Late at night

I’m restless.  My hand slides to my stomach – is this the start of the “flutters”, or just wishful thinking?  It’s early still… but my…

Revelations

I bring up Tsutomu’s dinner to the room he shares with Kinosuke. I know aside from helping Yagi-san, he knew just from Tsutomu’s absence at…

“Social Distancing”

I know we can’t – we have work to do. But if my lazy writer can conjure up food because “cooking this much is hard”,…

Eiji Overthinking

After a few days, middle of the week I know what I’m doing is wrong. I -know- this. He will find out eventually. But maybe…

Tanaka Arc #2

I lie awake in a room in Yoshiwara. Wondering how Shindou is doing. He didn’t seem particularly pleased at me taking over the case. I…

Meanwhile in Kyoto…

Yagi Yuunosuke, in his office at a secondary boy’s school in Kyoto Another rejection letter… I sigh.  The boys school is good but it’s limiting;…

Waking up

It had been years. I could have sat, and sat, but the first year where he did not come for first his birthday, nor mine……

Aizu/Gonohe Arc

I’m a vexed woman. I let my oldest go to him and my youngest out of the family. But what kind of family did we…

Tsutomu’s Story Arc

I don’t know what to think about her. A little sister… She seems happy. Yagi-san comes and picks her up daily at school and she’s…

Tanaka Arc

It has only been a few weeks that we’re here and yet I have to leave. The momentary detour I took to get Tsutomu back…
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