It rained all night. A young boy sat on a windowsill and watched the clouds drift overhead as the rain fell down, making streaks onto his window. No… it wasn't "his" window, persay. No, it wasn't. He wasn't even where he was supposed to be. He didn't have a home, or a family… or a name. About five days ago, he may have had those things, but not now.
He couldn't remember anything before some high school kid drug him out of a stream under a bridge. He awoke in a room he could not place, surrounded by people he did not recognize, and he was…nobody. The nameless child grew weary, but he could not sleep. Instead, he pulled his knees up to his chest and leaned over to press his aching, sandy blonde head up against the cool glass. His bandages irritated him, but he could understand that head wounds were nothing to laugh about.
Though he did not know who he was, or how he had gotten wherever he was at, he knew he had to find out. The boy and his family were nice enough people, and allowed this poor, nameless boy stay with them. He was even attending school, under some fake name they had appointed him. Takumi. It meant "open sea", and for him, it held a lot of meaning. Girls at school thought it was cute, but He thought differently about it. Like there was this vast ocean full of names, of lives, that could be his… so many in this open sea that he may never find his own life again.
Well, that still didn't stop him from trying! Ever day after school, he and his friend, Kojiro, would walk around town, looking for clues. He wasn't sure what kind of clue he was supposed to look for, but he knew he still had to look. And for the past week, he went to bed disappointed and weary. Though… after a week of searching in the dark, after 5 days of having nothing… he felt something.
Hisoka.
Who had he heard calling out that name? Was it all in his head? Kojiro hadn't heard it… so maybe it was just his imagination, But then, if it was only an illusion, why was he so troubled? His mind was yelling at him to sleep now, but he simply couldn't allow himself to shut his eyes- not with that one thought on his mind. Was there someone nearby… who finally had an answer for him?