Izumi Hasegawa 📢 🔔

Riku ran to it, expecting to find it broken. But it wasn’t. A leaf was stuck to its wing, making it look even more like a real dragon resting in the forest.

She took the kite from his hands and, to Riku’s horror, untied the carefully wound string from its bridle. izumi hasegawa

Riku picked up the kite. For the first time, he noticed how the sunlight made the red paint shimmer. He noticed the way the bamboo frame flexed, strong and springy. He had been so afraid of it failing, he had never actually seen it live . Riku ran to it, expecting to find it broken

Riku sighed. “What if I run and the wind isn’t right? What if the string breaks? What if it just crashes into the ground?” She took the kite from his hands and,