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Takemitchy, save me.
Please, I love y-
The last words of my pitiful existence.
Shameless
Undeserved
And unrealizable as I killed my savior.
A crash.
Darkness.
Then, lightning ripping through my body, my regrets, memories and affection resurfacing in the same thundering flash.
I’m alive ?
Slowly getting up, from his futon, Mikey looked around and took fully notice of his surroundings.
My teenage, no, my childhood room even, I’m not sleeping in Shinichirou’s room. I’m so small once again. But wait, if I’m back here, in the past like Takemitchy, maybe, maybe he is still ther-”
“Oi Manjirou, get up now ! You’ll be late for school ! It was Emma’s turn to cook so it will taste good too. Hurry up !” launched from behind the door a firm but deeply fond and caring voice.
Opening the door, Shinichirou was awaiting his usual welcome : a pillow or god forbid a high kick from his unfairly strong little brother. Still ready to take it in stride for the sake of the later, nothing could have prepared him for the sight he was met with was highly unexpected : his cute little brother, holding his old oil stained tissue loosely in one hand was standing on his futon, staring fixedly at the ceiling, unblinking and silently crying. The weirdest thing about the scene was that his wasn’t even looking sad, it was as if he was cathartic, as if he was expiating sins, no children his age could be guilty of, with his tears.
The window filtering some golden light inside, the scene looked almost holy, as if his brother was getting reborn in front of him.
Slowly turning his head, as if afraid of what he would, or wouldn’t see next to him, Mikey finally faced his brother, and his voice sounded fragile, so fragile when he let out a shaky “Shi-shinichiro…big bro”
Getting out of his daze, Mikey propelled himself at his brother’s arms, hugging him tightly while tears kept running freely on his hopeful face. Returning the hug with fervor even though a bit intrigued by his brother’s change of behavior, he answered his call while trying to pacify him.
“Oi Manjirou, no, didn’t you go and found yourself a foreigner name Mikey ? Let’s go brush your teeth and then eat, if you feel sick, maybe, you could stay home today, I’ve rarely seen you like this even when you were only a little baby.” Trying to sound cheerful for his little brother’s Shinichiro turned around and started to get out of the room, expecting Mikey to follow. But the latter surprised and frankly almost freaked him out when he grabbed his hand, trying to hold it in his smaller one. And as if it wasn’t enough, Mikey then shook his head as if to disregard the current disposition. With a small impulse of is tiny but powerful legs, he jumped of his big brother’s back and cradled his cheek against the latter’s neck.
“I’m tired, carry me for a bit big bro”
Kazutora struck you at the back of the neck, killing you, I’ll never let anyone have access so easily to your back, in fact, I’ll protect all of you, I’ll eliminate all threat.
“Mikey…you…..what did you break in my shop ? Ain’t no way in hell you are letting me indulge in my fraternal instinct because of my pure badassery and awesomeness. You wanna talk about it ?” asked an half joking, half serious Shinichirou while walking through the corridors of the Sano residence.
His little brother, giddy from reliving his lossless life from before didn’t even have half the mind to retorque with a sassy comeback. “I mean… you are super cool and badass, even if you suck at fighting. Big bro… could we not talk about it please ? Don’t worry, I’m feeling good, really good, in fact I feel as if I were in a dream, as if this were the parade-” before he could finish, he was interrupted by a cutely high pitched voice, which made his tears well up once again in his eyes.
“HEY YOU TWO ! First of all you are super late for breakfast and my awesome food was sadly cooling down. Then second of all ! How dare you” before finishing he angry rant, Emma rushed toward Shinichiro and also jumped on him, making him puff out an amused oooof !
“How dare you guys…. have so much fun without me ! How shameless !”
Now using her eldest brother as a playground game, she maneuvered herself and managed to end of Mikey’s back, the latter still resting on the eldest bro Shinichiro.
Loud laugher erupted between the three, while the eldest Sano sibling kept making his was toward the bathroom and complaining about the heavy weight, under the indignant protest of the little girl and the loud interjection from an elated Mikey.
The latter thought about something, no someone even through the domestic bliss life he was living
Takemichi Hanagaki.
Takemitchy.
My savior.
And so much more.
“Takemitchy, save me.
Please, I love y-”
"Mikey kun, if- if what I’ve heard is true, then you feel the same as me, and we can make things right this time. I won’t ever leave again, because I’ll save you, and myself in the same shot.
Mikey, this time, I’ll do everything for you, as your happiness is an essential fact to all the good ending future.
Mikey kun…..I’m back."
TBC