Title : Freedom

Chapter : 1

Fandom : Takumi-kun Series

Desc : Gotoh Shinobu

Characters : Saki Giichi & Hayama Takumi

Rat : M ( for safety )

Genre : Hurt & Comfort / Romance

Editor : Dua-chan ^_^

A/N : This is my 2nd story in English.. my description of both of the characters might seem different than usual. However, this is how I developed my story and I hope for an understanding and support.

Pov : Saki Giichi

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Having lived a life without any support from anyone who should be supporting you, encouraging you when are down or depress or making you feel grateful for your life is not easy. It might lead you to die easily if you are not strong enough. It might also cause you to give up without thinking all the consequence for your life in the future. Some of my friends choose to commit suicide rather than try to learn, to understand and changed their behavior towards life.

Fortunately, with all the experiences I have got, I can face all the problems with a good manner. Even though sometimes it hurts and I think to give up too but I do not. I cannot do that since I had promised to someone important and precious in my life. He was my brother, my best friend and in short…

He was everything to me…

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To be born into this cruel world without knowing my real parents and to live more than 6 years depending on some donations was a harsh reality for me. I lived in the orphanage with Takahashi-san as my 'mother'. She was the one who found me when my parent left me in the box in front of the orphanage gate with some money and a letter. She took me with her.

'This kid is pure and innocent, someone who must not live with us . We who live in a cruel world will not bring any good to him. Please take care of this boy with this money. This was all of our savings before we started to work at a bad place. Please tell him to forget us and hate us. And… please call him Giichi'.

When I hear these stories at my 7th birthday, I started to hate them and want to find and kill them no matter what. But, Takahashi-san told me to love them and forgive them instead.

"Giichi, they would not leave you in front this orphanage if they didn't love you. They even left some money with their letter…," Takahashi put his left hand on my little shoulder. "… Living in this cruel world is not as easy as it is in some stories you would ever read. You must understand and choose the best option and sometimes the choices you make might require self-sacrificing…"

For me, who were still innocent and short tempered, I did not understand Takahashi-san's words. But, Takahashi-san always reminded me to keep learning and understanding from other people's situation. My friends who had same fate as me feel more depress or sad than me sometime. With Takahashi's kindness, their hatred slowly disappeared as they had started a new life.

Being adopted was the best pleasure and the biggest fear for us at the same time. Excitement for having 'parents' that you never have had before but afraid if the new parents do not love you as you would expect them to. It was also possible that your new parents show their kindness in the beginning and throw you like away afterwards as if you are just a tool. I had many reasons to feel that way since I always heard stories from someone who came back to the orphanage without telling to their adoptive parents because they were treated badly by their adoptive parents. That is why they chose to work in orphanage instead of living with their adoptive parents.

At my 9th birthday, Takahashi invited me to her office and introduced a new boy to me. She met him while she was doing her monthly shopping with some elders a while ago. He seemed in a poor state and requested to take him with her when he saw Takahashi-san.

"Giichi, please be friends with Takumi, okay? He is same age as you but still, please take care of him and teach him as an 'elder' "

Takumi's height was same as mine. His face looked so cute with his big black eyes and dark brown hair. When I offered my hand to him to shake his hand, he looked so confused and hid himself behind Takashi's back. Takahashi smiled and nodded to him for a while and at the end I could reach his hand. After the hand-shake, I held his hand and took him to the playground.

Our friendships slowly became deeper than I would have thought. In my eyes, he was like a brother than a friend. We were always together when it came to having our meals, playing or helping elders when they cannot reach all children together. Seeing his big smiles made me promise to myself to protect that smiles and never make him cry like he did before.

Sadly, after 2 years, I had to understand how it is to 'give up' something precious. A new couple came to orphanage and gave an adoption application. They wanted to adopt Takumi as their son. When Takanashi informed us, we excused our self to go back our room and slowly our eyes were heavy as we hugged each other.

"Gii…," Takumi rested his head on my right shoulder. "I don't want to be adopted. I only want to be with you. Please, Gii… I don't want…"

A big silent between us and a tight hug was all I could give to him. I wanted to hide him and did not want anyone to take him away from me. But, I could not do that. I did not have any power and authority to do that.

I released him from my hug, wiped his tears and saw directly into his black eyes. "Listen, Takumi. I'm really sorry… I'm really sorry I cannot help you in this situation…," suddenly my tears started to fall. "…please forgive me, Takumi… Ah, you can hate me Takumi… You can hate and forget me but… I want you to know… I love you… I love you from the bottom of my heart… I want to always stay by your side, help you whenever you need, but… in this case, I don't have any power… I'm sorry… I'm really sorry…"

I bowed as much as possible so that I could hide my face from him.

"G-gi… please, raises your head… Gii, I am sorry… Please, don't cry…" Takumi put his two hands on my face, wiped my tears and again we cried together. "I love you too Gii… It is impossible to hate you… but, Gii… can I ask you something…"

I nodded while wiping my tears. "What is that, Takumi…"

Takumi reached for my hands and held them together. "Promise me that we will meet again and live together like now… No matter how bad our situations might be in the future, we must be together... Promise…?"

I nodded as we acted the 'pinky promise' joining each of our right hand's pinky fingers. "I promise, Takumi…". After that, we hugged and cried again until we fell asleep… and then his new parents came and took him away from me.

-9 years later -

This afternoon I promised my mother to buy her a cake from her favorite bakery. While the driver is parking the car, I suddenly I realize there is someone who is standing in front of the store, looking at the cakes in the display behind the glass window without moving an inch. Seeing his appearance, I am sure he could afford at least a little cake.

'So, why does he not buy it…'

I get out from my black car with my black brown wallet in my hand and slowly walk to the store. I still pay attention and see him carefully even from the inside of the store. I start to look around in the cake display to choose to buy cakes. One for me and another for this guy. I am not sure why but my heart starts to beat fast.

His body looks so thin in his black t-shirt and blue jeans. His big eyes and black hair makes him look like a teenager, "Maybe he is younger than me… Senior high school…?"

I start to wonder about him but then the shop's keeper comes to me with a big box and a small plastic bag. After I have paid, I walk to the door and stop behind him before going back to my car.

"Take this," I raise the small plastic towards him. He looks shocked and shakes his head as rejecting my gift. "Don't worry, kid… I did not put any poison in it and … you want to eat that chocolate cake, right? Just take this…"

While the boy is reaching for the plastic bag which I offered him, I hear a weak whisper.

"Gii…"

"Eh…?"

Before I could say more an old woman calls his name which makes his body jolt and he refuses the plastic again...

"…mi..! What are you doing!," the old woman comes and reaches for his hand in anger. She then forces him to bow and apologize. "Sorry for my son's behavior. He has some mental problems which makes things difficult to understand for him. I'm really sorry…"

"D-don't worry… It is my fault after all..."

Without listening to any more explanation, that woman drags him by holding his hand and takes him away from me. While this all is happening in front of me, what I only wonder is… "Why the boy keeps staring at me with… sad eyes and face…?"

Trying to ignore all this, I continue to walk towards my car and again I hear her shouting at him which makes me look at them once more. That is when I realize something which I should have realized earlier.

"… If you do that again, I will kick you from our home, Takumi! Do you understand?!" shouts the woman before they get in into the bus.

My heart beats so fast and it is really hard to breath all the sudden. All I do is staring at the back of this boy while I whisper...

"Ta-takumi… is that… you…"

-TO BE CONTINUE-

A/N : Thank you for taking your time and reading this story ^_^

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