Preparing for a Trip
In my room, I check one more time my luggage, and admire my newest possession – a pair of fine boots, courtesey of Midori-chan. She…
Lawful Transitions at the Home Ministry
I didn’t expect to be here so quickly but it can’t be helped. Hide wants to go to Aizu and I -do- want her to…
A Sneak Discovered!!
(Sakaya Tsurumi) SNEAK! I thought that Midori-chan would end up with some gaudy merchant family or something, but I didn’t worry too much because I…
Night Time Rest
It’s late when I get to the house after stopping by the hospital to visit with Tenma. I rub the new puncture on my neck…
A Very Odd Invite…
Not in a billion years would I have imagined being invited into Saitou’s bedroom. Well it’s Yagi-san’s bedroom too. I step inside trying not to…
Old Sword Shop (Afternoon)
We’re done. I think whatever there was left, is gone or should be left alone. Like -this- place. And yet here it all still -is-.…
Moving Day
With Tsurumi-chan finally settled with some family friend and NOT her mother, I’m finally free to move out of the dorm. As soon as she…
Anti-Procrastinator (Mid-morning)
I had no plans to get back today. I was looking at that watch to change times but it dragged like it was stuck for…
A Day or Two
A day or two, Tenma-sensei’s letter read. From when? It’s been four since it was written, three since it arrived… I went back to that…
Unclear Path
I’ve been doing extra shifts the past few days. It keeps me away from the house. I wonder did father ever do this, like I…
A Man of Contradictions
Goro:I told him to wake me but the damn doctor decided to let me sleep. I wanted to know what he did, to keep me…
A Garden in Fall
Earlier, after returning and while Yukiko-san went to get the children, I checked the garden. It’s growing well enough, our harvest to help feed us…
Approaches
I approach the front desk of the hospital. It’s discretely marked but I found it. “I am Yagi Hide, here to see Supt Fujita Goro. …
General Hospital
Akane: We reach the government hospital and a man likely in his late 30’s comes pick us up, introducing himself as Dr. Tenma and sends…
Cleaning up
Akane: It’s the morning and although Eiji-kun told us visiting hours are typically later in the day Ueda-sama is insistent we leave soon. This isn’t…
Retiring for the Night
Akane: After Ueda-sama spoke to Eiji, he retired to the Tatami room choosing not to commune too much with the house. Yagi-san disappeared earlier and…
Out to See
I go out on the pretext of needing to get a few things for dinner and breakfast, now that Eiji-san is back home. But really,…
At a Secured Location
Tenma: It’s surprising that even the Superintendent-General is here. I knew Fujita was an important asset but how important? I see first hand by those…
Visitors from Aizu
(Afternoon, mid-week) Akane: I help Ueda-sama get down from the rickshaw. We traveled on short notice and Ueda-sama even asked Sagawa-san to keep watch of…
Somewhere
It’s night. I go where I can go. I start first in a place that’s becoming familliar. The library. She’s here. “I gave the Battosai’s…
Young Man
It’s right after dinner and I’m really in a good mood! Makoto’s cleaning up upstairs and I hang around in the kitchen wanting to talk…
Unwanted Interloper!
(Sakaya Tsurumi) Haha, Midori-chan has been in hiding lately… funny. She scurries from class to her dorm, even eating in there like a -rat-. And…
A Private Space
Saitou: Well isn’t this nice? I look around at where he’s sequestered himself. “Want a smoke?” I ask but I throw him one anyway. “This…
Emergency at the Dojo
Pulse remains light but steady. Breathing regular. Non-responsive. I quickly count the packets. One of the “real” ones, then twenty of the new ones. They…
Looking forward
It’s lunch time and I’m careful in trying to get in contact with Midori so I sent Makoto. Soon this won’t be an issue, maybe…
Not Keeping it Together
It’s past lunch time. I had no appetite again but at least my administrative work is done and I’m once again having to take care…
The Girl can cook! Kind of.
It’s almost lunch time. I came back from the market wanting to create the latest “craze” they said, a new take on fried meat! Katsu-don!…
Notes to School
“I didn’t say anything about the bullying, only that she wanted to live with a family for a while. I hope that sounds alright.” I’m…
A Song for You
What had he been hoping for? I go in and watch him in the dark tatami room. He left me there, at that kitchen table.…
Bedtime Story
Ai… I look at her beautiful face, those golden eyes. A resemblance to a woman I never got to meet, who died before I came…
The Future
Tomu:I’m alone on the top of the roof. Midori didn’t come today either. Why? I go ahead and start on the brownie that Misao-chan brought…
Unwanted “Updates”
A letter? Curious and hoping it was from Yae, I tear up the envelope. I’m flattened a bit when I see who it’s from. Someone…
Mundane things at the Market
Aioi: Yesterday was wonderful… Is that what “normal” should feel like? I could get used to it. So maybe that’s why I told him not…
Visiting Hours
(The next morning) (Okita) “Hey, you have a visitor,” an officer comes to my cell, looking at me. It’s then I recognize him – he…
Misao at the Yamaguchi House
(Misao) “Brrrr! Brrr! Guhhhr!” The baby waves her arms at me, and I hand her back to Hide-san. “Haha, she’s a cute one!” I say,…
The Past and the Future
I sit on the engawa in the back of this small rented room. There’s a stray black cat that’s been hanging around and I put…
Tsuyu
Yukiko-san is occupied elsewhere, and I’m in the kitchen. I take a sip, and frown. I hate to waste food… but this is frustrating. Cooking…
To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before
(Souji) Jail is just… boring. It reminds me of the times that I was lost in limbo, just…. waiting. The food here is terrible. And……
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