Asu Rito
Breath
I never run out of breath.
Once you start,
You keep going,
Until your own personal limits are exceeded,
And you have no other choice.
And I have constantly been exceeding my limits.
If I want to represent Japan in the Olympics someday,
I must keep going.
I cannot run out of breath now.
Sometimes,
Running gives me a feeling,
Of freedom,
Through a world of bright lights and smiles.
Of happiness,
Through a yellow field of tiny flowers,
Dancing at my feet.
Most of the time,
I feel like this.
Then,
I have to stop.
I bend over and heave,
My legs cannot carry me any further.
I feel tired,
And then,
The freedom and happiness,
Disappear.
I am forced to feel it,
Experience it.
I don't want to,
But I have no other choice.
It's what takes my breath away,
Because I'm too scared to breathe.
It's him,
It always is.
He tries so hard to keep up with me.
Even though he'd always let me win,
I gradually learned how to grow faster.
It's a city,
And we're going for a run.
I round the corner and fade from his sight.
I run straight into someone else.
A feared man.
Breathing heavily,
Just like me now.
The feared man glares at me.
But he comes to the rescue,
Or so I thought.
"Oh...it's you. Yakuza. Come on, Asu...let's go home-"
He was breathing when he said that,
But when the Yazuka pulled the trigger,
He stopped.
I swear I stopped that day too.
So this is why I run,
Why I push my limits.
Because of my fear,
That the Yakuza is behind me.
So I run,
Because I want to keep breathing,
In his name.
So...my take at Asu's dark secret. And you get to see the Yakuza too.
Who do you think Asu is talking about? Let me know!