Under Skies of Purple

Found

Hoshiko sat in her bedroom surfing the channels on her small TV. Her cloths smelled a bit from not showering all day. Her eyes dull and tired. She wasn't feeling well and had to stay home from school. Kukiko, her caregiver, also her best friend, decided to stay home and help her. Hoshiko didn't get sick often but when she did it was normally bad. Hoshiko calls out for Kukiko to see if she has her medicine, but does not answer. Hoshiko, after many failures, gets up from the warmth of her couch. She stumbles quite a bit but eventually gets her balance. She looks in the kitchen for her but only finds her medicine. Hoshiko takes the medicine, with disgust of course. "Maybe she's in the restroom?", she thought.  She puts the small cup into the sink and puts the medicine in the cabinet. Heading down the hall she takes a moment to look at the wallpaper. It's slowly fading look made her feel good. And somehow nastalgic. She saw some parts at the bottom peeling at the floor, leaving a faint smile as she walking further down the hallway.

When Hoshiko turned her head to the door, it was open. "Kukiko?" No reply.  Her head wipped towards the direction of the front door when she hears knocking. For some reason she was afraid for Kukiko although she could quite possibly handle herself if anything did happen. Hoshiko made her way to the door taking a long sigh before answering.

Kukiko chuckled and looked away. "I may have locked the door behind me while getting the mail..." Kukiko said while holding up a few envolopes. Hishiko sighed not really in the mood for these ridiculous situations kukiko found herself in. Almost every day.

Hoshiko made her way back inside and to her mothers old couch. She grabbed the red and black plaid blanket that her father got for her a few birthdays ago. Her Brown hair cascading down as she pull it out from the blanket after wrapping herself in it.

Kukiko still stood in the doorway looking up at the sky.  Her big brown eyes widening as she saw the colors melting to the treeline, which looked black. The Sun melting with the yellows and pinks surrounding the light. Farther out from the sun was a deep blue turning to violet at the August sun set for the day.

"Wanna watch TV with me?", Hoshiko asked. "Hell yes." Kukiko replied, feeling a bit inspired.

Kukiko smiled at the screen. The evening went by as they watched some of their favorite TV shows. Hoshiko was getting a bit bored of just sitting and she was actually starting to feel a bit better. Kukiko began to look at her dulled friend and questioned her what was the matter. "No it's nothing I really am enjoying this time we can spend together. We never get to see each other that much because of collage but I'm bored Kukiko!" Kukiko laughed at Hoshiko's reaction and got up. "Ok then, let's go out!", Kukiko was holding out her hand for Hoshiko to grab. A wide smile, the widest Kukiko has ever seen her smile, spread onto Hoshiko's face. Hoshiko grabbed Kukiko's hand.

This was going to be the start of a fun night.