DATE : June 04 DAY : Tuesday TIME : 06:00 a.m.

" A few weeks later , we had found out that you had been accepted as a junior player in the J-League . I knew you could do it ! You were always the best player in the whole school and I believed in you . The J-League displayed you proudly , probably because they were delighted to find another player to replace their best goalkeeper." Nagi stared at the ground intently , his hands playing with thin air .

He could feel Ken's hot gaze on his face and he just didn't dare to face him yet while he wasn't through with the story . " Mama and Papa were so pleased of you , like they had never been of me , and so was I ---"

" I --- I wrote you everyday , but you never wrote back ."

*** " Tousan , did Ken send me a letter ?"

" Iie Nagi , Sokoshi mo tegami de na ." [ No Nagi , no letters .] ***

" I didn't know whether or not to believe them , I hadn't thought that you could forget us - forget me - that easily . Everyday I asked for letters from you , yet none came . . . not one ."

*** " Oi , Koichirou ! You going to the post office ?"

" Yeah , I gotta drop a couple of letters to my folks back home or they'll come over

here and chew me up ."

" Could'ya take this for me ? I promised Nagi I'd write him often . I want him and his folks here for our game against Ryonan next week ."

" Yeah sure . . . oi Ken ! You love that kid much ne ?"

" Yeah ! Like a brother ! Thanks a lot , I owe you ."

" It's nothing , I'm going now , I'll be back in a couple of hours . ***

" I don't understand . . . I always wrote you letters , twice a week even . . . but I

never got letters from you ."

*** " Any letters for me ?"

" Nah , just some crap my folks wrote me and a bunch of bills from the credit

company . I swear , those people are a flock of blood-thirsty sadists ."

" Oh . . . I guess he's too busy with his studies or something . . ."

" Who is ?"

" Never mind . . . Who do you mean by blood-thirsty sadists ? The credit guys or your parents ?"

" Both ."

They laughed . ***

" Two years ago , my parents died within a week of each other and we were so much in debt that they sequestered our house to pay the loans ."

*** " Where's Ken ? Where's the darling boy ? Is he there ? Did he come for mama ?"

" I'm sorry mama , he mustn't have found out that you were sick . . ."

" You're lying Nagi !!! You didn't write him , did you ? Ken would come for me ! He would if he knew mama was sick !"

" But mama . . ."

" No more Nagi ! None of your lies ! How I wish you had never been born ! You and your strange abilities ! Why hadn't he been our son instead ?! Your father died waiting for Ken , but you didn't tell Ken that he was needed , did you ?"

" Mama ! I did ! I wrote him ! But he never replies !"

" Evil child ! Ken is . . . Ken is . . ."

" Mama ? Mama ?"

" My Ken . . ."

" MAMA !!!! MAMA !!! No mama ! Don't leave me here alone ! MAMA !!!!" ***

" Until Crawford found me , I was living in the streets . I had no home , no family , no money . I was nothing ."

" I'm so . . . sorry . Nagi , I didn't know . Damn !" He drew Nagi in a tight hug and Nagi trembled in his arms .

" I'm sorry if I didn't tell you . . . I just wasn't sure if you'll have me back . . ."

" Of course I'm happy to find you !" Ken declared fiercely , pulling the other tighter . "And I promise I'm never going to let you out of my sight again ."

With his cheek pressed against Ken's chest , listening to the comforting sound of his heartbeat , Nagi smiled . He was glad to hear that promise , he now knew that he had a trump card over Schuldich , and sooner or later , he was going to win Ken's heart .

*~*~* R_M : Finally , a conclusion to all that drama ! *sighs* Life is a bitch , Nagi's in

particular *shrugs* Oh well , at least he gut a heart-warming hug in return !

LOL ! How'd you guys like this fluff ?! Tell me please ! I'm not quite used to

writing this kind of stuff . . . [Although some people say that they were

touched by some of the scenes in my other fic , SBD , and a couple or so

scenes from here . *grinz* I bet Farf would like to read those , he'd say

something like - " Redemption's crappy sap hurts God . . ." Or something of

the to that effect . Well , I gotta go , the chibi's are raving mad , I gotta feed

those little darlings , especially my little cuty Ken and little kawaii Nagi and

Schuldich . Coming my little angels !!! ;; [Blech!!!] *mutters to herself* I

am so weird .