Interlude: Fallen angels in space are not impossible
[This would be the first interlude based on Jin's life with his parents before the incident. I hope you enjoy it! "The reason" belongs to Hoobastank. Not me]
I'm not a pefect person,
there's many things I wish I didn't do,
But I consider you learning,
I never meant to do those things to you,
and so I have to say before I go,
that I just want you to know,
I found a reason for me,
to change who I ued to be,
a reason to start over new,
and the reason is you,
[Colony L3]
A four-year-old, Jin Toshino traveled down the narrow hall of his home bare-foot. The cold hardwood floor sent tingles up his spine, he held the huge silver cross his father gave to him tight in his hand as he at last came to the end of the hallway. He stood in front of the door of his parents bedroom, the knob was much to high for him to reach so instead of calling for his parents he began to knock rapidly at the door for a long period of time until the sound of someone trodding toward the door was heard.
Jin stepped back as the door opened, his father appeared in front of him rubbing the sleep out of eyes. Jin blinked curiously at his father, wondering what he was doing home at this time of night? His father, Taku Toshino was usually home by seven in morning because he worked the midnight shift of the Colony matainence program that kept the colonies in the L3 area in perfect working order. "Hey kiddo, what's up?" Taku asked kneeling down to Jin's level. Jin shifted his eyes toward his bedroom then raised his arms up to Taku.
Sighing the middle-aged man picked his son up from off the ground and brought him inisde the bedroom shutting the door behind him. Jin realsed his grip on his cross, he wrapped his arms around his father's neck then rested his head against his father's. Taku sat down on the edge of the bed, Jin unwrapped his arms from around his father's neck and hopped onto the bed proceeding to lie in the middle of the bed. Taku yawned as he pulled the sheet over himself and his family before falling back to sleep.
Jin continued to look up at the ceailing illuminated by the artificial moonlight shinging through the window and wondered what was beyond the black star-fillied space that kept his father away so much? Did he hate him and his mother? Were they too annoying to hang around? Was he too dependent on him? Did he ask too few questions? All these questions and more raced through Jin's mind as he closed his eyes and fell to sleep. The next morning afterward, Jin awkened to the sound of his parents talking, he kept his eyes closed so he could listen in on their conversation.
"Rei, I don't like the idea of you assoicating yourself with the Romafeller Foundation, or Dr.G,"
"I know, and I don't like it anymore than you do, but Dermail is offering to fund our corporation as long as we're supplying him the technology and Doctor G is a friend of my father, Hanasaki Sanada and he's helping me with the mobile suit weapon's technology.''
"That doesn't matter, Dermail and Doctor G are nothing but trouble. Haven't you heard what happened to the other companies and scientists that associated themselves with Dermail, Doctor G and his colleagues? They all died mysterious and unsolved deaths. No one, not even Earth sphere Alliance knows how they died or who was behind it!"
"Taku please, you'll wake Jin---."
".....And if you keep meddling with these people, your going end up getting yourself, me or your son killed!"
"Sigh, Taku-sa, why do you have to be so difficult! I'm not gonna die! Nor are you and Jin, I'll make sure of that!"
"You can't say that Rei. You don't have control over when you die or anyone else's life for that matter."
"God-damnit Taku, you can't change my mind! I'm NOT backing out of this deal with Dermail and I'm not cutting Doctor G out of this either. So you better just live with my decision!"
Jin heard his father's angry growl and felt him rise from off the bed. He kept his eyes closed until he heard his father leave the room. Afterward his mother break down into tears and loud sobs. He cracked open one eye to make sure she wasn't sure she wasn't turned in his direction and to his surprise she wasn't. Climbing out of the bed, he made his way across the bedroom floor and out the door before his mother even noticed he was gone until she turned around at the last mintue.
Jin ran across the floor across the floor of living room hoping he would take his father before he left the house. He rounded the corner and entered hallway that lead to the upstairs bathroom and the front door. "----'Tousan!" He cried rushing after his father who had his hand on the door knob. Taku turned and his son face to face realizing that he had been up the entire time he and Rei were arguing over her decision to make a deal with the Romafeller foundation.
"Jin....," Taku whispered apologeticly. Jin ran over to his father and grabbed his pant leg, Taku was at a loss of words. He kneeled down and ruffled Jin's hair, a faint smile fell upon Jin's face. "Hey I've gotta go to work now okay, you look after your mom while I'm gone alright?" Taku explained. Jin frowned at the mention of his father's "work" but then nodded relucantly. Taku smile and ruffled Jin's hair before he rose from his kneeling position and opened the front door. "I'll watch Okassan, 'Tousan," Jin replied at the last minute. "Come back soon, please." Taku nodded and left out of the house shutting the door behind him. Jin felt a twang of sadness wash over him as he rmade his way up the stairs to the bathroom never taking a second glance at the front door or the living room.
[Earth]:
An 10-year-old Jin stood on the edge of a dock as the heavy rain down on him and everything outside a building. Tears fell down his cheeks, but he couldn't feel them. He was soaked from head to toe so much that he figured that it was rain falling down his face. Reaching into his shirt Jin pulled out his father's cross, he stared at it fondly through his blurred vision. Raindrops fell from his eyelashes and onto the cross only to be washed away by the brush of his jacket sleeve. Jin brushed his wet bangs out off of his face just as Tomeki came up from behind him.
"Oi, Jin, what is with you and that cross? You say your not Christian but you rub and hold that thing like you are one," Tomeki said smugly. Jin turned to face Tomeki, his onyx-blue eyes were shadowed by his bangs and his frown was evident although it was irrelevant to Tomeki nonetheless. "It's just a keepsake from my father, is all, nothing special," Jin replied emotionlessly. Tomeki moved aside letting Jin walk past him back to the wearehouse hangout. He snorted to himself. "I think it is," Tomeki laughed dryly following after him.
I'm sorry that I hurt you,
its something I must live with everyday,
and all the pain that I put you through
I wish I could make all go away,
and be the one who catches all your tears,
that's why I need you to hear,
I found a reason for me,
to change who I used to be,
a reason to start over new,
and the reason is you
[fin]