He presses his forehead on mine. I was taken by surprise, but I don't mind.
'Visit more often,' he whispers as if someone would hear him. I took a deep breath. He smelled like soap and lemon and fresh grass.
'Definitely. You stay careful too,' I wh...
I miss you. Your smile, your kindness, your laugh, your courage, your witty tongue, your cooking, your everything.
When I got the call, I was shattered.
Something in me was lost forever.
I wouldn't believe anyone who told me you were gone. Telling myself that it was all just a dream. But then I saw you in the hospital.
Your skin was pale, your lips were withered. That vibrant gold hair had lost all its vigor. And yet you were smiling.
You bastard.
My heart shattered once more. My muscles slackened. That future we held so close now was gone like wisps of smoke. It hurts to see you like this. Everything hurt to see your lifeless body in front of me.
I couldn't run away with the wheelchair. All I could do was watch you lie there, knowing I won't ever see you wake up and greet me with those blue eyes.
I'm waiting for the silence Ash. A place where I could be with you. Hold you. Protect you.
I couldn't breath anymore. My chest hurt. It hurts everyday since.
Time stopped for me the day I realized you were gone. But the world moved on.
Many learnt your name. Max made sure of that. You've made so many changes even after you're gone.
And only I remain here now, left behind the day you left me.
Every morning I see you in my window sill, staring into new dawn. You never turned when I call for you. I would fall over in pain, but eventually I found happiness in just seeing you.
You were so close Ash, yet I let you slip past my fingers.
I didn't even say goodbye.
You were an enigma in my mundane life. A typhoon that turned everything over. A beautiful disaster. You took away my breath, causing discord over the rhythm of life. And I am glad I got to be with you.
You saved me. And you took a piece of me when you left.
My soul will always be with you.
My hair grows longer each year, the only proof of the passage of time. Shunichi and Max insist, but I wouldn't ever cut it.
In another life, I'll take you to Japan, Ash. So I can make you hotpot and grill you meat. We'll eat all the sushi we can and go wherever we want. Maybe we could've walked down the aisle with flowers and white suits.
It kills me to think what life could have been like.
There are days I watch you in my window sill, praying you will turn around and greet me. All I want is to see you again.
Soon, I hope I will.
I hear the faint ticking of the machines around me.
Someone shouted.
I smile.
***
Warm hands greeted him. Withered, spotted skin turned young again. Warmth filled them, for all the years they lost, for all the tears they spilt.
"Tadaima, Ash."
"Okaeri, Eiji."
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