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(Ash)

Ash

(I am very worried because I haven't seen you and I don't know if you are okay.)

I am very worried because I haven't seen you and I don't know if you are okay.

(But I am not sure if that is true. We are from different countries, and skin and eyes are different color.)

But I am not sure if that is true. We are from different countries, and skin and eyes are different color.

(But so what?We are friends. Isn't that enough?What else do we need?)

But so what?We are friends. Isn't that enough?What else do we need?

(I am very happy I came to America.I made many friends have. Above all... I met you Ash.)

I am very happy I came to America.I made many friends have. Above all... I met you Ash.

(You asked me many times if you scare me. But I never felt scared of you, not even once.)

You asked me many times if you scare me. But I never felt scared of you, not even once.

(From the first time I met you.)

From the first time I met you.

(Actually, I always felt that you are hurt, much more than me - that your spirit is wounded.)

Actually, I always felt that you are hurt, much more than me - that your spirit is wounded.

(I know you are much smarten than me, and bigger, and stronger -but even so -)

I know you are much smarten than me, and bigger, and stronger -but even so -

(I always wanted to protect you.Funny, Isn't it?But what did I want protect you from?)

I always wanted to protect you.Funny, Isn't it?But what did I want protect you from?

(I think I wanted to protect you from your future. Because your fate was sweeping you away,, like flood.)

I think I wanted to protect you from your future. Because your fate was sweeping you away,, like flood.

(Do you remember telling me about the leopard in that Hemingway look?)

Do you remember telling me about the leopard in that Hemingway look?

(He died at the top of the mountain, and you said he knew that he will never go back down.)

He died at the top of the mountain, and you said he knew that he will never go back down.

(But I said you are not leopard, and that you can change your future.It's true, Ash.)

But I said you are not leopard, and that you can change your future.It's true, Ash.

(You can change your future. You are not alone, Ash. My soul is always with you.)

You can change your future. You are not alone, Ash. My soul is always with you.

(Eiji)

Eiji