass stuck to me from the morning dew.
She is gone.
It’s nothing unusual. She probably wandered off again, chasing a butterfly, or a rabbit. She forgets where she’s going and what she’s supposed to be doing. It’s always been this way, since she could walk. We are twins, sisters. I can sense she’s near, or if she’s gone too far; our bond lets this happen. If it wasn’t for this bond, I think I might lose her permanently, ‘cause she wanders off all the time. You see.. She can’t speak. She tries, but she just can’t. I don’t know why. But it doesn’t stop her from being happy. Everything makes her happy in this forest.
Mother and Father, the other deer, they couldn’t understand her. Because she couldn’t talk, couldn’t keep up with the others. Always wandering, doing her own thing. I always found her in the end. I just need to remind her that she always needs to stay with me, to be safe, and never wander off, and she’ll be okay. And to never trust strangers completely, because they could hurt her. We are only little fawns, but I can protect my sister, I’ll protect her with my life if I have to.
Shizuka. Someday I will make everything okay for you. I promise.
