Standing At the Edge of the Earth
Title: Standing At the Edge of the Earth
Author: vfic83
Rating: G
Fandom: Hikaru No Go
Pairings: Mention of Hikaru/Akira, but overall gen
Length: 256 words
Disclaimer: Hikaru No Go isn't mine, and I don't make any money from this.
Spoilers: Not really any
Summary: Hikaru's mother reflects on her son and how he's grown up.
Warnings: Can't think of anything
A/N: This was originally written for blind_go here. Inspired by the Blessid Union of Souls song of the same name, particularly the first three lines:
I knew that this moment would come in time
That I'd have to let go and watch you fly
I know you're coming back so why am I dying inside
When Mitsuko had pictured her future, with her beautiful baby boy in her arms, she'd thought of teaching him to walk, taking him to his first day of school, his first date, graduation. She had enjoyed it when some of those things came to pass, but now... she'd never imagined having to take him to the Insei test, or her little boy becoming a Go Pro, not to mention at such a young age, or...
This.
"Hikaru, are you sure-"
"Yeah, mom, JEEZ!"
Her baby boy, who wasn't so much a baby anymore as he was a twenty year old man, huffed and blew his too-long bangs out of his face.
"You need a haircut," she said softly.
Hikaru rolled his eyes. "Whatever."
"Do you have everything you need?"
"Yeah. I'm practically moved in there already, and Touya's been living there for a long time, so..."
Mitsuko forced herself to smile a little. "You know we're here, Hikaru, if you need anything."
"Yeah, yeah," he sighed. But after a moment he smiled back. "Thanks."
She watched her boy leave the house with a heavy heart. It wouldn't be the last time, she was sure, but it was the last time that he'd be leaving the house when it was his own home. And while she'd known all along that someday she'd have to let him go, it was strange to think that instead of a mild mannered girl who would give him children, she'd lost him to a mild mannered man who would give him a lifetime of playing a board game.
Mitsuko finally let the tears fall.
Author: vfic83
Rating: G
Fandom: Hikaru No Go
Pairings: Mention of Hikaru/Akira, but overall gen
Length: 256 words
Disclaimer: Hikaru No Go isn't mine, and I don't make any money from this.
Spoilers: Not really any
Summary: Hikaru's mother reflects on her son and how he's grown up.
Warnings: Can't think of anything
A/N: This was originally written for blind_go here. Inspired by the Blessid Union of Souls song of the same name, particularly the first three lines:
I knew that this moment would come in time
That I'd have to let go and watch you fly
I know you're coming back so why am I dying inside
When Mitsuko had pictured her future, with her beautiful baby boy in her arms, she'd thought of teaching him to walk, taking him to his first day of school, his first date, graduation. She had enjoyed it when some of those things came to pass, but now... she'd never imagined having to take him to the Insei test, or her little boy becoming a Go Pro, not to mention at such a young age, or...
This.
"Hikaru, are you sure-"
"Yeah, mom, JEEZ!"
Her baby boy, who wasn't so much a baby anymore as he was a twenty year old man, huffed and blew his too-long bangs out of his face.
"You need a haircut," she said softly.
Hikaru rolled his eyes. "Whatever."
"Do you have everything you need?"
"Yeah. I'm practically moved in there already, and Touya's been living there for a long time, so..."
Mitsuko forced herself to smile a little. "You know we're here, Hikaru, if you need anything."
"Yeah, yeah," he sighed. But after a moment he smiled back. "Thanks."
She watched her boy leave the house with a heavy heart. It wouldn't be the last time, she was sure, but it was the last time that he'd be leaving the house when it was his own home. And while she'd known all along that someday she'd have to let him go, it was strange to think that instead of a mild mannered girl who would give him children, she'd lost him to a mild mannered man who would give him a lifetime of playing a board game.
Mitsuko finally let the tears fall.