Green Eyes (Sakura gen)

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Title: Green Eyes
Length: 135 words
Prompt: 31_days 24 Nov 06 // I bear your colours everywhere
Pairing: Sakura gen
Other: n/a
Excerpt: It is my gift to a mother I cannot remember: I live and love just as she did. Or perhaps it is her gift to me, a simple ability to be happy no matter where I am, a quirky sort of naivety, a shining smile.

It is my gift to a mother I cannot remember: I live and love just as she did. Or perhaps it is her gift to me, a simple ability to be happy no matter where I am, a quirky sort of naivety, a shining smile.

I can't remember her, but that's never made me sad. My brother and my father are tied down by their memories of her, and every thought of Nadeshiko is a reminder she is dead. All of my memories of her are gifts from other people, and remind me that she lives in all of our hearts.

I am my own person, bearing her sweet smile and glass-green eyes. I was her gift to the world. She was my mother.

As long as I bear her colors, Nadeshiko is never gone.