Note: This was an exercise I decided to put myself through, a few months back. I did twenty themes and picked my five favorites. I tried very hard to make the meanings subtle, but I'm not that great at that, unlike some of the other authors that I share this space with … Ah, well, I hope you enjoy.
Something/Someone Cherished
Watari was an important member of the Kira investigation team. Non-descript with his face like a discarded tissue and handlebar mustache, the dowdy old gentleman had the ability to blend into any situation, alone and unnoticed. This was his worth: collecting and retrieving without anyone being the wiser. He doted on Ryuuzaki like a proud parent does a favorite child. The detective had merely to ask, and it was done. He never hesitated to say 'please' and 'thank you', but these were graces conditioned in every child, for the purpose of social promotion.
Watari's real token of appreciation came in a half-eaten box of chocolates on his birthday, with a note that read 'For a cherished companion' in handwriting that was not Ryuuzaki's own. Growing senile in his old age, Watari would find his face discracefully wet, every year when he sighted the long, white box outside his doorway.