Jumping into a different realm is terrifying
Without someone there beside you to hold your hand
And tell you that everything's going to be alright.
Ikuya Maruyama
Ikuya finished sewing the final touches on one of his mother's dresses and sighed in relief. Finally, he was done! Now he wouldn't be cursing from time to time when he accidently pricked himself with the sewing needle. He stood up from his stool, shook out the dress a bit, and hung it on a coat hanger which he put back in the closet. He walked to his mother's room and noticed that she was sleeping. He went over to the nightstand, pulled open a drawer, and took out a pen and a small notepad. He wrote a quick note, saying that he was going to the market to pick up some items. Afterward, he walked out of the room, grabbed a basket, and headed out of the house.
When Ikuya got near the market, he noticed a commotion calming down and someone being attended to by a woman with blonde hair. When the woman was done fixing the boy's injuries, the boy looked straight at him and he gasped slightly, darting into the small market. Phew! That was too close! He began searching for the items that he needed for dinner that night. He walked slowly through the market, trying to pick out the best items that he could get for a decent price.
Is there going to be a wire to get me back to my realm?
There may be a silver lining in this realm,
But that's only if we allow ourselves to see it when it shows itself.
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