A boy lived alone in the town that is full of poverty, he was alone, and he does not have any parents with him they all died on a tragic accident.
An old man in his thirties passed by with a basket that is full of fruits and veggies, the boy looks at the basket feeling his tummy.
He hears his tummy growl in hungriness...
He wanted to eat but he can only stares at the food if only staring makes your tummy full then he will not be hungry anymore.
The old man notices his stares at the food and looks at him badly as if he was a thief...
The boy leaves without further ado...
He was use with that kind of looks...
"I want to eat", he whispers at the cold wind that blows coming from the calm sea of the east.
Suddenly a shadow of a man is slowly approaching him.
He is scared and stood up immediately...
When he stands up, he saw a man holding two-pieces of small bread.
The boy looks at the bread...
The man talks and said, "Here, you can have it", then he give the bread to the boy.
The boy stares; he cannot believe someone he did not know offers him a food.
The boy eats happily while the man watches him...
The boy stops eating realizing that the man was watching him eat.
"Oh, don't mind me and eat", the man said still smiling ear to ear.
The boy stares at him amused by his look...
"Are you wandering why I am happy just by watching you eat?"
The boy nods while having a bite on the bread.
"It's because this is the time where I remember my own child", the man said, you could hear sadness on his tone.
The boy stops eating and looked at him seriously...
"What's with that look?" the man asked.
"Have you lost your child?" he asked.
The man just smiles and sits on the sand, looking to a far away land...
"I didn't lose her", he mutters, "Her time just ended."
"What does that mean?" the boy asks anxiously.
"I'll tell you when the time comes my boy."
The man stretches his hand to the boy and together they leaved the land of the poverty.
The two of them live together, the man treated the boy as his own son, and he lived only for the purpose to protect him.
The boy who does not have a name started to have one, "Makoto" that was his given name by the man.
Having one make him feel special, he wish that this would never end...
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Hero: June 21 2015
Short StoryA story about a boy who does not have any parents and a man who does not have anyone to take care of… the two of them meets and started a life together. They build a happy family even the two of them is not related in blood, but their feeling do. I...
