*Written by Azrael; First Fanfic here.

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The little brunet never wanted much. All he wanted was someone to love him as he is.
But his Mama was always in her little world, giggling, smiling, and chatting up with the neighbors as though there is nothing wrong with people calling him names or bruises blossoming on his skin. His Papa does appear from time to time, loud, confident and the room just lit up whenever he enters.

Even his mama lit up with joy, only for it to dim when his papa left and cover it with her smiles so that he wouldn't see her sad.
(Sometimes, this is one of the few things that really make him angry and he would ignore his papa purposely to get back at him for making his mama sad. Even though there are times mama would accidently hurt him with her words and actions. But he still loves his mama.)

He knows his family isn't perfect and he love them all the same.

But he is sad. Very.

He could feel his heart aching in pain when his peers call him names, some even beating him up for their own pleasure and all the little brunet could do was to ask why? And cry.

And he hated every moment of feeling and being helpless.

What he hated most was the negligence of his parents but he could not say a thing. Because he loves them like the earth revolves around the sun and somehow, he would nearly forget every moment, every single time they have failed to take notice.

Leaving a lingering, vague memory on the edge of his mind.

Was it because it was something that had never happened or was it something he wished it had never happened?

So on a certain night where the stars seem to be swallowed into the darkness and the moon fades into the background, he wished fervently when a star dropped from the sky, falling down, down, down.

Please, he wished with all his might, pushing away the ache of an empty heart. Please, let me have someone I could confide. Someone who will love me. Love me and protect me as I will do the same.

The star continues to fall, leaving a fiery trail behind.

Please, he begged.

Please give me a brother.

At that moment, the falling star vanished into the inky black sky and the entire sky brightens up with all the hidden stars twinkling merrily, casting a magical feel across the entire place.

Satisfied, the brunet crawled back to his warm bed and snuggled under the soft covers, ignoring the pain that throb every time his bruises was touched. He yawned softly, his eyelids getting heavier every moment until sleep wrapped around his mind and pulled him into dreamland.
He never did saw a man blinking into existence, his eyes filled with surprise, pain and many other feelings that never did fully filled the pair of warm chocolate orbs.

That night, little Sawada Tsunayoshi wish was granted by Lady Fate.

"Wish it, believe it, and it will be so."
― Deborah Smith, Alice at Heart