He Knows Me

Keiichi knows Satoshi very well, and he takes pride in that fact.

'I'm okay…"

He knows how, when they sleep together, how to make the bed just right so Satoshi feels safe enough to sleep.

Keiichi has to push the futon up against one wall and sleep on the inside, so that Satoshi can see nothing but him, and cant look over Keiichi's shoulder in fear and paranoia. He has to get extra pillows too, and pile them up so they look like a wall… so Satoshi is safely in the middle.

'Keiichi knows me…'

He knows how to calm Satoshi down after he has an attack.

His sister, Satoko, has to be in the room with them. They would pull him into a tight hug and keep saying that everything will be okay. And that they aren't here anymore. That they cant hurt him. Keiichi would run his fingers through his hair and Satoko would tell him of all the good things in his life.

'He knows me…'

And after Satoshi has a nightmare, Keiichi knows that a long, reassuring kiss calms him right down.

'I'm okay…'

'he knows me…'

Satoshi chanted those words over and over in his head as Keiichi slept on, holding him close.

He chanted them like a mantra. Like an anchor that kept him from floating away again…

'He knows me'

'He knows me..'