Name: Gouda Takeo
Birthday: January 1st
Age: 16
Family:
Yuriko Gouda (mother)
Yutaka Gouda (father)
Maki Gouda (younger sister)
Past:
Ever since kindergarten, Takeo has known Suna. Many people ask why they are friends and that is something even Takeo questions.
It's not because he doesn't have trust in Suna and their friendship but because the two don't look compatible as friends due to their strikingly different appearances and personalities (the two are virtually polar opposites).
Because the two live in the same apartment complex, were neighbors, and their moms were friends, they played a lot together as kids. While their mothers got along, initially the two didn't as the two had different ideas about what to play and were never on the same wavelength.
However, they never fought and over time their friendship grew. Their friendship truly started when one day Takeo noticed Suna playing on the swings; Suna was lonely and sad about his dad, who was suffering from an illness and decided to cheer him up by showing him how to use the swings. This made Suna laugh as Takeo fell into a bush but allowed them to truly start their friendship.
When they were in kindergarten, the two were the main leads in the play of the red demon and blue demon. Takeo played the red demon and Suna played the blue demon.
Takeo mentions when they were in kindergarten, Takeo once peed in his pants and Suna laughed but then threw a bucket of water over him to make sure no one would find out. On a field trip when Takeo was hungry but spilled his lunch Suna gave over half of his lunch to Takeo.
As it turns out, Takeo had already met Rinko in the past. When he was younger, he went on a trip to the mountains with his family and Suna.
However, he got lost, as he was trying to catch a beetle, and stumbled into a cave that was rumored to have a ghost. Takeo was scared and couldn't get out but met another child.
He assumed the child was the ghost but despite being scared, he helped the "ghost", as he believed the ghost was lonely and needed help getting out to pass on to the other side.
The "ghost" had gone into the cave to find a squirrel which needed help but then got lost. The two managed to get out and Takeo assumed the ghost passed on.
The ghost was actually a younger Rinko, with a boyish haircut, who got lost. She returned home and thought about the boy who helped her, hoping to meet him again.
Present:
Takeo is still best friends with Suna and attended the same high school as him, Shuei High School
