Curse named human

Curse named human - Part 26 / 40

Songs to this chapter:
08 – My profession is your decline (Demon's theme)

09 – One green balloon (Ryutaro & Tadashi Theme)

† Curse named human †

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Part 26

Clear cut

Inside the mind of.....

Toshiya

It was very late at night when I finally returned home. I found Taro in his apartment, devastated, torn apart between two souls he dearly loved. Now he came to realized under the hardest circumstances that it was possible to love two souls. He told me everything about Tadashi's fate and it was heartbreaking to see him suffer like that. He didn't deserve that, they all didn't. And all I could do was hold onto him and listen. No clever words no well meant advise. God knew I had enough going on myself and I wanted to tell and ask for Taro's opinion but of course I kept quiet about my shocking kiss with Kaoru.

I opened the door and slipped over something on the floor. My room was only lit by the moon light but I made out an envelope on the floor. I picked it up and felt something bulgy. Turning the lights on with my elbow, I opened it but there was no letter inside. Instead I hold a pair of car keys in my hand. I was shocked, could it be? This letter needed no explanation because I knew exactly who delivered it.

I put my bag down and left my apartment again. I took the elevator down to the parking lot, the dim blue lights of the elevator making me unnecessarily sleepy. The reflection in the crystal mirror showed a young, modern man who seemed more and more strange to me. Modern haircut, the clothes, even my body language and words fit more and more into this time. Maybe it was the lack of sleep which made me realize that I finally peeled off that old skin which hold me back from everything. From Life, new people, even from myself. Without realizing it, I had changed.

I stepped out the elevator and looked around, not knowing what I was looking for. I fished out the car keys and pushed a little button. In the distance I heard a noise and saw lights flashing. I ran over to where the lights came from and stopped speechless in front of a dark blue Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT. Or at least that's what the license plate said. I was baffled and embarrassed about it. It couldn't be that the car was meant for me and if so, I was mad about myself, giving the impression that I might be buyable. What could I possibly do with such a ridiculous expensive car? I couldn't even drive! Not to mention that I would NEVER drive through mad Tokyo's traffic with any kind of vehicle!

I didn't know why but I opened the door and it proved that the keys really belonged to it. I sat down into the soft leather seat, smelling the new car and looking at the high tech surrounding me... it was a beautiful creation, no doubt about that but I had no idea how to possibly move it. I would return the car keys the following day and decline it. Naturally.

My eyes wandered over the interior when I saw a cream colored box lying on the passenger's seat right next to me. This time there was a card sticking to the ribbon on top of it. Not that the car was absolutely lavish... I hesitated but pulled out the card. His handwriting was just as he was: Elegant and expensive looking.