Rating: G Characters belong to Clamp This was written for the hourfic challenge on the CFFML
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by Beth
On the edge of the greatest sea, there is a country on the islands. In that country there is a city. The city is full of tall buildings, bright lights and people who laugh and cry and dance.
In the city, there is a hospital. In the hospital sleeps a girl.
The girl has been asleep since her seventh birthday.
Her family was devastated at first. They tried everything they could. So did the doctors, but the girl did not awake. The doctor who takes care of her right now cannot do anything. This powerlessness makes him twist slender fingers in his long white hair, and when he's alone, he curses the gods.
There has been talk that the girl suffers from some mysterious disease. Important people have come and gone from the room where she sleeps, and one of them, a woman with long black hair, told the parents that her sister suffered from the same ailment before she woke up and died by her own hand.
In a desperate attempt, the parents called on an exorcist. All he could tell them was that despite her sleep, the girl was alive, but so deep in her own mind even he couldn't reach her. But he put up wards around her bed, and the girl's sleep seemed calmer from then on.
The exorcist still comes to see her sometimes, and shakes his head. Then he goes home and tells the story to his lover. The other man holds him as he cries, and sends him to a dreamless sleep with his own magic, standing guard until dawn.
The girl's father is a priest, and he prays for her. So do other priests throughout the city. But even though they say it's not fair for one so young to be dead to the world, the gods do not choose to intervene.
Every week, the girl's brother and his childhood friend come to visit. She does not react to her brother's presence, but the other boy is the only one who can gain recognition from her. He puts her hand in his, and she smiles and whispers.
"Kamui-chan..."
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