𝟐𝟓 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 → 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐤𝐨𝐤𝐮

day eight

my beloved ryuunosuke,

hello, ryuu. i went out of the house today for the first time since last week. i really needed some fresh air.

while i was walking through the busy streets of yokohama, i spotted a new restaurant that has been opened from a walking distance in o̶u̶r̶  my house.

it was a grand opening of aki's spoon and bowl as the restaurant was named. i was getting hungry and i am glad that i brought my wallet with me.

the interior from the inside looked so nice! it was a fairly big place too. i could smell the scent of food coming from their kitchen and it just fueled my hunger.

i had ordered one of their rather cheap ramen. a mami it was called. it tasted really good! but tea on rice is still my favorite. i was a bit gloomy that they didn't serve my favorite food, but it was okay.

you wanna know what happened after though? i met a really nice guy that looked like you! or i thought he was you, hence why i walked up to him after paying for my meal and hugged him tightly. i could only imagine how awkward it must've been for him.

if you could've seen what I looked like, i was crying.

it was really embarrassing because he was just patting my back. i was really embarrassed for doing that out of the blue, but he seemed to be fine with it.

he asked me why i did that and i told him about you. i know he's just a stranger in your eyes, but i can't help feel like i'm talking to you when i spoke to him. i told him you had the most piercing dark eyes and cold face. i also told him that he looks like you, except with brown eyes.

even from your sickness you remained strong. he empathized with my loss and told me to hang in there. i was grateful for his kind words.

for the first time in seven days, i smiled again.

i was at glee when I found somebody else that understands how i felt. i forgot to mention his name was akihiko. he had prefered to let me call him by his nickname, hiko. i found out he was the son of the owner of the restaurant.

thanks to hiko, though..  i learn to smile a lot more and cry a little less.

it's nice to know that someone in this world can still remind me of you. even if i don't have anyone that can remind me of you, you'll always be in my thoughts.

i'll always remember, atsushi

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EDITED; 4/6/20