Miracle's Dream (Chapter 19)

Summary: A young girl who seemed to have no connection at all to any of them are the one who brought them together and drove them apart. She’s the one who shows them the real person they could be. 

Chapter Word Count (Total): 1,162 (26,211)
Rating: PG-15 in later chapters due to PDA and sensitive issues

Disclaimer: I do not own people... Mentioned people in this fiction belongs to themselves and their professional self, belongs to Johnny's Entertainment

Warning: Character Death

It felt like it was just moments ago, she was with him strumming incoherently as she sang off pitched. The rare days he would have her all to himself would be the days that she would be a little quieter than usual but nonetheless, she was slowly becoming more comfortable with him. 

“Tomo-niichan, you have not opened the letter my mother wrote have you?” Catherine asked quietly one fine evening as they were sitting at the park near the jimusho just listening to the breeze as lazily Yamashita meddled with his guitar. Picking on any chord his fingers felt comfortable with at the time, trying to cover the uneasiness of her question. “Na… I want to know what’s in it too.” She said quietly. 

Yamashita set his guitar a side as he places his hands on Catherine’s shoulders. “It’s probably nothing.” He replied. “Why would you want to know anyways?” He questioned. Catherine shrugged her shoulders. “Remember the time Yasuda-kun wanted to tell about your past?” He asked. Catherine nodded as an answer. “Why did you run away?” 

Catherine just smiled. “Some memories are meant to be forgotten.” She said simply. 

He wondered what was the memories that she was talking about and why was she insisting on keeping it to herself. The cold wind blew as Yamashita shoved his hand in his coat pocket. His fingers felt the unopened enveloped that had been in there since the day she had given it to him. Sighing, Yamashita took a seat on the park bench where he and Catherine usually sat while waiting for either Nishikido or Yasuda. 

Carefully he peeled the old envelope and took out the piece of paper carefully. He peeked inside the envelope once more and pours out the contents onto his hand. There was a key attached to a silver chain, a silver band and a few old photographs. He flipped the photographs one by one. The first was his mother and Catherine’s mother on their high school graduation, the second one was the wedding of Catherine’s mother and her father and the last one was with Catherine and her father. Not one of the pictures had their father in it. Finally, he opened the letter and began to read. 

‘Tomohisa-kun, this letter will explain everything to you and your mother. Firstly, I want you to forgive me for all the wrong doings I had done to your family and for making you suffer at a very young age. I’m truly sorry for what had happened to your family is partly because of my obliviousness of the family and friends that I left behind when I came to reach for my dreams in the new land.

When I came across a Japanese man in my school, he made me fell in love all over again with the country that I had dreaded a few years before. It was not until after three months into my pregnancy that I got to know that he has a wife and son in Japan. I was even more surprise when I saw a picture of your mother in his wallet. You were already ten by then. 

It was three months after that I had my daughter. She was premature and had a lot of complications. Maybe it was god’s punishment for me for leaving behind my family who needed me. I don’t know if you would ever see her but she is really a great girl. She too never met her father. When he left us, I was in labor, since then he was never again to be seen. So, please, I beg you not to blame her or even hate her for what happened. 

This was written not to tell you the life story that I messed up but to give you your right to our father’s money. Here in the US, the law is always on the side of the child. We received a bit of money as a result of his abandonment, I did not use one cent of the earning and I’m giving them to you. You have the right to it as much as Catherine has them. 

The key is the key to the deposited box where you can retrieve all of them; the password is engraved in the silver ring I attach to this letter. Tomohisa-kun, Catherine might not have a lot of time. She was not supposed to live to see her fifth birthday, but she is almost seven now. When she is fit enough to, travel I will come back to Japan and the four of us will finally meet. That is what I hope and I hope you would give is that chance. 

Again sorry for the sorrow and pain that I have caused.’

Yamashita closed his eyes furrowing his brows a little, as he pinched the bridge of his nose. “Pi.” Nishikido’s voice spoke as he sat himself beside Yamashita. “They are waiting for you.” He said quietly. Yamashita’s throat tightened as he tried to swallow his sorrow. “You’re not the only one you know.” He said before he stood up.

“She was not your blood, Ryo. You didn’t say those awful things to her and you didn’t reject your sister just for having the same father as you do.” Yamashita spoke. “There was a reason for me not wanting to know her. The reason was strong enough until you and Yasuda had to meddle with my personal life.” Nishikido reacted as if he did not hear Yamashita’s last sentence. 

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“Pi, I don’t understand.” Tegoshi spoke softly as they sat in the meeting room alone long after everyone else had already went home. “You were getting close to her, why are you closing yourself up again?” He questioned. 

Yamashita shook his head. “You wouldn’t understand.” 

“I understand the feeling of losing someone you love, Pi.” Tegoshi insisted. Yamashita smirked. “You can talk to me you know.”

“Yuya, the last few weeks felt like a dream. Tell me this is just a dream. A dream that ended as a nightmare.” Yamashita spoke. “Why do I always lose the person I love?” He questioned. Tegoshi just wrapped his arms around his leader and embrace him tightly without any words. “I never said sorry to her for the way I treated her.” 

“She never needed for you to say it.” Tegoshi said as he took out a piece of paper as slipped it in Yamashita’s hand. “Uchi gave it to me earlier.”

‘Arigato ne, Tomo-niichan. I’ve never been happier in my life. These past months although we had our difficulties, I’m happy we met. I’m sorry for what our father did to us and for being a burden to all of you, but I want to thank you for giving me the taste of the great life we had. –Sakura-‘

“She forgave you a long time ago. You just need to forgive yourself now.” Tegoshi spoke, as Yamashita stood stunned.