Stand by Me ~One Summer's Adventure~
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June 12th, 2002 1st Draft completed August 1st, 2002
"Stand by me, flowing from."
Kouji sank down farther in his cheap seat. The train was rumbling down the endless tracks to somewhere it chose. The only thing to keep his mind occupied was his pocket radio playing a simple tune, fading in and out from time to time.
"Still no one knows."
He chose it. Kouji chose this path, away from where the rest of the children went. He embraced the solitude like an old friend; just what he grew up with. The train raced across the rural areas of Japan; the sunlight dancing on the glittering rice fields stung Kouji's eyes, and he closed them from the running sceneries. A sudden, loud blast from the whistle announced a quick stop in a passing town.
"A whistle's sound is high, my chest."
For a brief second Kouji thought that someone he knew would board, but then reality kicked in and told him that he was alone amidst the normality. Vexed, he turned the other way and went back to rest. The paddies at first walked backwards, and then blended together into a strip of wet paint as the train picked up speed; the sun traveling across them all.
".continues to go."
The little radio still hummed happily, in spite of Kouji's growing annoyance and boredom.
"Stand by me, flowing from the." "We can at any place."
The music crossed the boy's blank thoughts into a conjunction of random dreams that he once left for the other lesser children to find. Kanbara didn't like it. Kanbara opposed Kouji's quest, but he, too, knew the value of a journey. The rest of the children just nodded in agreement with Kouji's heart. They knew what he wanted, but Kouji never did himself. He left them for their own dreams, their own adventures.
Blackness. Black he liked. It held half the world eternally. Kouji's eyes drew open in time to meet the merry sunlight slicing apart the darkness of a tunnel. A sudden anger struck him and he slammed the open window down with an executing bang.
"Someday.a movie.the railroad tracks continue." "Stand by me."
The train haltingly started again, this time without the lone wolf. It sallied away from a remote station, resting somewhere few knew about. The turbulence from the train ruffled Kouji's loose hair as he saw off the locomotive, his thoughts almost lost with the passing wind.
"Minamoto!" "Minamoto! Hey, over here!"
Kouji cocked his head to the side to catch an exuberant boy his age waving madly, on the verge of falling off from the platform and onto the cold, unforgiving steel below on the other side of the station. His pocket radio, still playing, latched onto his wrist, swayed dangerously with the movement.
"We decided to go with you, to wherever place that you wanted!"
The other boy shouted across the strait as if the words were whispers. His diverse friends stood alongside, all smiling broadly and eyes bright, straightforward.
"So? How about it? We didn't follow ya for nothing!"
"Hm." Kouji turned about face and sauntered away from the children. He can feel the smiles fading off their faces, and emotions draining away. Suddenly he smiled self-consciously and whipped around. "Yeah!"
The disappointment shifted back into rapture, as the four kids half-ran, half-skipped across the boundary lines to join their friend.
"I knew it, Kouji!" Kanbara laughed loudly, enough to scare away the passing birds, and rapped Minamoto on the back.
"Let's GO!!!"
The five children looked toward the horizon again, advancing heads up, chests out, into the wind.
"Thinking of "Stand by Me" drifting from the radio We'll have far, far away dreams at any place With a ticket to an unknown destination in my chest, now, I depart."
June 12th, 2002 1st Draft completed August 1st, 2002
"Stand by me, flowing from."
Kouji sank down farther in his cheap seat. The train was rumbling down the endless tracks to somewhere it chose. The only thing to keep his mind occupied was his pocket radio playing a simple tune, fading in and out from time to time.
"Still no one knows."
He chose it. Kouji chose this path, away from where the rest of the children went. He embraced the solitude like an old friend; just what he grew up with. The train raced across the rural areas of Japan; the sunlight dancing on the glittering rice fields stung Kouji's eyes, and he closed them from the running sceneries. A sudden, loud blast from the whistle announced a quick stop in a passing town.
"A whistle's sound is high, my chest."
For a brief second Kouji thought that someone he knew would board, but then reality kicked in and told him that he was alone amidst the normality. Vexed, he turned the other way and went back to rest. The paddies at first walked backwards, and then blended together into a strip of wet paint as the train picked up speed; the sun traveling across them all.
".continues to go."
The little radio still hummed happily, in spite of Kouji's growing annoyance and boredom.
"Stand by me, flowing from the." "We can at any place."
The music crossed the boy's blank thoughts into a conjunction of random dreams that he once left for the other lesser children to find. Kanbara didn't like it. Kanbara opposed Kouji's quest, but he, too, knew the value of a journey. The rest of the children just nodded in agreement with Kouji's heart. They knew what he wanted, but Kouji never did himself. He left them for their own dreams, their own adventures.
Blackness. Black he liked. It held half the world eternally. Kouji's eyes drew open in time to meet the merry sunlight slicing apart the darkness of a tunnel. A sudden anger struck him and he slammed the open window down with an executing bang.
"Someday.a movie.the railroad tracks continue." "Stand by me."
The train haltingly started again, this time without the lone wolf. It sallied away from a remote station, resting somewhere few knew about. The turbulence from the train ruffled Kouji's loose hair as he saw off the locomotive, his thoughts almost lost with the passing wind.
"Minamoto!" "Minamoto! Hey, over here!"
Kouji cocked his head to the side to catch an exuberant boy his age waving madly, on the verge of falling off from the platform and onto the cold, unforgiving steel below on the other side of the station. His pocket radio, still playing, latched onto his wrist, swayed dangerously with the movement.
"We decided to go with you, to wherever place that you wanted!"
The other boy shouted across the strait as if the words were whispers. His diverse friends stood alongside, all smiling broadly and eyes bright, straightforward.
"So? How about it? We didn't follow ya for nothing!"
"Hm." Kouji turned about face and sauntered away from the children. He can feel the smiles fading off their faces, and emotions draining away. Suddenly he smiled self-consciously and whipped around. "Yeah!"
The disappointment shifted back into rapture, as the four kids half-ran, half-skipped across the boundary lines to join their friend.
"I knew it, Kouji!" Kanbara laughed loudly, enough to scare away the passing birds, and rapped Minamoto on the back.
"Let's GO!!!"
The five children looked toward the horizon again, advancing heads up, chests out, into the wind.
"Thinking of "Stand by Me" drifting from the radio We'll have far, far away dreams at any place With a ticket to an unknown destination in my chest, now, I depart."