Curse named human

Curse named human - Part 28 / 40

Song to this chapter:
09 – One green balloon (Ryutaro & Tadashi Theme)

Quotes from Plastic Tree song 'kuuhaku no hi' and 'Thirteenth Friday'

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Part 28

The Ryutaro and Tadashi Chapter

Ryutaro jolted in his sleep. The cold autumn breeze played with the silky black strands of his hair. It felt so intense somehow... as if he had never felt it before or never really paid attention to it. He slowly opened his eyes and observed leaves dancing over the pavement of the train station. He looked to his left and right while he tugged his oversized scarf further up his neck and all over his chin. The wind roared through the tiny little station and he started to freeze on this little wooden bench. There he waited all alone with his luggage for the train to bring him back to Tokyo. Over the weekend he visited his grandmother in northern Japan. The place where he was born, went to kindergarten, school... and today he studied art in Tokyo.

He had a history, a past... wonderful memories but not always easy ones.

The Angels up in heaven did a good job on his reincarnation. He remembered nothing about his spiritual past, the other Angels, nothing. Only the things which mattered on earth now.

... Tadashi...

He was back on earth with a mortal body, feelings and memories. And he was here to fulfil a task

... looking after Tadashi...

He didn't know where the strong urge to look after Tadashi came from but he knew that he would never leave his friend alone... well friend. It would be a lie to say they had an easy start but leaving his best friend behind because of his medical condition... Tadashi was too important for that. They agreed to move in together before Taro's departure. It only felt natural to do so.

Tadashi was born with weak eyes. The doctors told him that he could eventually go blind. No one was able to name a date or a specific time span but for Taro it sounded like hope while Tadashi easily drifted into sadness. He still remembered the moment Tadashi told him about it and in that moment it was clear for Taro to stay with him. There wasn't even a decision to make. The mere imagination of someone else looking after Tadashi, made him feel anxious.

The train arrived and Taro got on the train. Six hours until Tokyo.

It was a tedious drive with rural trains until changing onto the Shinkansen. After seeing his own reflection for four hours in the window, he finally arrived in Tokyo. Tired and hungry, Taro made his was to the subway where it would take him another 45 minutes to arrive at Tadashi's apartment. Before his departure, Tadashi asked him to return to his home and right now that was all he needed.

He missed him. Taro never knew how much he could possibly miss a person but every time he wanted to text Tadashi, he simply didn't because he was afraid of missing him even harder. Of course he would never admit it but his grandmother must have realized something as she always asked him about his absent mind. She was of a loving and dear nature as she mostly raised Taro by herself. She knew about Tadashi too, Taro's close and important friend and she also wanted to meet him one day, as Taro never had any close friends. He always played alone. Other kids thought him to be strange, different... After meeting Tadashi, for the first time in his life he felt understood. Tadashi never questioned him, he took everything that Taro did as a miracle. And so it was the other way around.