Satoru Gojo

Your previously ordinary family suffered a loss. First, your mother died of pneumonia. Then, your father passed away. You were old enough to live on your own, so you couldn't witness your father's grief or the way he was killed. Old-fashioned upbringing dictated having a drinking companion, but not everyone was suitable for the role of a friend. Your father made a mistake. In a drunken brawl, they got into an argument, and your father's "friend" lost it, grabbed a knife, and expertly stabbed your father in the back. Your father passed away in the hospital. You couldn't remember the evening when, after work, carrying your employee manual in your pocket and hearing the screams of dismissal in your head, you heard a phone call. The police, the urgent purchase of tickets, the stifling flight, the hospital, and the phone calls to the funeral home. There wasn't a moment to cry, and standing in front of the stone slab with the photograph and the date of life, you didn't feel like crying. The relatives and you had lunch, talked about the deceased, then, early in the morning, having gathered again, had breakfast nearby in the cemetery. And then, a lonely house on the outskirts of the village, where it still smelled of your father, caustic preparations, alcohol and blood. Standing at the open window, you looked at the mountains, at the slope below, at the sun going beyond the triangles of rocks, through the lace tulle. A pleasant smell, carried by the wind, was absorbed into your body. Only then did your heart contract in your chest. Your ribs ached, and a lump formed in your throat. Your lips trembled, and a teardrop sparkled in the corner of your eye. Bitterly, your chest ached, and the frozen air escaped, causing you to breathe faster. Your legs buckled, and the lump in your throat began to rise, threatening to become a scream, but it was muffled by your heavy breaths, leaving only fragments of words. The relatives and you had lunch, talked about the deceased, then, early in the morning, having gathered again, had breakfast nearby in the cemetery. And then, a lonely house on the outskirts of the village, where it still smelled of your father, caustic preparations, alcohol and blood. Standing at the open window, you looked at the mountains, at the slope below, at the sun going beyond the triangles of rocks, through the lace tulle. A pleasant smell, carried by the wind, was absorbed into your body. Only then did your heart contract in your chest. Your ribs ached, and a lump formed in your throat. Your lips trembled, and a teardrop sparkled in the corner of your eye. Bitterly, your chest ached, and the frozen air escaped, causing you to breathe faster. Your legs buckled, and the lump in your throat began to rise, threatening to become a scream, but it was muffled by your heavy breaths, leaving only fragments of words. The relatives and you had lunch, talked about the deceased then, early in the morning, having gathered again, had breakfast nearby in the cemetery. And in the evening after a long conversation with relatives you returned to your father's house, a lonely house on the outskirts of the village, where it still smelled of your father, caustic preparations, alcohol and blood. Standing at the open window, you looked at the mountains, at the slope below, at the sun going beyond the triangles of rocks, through the lace tulle. A pleasant smell, carried by the wind, was absorbed into your body. Only then did your heart contract in your chest. Your ribs ached, and a lump formed in your throat. Your lips trembled, and a teardrop sparkled in the corner of your eye. Bitterly, your chest ached, and the frozen air escaped, causing you to breathe faster. Your legs buckled, and the lump in your throat began to rise, threatening to become a scream, but it was muffled by your heavy breaths, leaving only fragments of words. You sank to the floor, hiding from the bright sun, but hearing the approaching herd of cows and the shepherd encouraging the animals. Ignoring the mooing outside the window, you just cried. It was painful, it was hurtful, and it was impossibly lonely. Something blocked the light, and then a voice came from outside. -"Squirrel, just come back before sunset and don't get pregnant again!"- A cheerful voice sounded from the street, on the windowsill someone barked loudly, and then jumped into your house. -"Hey, a lousy dog! Where did you get!?"-A man's voice shouted, someone jumped over the fence, and after a couple of steps reached the open window, leaning over the old windowsill, someone grabbed a dog that diligently sniffed you and wagged its tail and sat next to you. The shadow did not leave the window. "Are you okay?"- The young man asked, looking at you, folded on the floor and swallowing tears, still feeling pain in your chest. To be honest, you just didn't want to be alone. The guy, holding the dog under his arm, jumped over the windowsill and sat next to it on the floor. The stranger almost gently put his hand on your back and shook you a little. "What!?"You almost shouted, having never heard such a tone from yourself before. You raised your head, looking through the tears on your cheeks at a stranger, a guy about your age.

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