The Life With You (ReiShi)

Prologue - Where It All Begin

"Injury! Injury! An injured person here!" A little girl opens the door of the Miyano Clinic. Going past the waiting area, she yells while dragging a boy. She continued to drag the boy to the treatment room.

"Okaa-san, I brought you a patient."

"Let me go! I told you, it's not a big deal."

"But, you're bleeding."

"I can just lick my wounds and be fine."

"But..."

All the while they're arguing, a female doctor who just finishes treating a patient watches them from the door. As they stop in front of her, he recognises that boy right away.

"Oh, it's you again?" she exclaims, lowering her body to match the kids' heights.

"You sure do love to fight, huh?"

"That's not it." The boy turns his head to the other side, closing his eyes.

"They won't stop making fun of the colour of my hair." He opens his eyes, stating the reasons he got all the injuries with a frustrated voice.

"Even though I'm a Japanese, born and raised." His eyes fill with tears.

"Is one of your parents a foreigner?" The female doctor asks. Kneeling so that she can see that boy, eye-to-eye.

"What's wrong with that?" He asks while wiping his tears.

She grabs one of the boy's hands. She observes his injuries.

"Then, tell your friends that you fought with this: Even if people look different... when you peel back our skin, we're all just lumps of blood and flesh. To prove it, every race in the world has red blood flowing through them just like yours." She says firmly.

That boy is stunned to hear that. He is awestruck.

"Got it?"

"Emmm..."

The female doctor stands up and heads inside the treatment room.

"Then, let's clean your wounds. Come in." The kids follow her.

From another room, a male doctor is watching them the whole time from behind the door. He smiles looking at those three.

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"All done." The female doctor put aside the gauge she was using to clean up the boy's wounds. Then she removes her gloves.

"The remaining things that need is... Akemi, please put a bandage on him."

"Okay! Come with me." She takes him to the other side of the room.

"O-okay."

"How unusual." The male doctor approaches the female doctor.

"Honey."

"You're normally shy and speak the bare minimum with patients, but you're so friendly with that boy."

"That boy is special. He's half like me."

"I see."

"Anyway, how'd it go? Are we transferring to that facility that'll back up your research?"

"Well, I've turned down their offer."

"What? Why?" she's beyond shocked by her husband's decision that she stands up from the chair. The kids watch them as they suddenly get curious about the adults' conversations. That research was his dream.