Month: December 2023
Birthdays
I think I milked a single remembered birthday for too long. It wasn’t about the birthday, not really. It was about being seen. Being acknowledged.…
Kawaji’s Mess at the TMPD
Kawaji:I did tell him he can do what he wanted. Show some teeth… But I didn’t expect him to go to -that- one in Yokohama.…
The Police Raid (Close to Midnight)
I’m ready. I tell myself. After all those weird dreams of fighting with Ojii-san (as a literal wolf!) and meeting Hide several times (and hearing…
Ahoy! (Off the coast near Ito, in the dark hours before dawn)
“Hey Shindou-san – I think this is Ito!” I say. We had been near the coast since Atami, which even from a distance glowed and…
A True Fairy Tale
Ueda: Yagi-san leaves and I sit here facing the bright light made brighter by the shimmering snow. Unlike what Yagi-san believes, I believe this world…
Stars
(Midori) It’s quiet after everyone leaves. I hear Yagi-san and Ueda-sama speak, and then the house is quiet. Tsutomu-kun doesn’t budge from his room, the…
A Great Wrong
I enter a dark room, and drop my yukata onto a chair in the corner. Underneath, I’m still clothed, but in something more appropriate for…