Ep.3 (The past..)

Me and Ranpo met, at the age of 20, I was actually a newbie and he kinda was in a higher rank

So I respect and obey him, and I then had a case to investigate with him, I then told him how the case went through, and he then took interest in me, and we became friends... more like.. Best friends...

We then began to grow closer... and closer.. until I had feelings for him.. But I don't know If he'll like me back...

But one time... I even thought of confessing to him.. So I asked him one question...

"Do you believe in love.."

I said... quite shy to say it..

"Hm..? in love..?"

He said.. looking at me..

"Yeah.."

I said.. While nodding..

"Hm... only idiots fall in love and know what it is... for me.. It's just a story and stuff..."

He said... of course.. He is so smart... too smart.. that he doesn't even know what 'love' is..

"Oh.. Okay.."

That... hurts me a lot.. Only 'idiots' huh...

After that... I then got a call from the nurse in the US.. Saying.. My mom passed away from her sleep..

I then moved to the US after that.. The only one I have left in the family.. My mother.. Passed away... I couldn't control or hide my tears, sadness, guilt, and my sorrow and everything I had made memories with my mother..

As I moved to the US, Me and Ranpo have lost contact...

I thought.. Maybe.. Just maybe... If I could just stay a little bit in the US.. For just a few years... I could recover a bit... So I haven't come back to Yokohama for a few years...

But.. I didn't know, I would meet him again on such a beautiful day.. and on a walk to the library..

I thought he would have changed already..

As I have been to the US, over the years... I was quite alone..

That's where I met.. my best pet friend...

A raccoon, Karl, was just a lonely baby around the bush, at the back of the bench at the park that time..

And I picked him up gently... He was hungry, lonely, sad, and alone...

I then decided to take care of him.

As through the years... It was just me… And Karl... And I then had a job….

As a writer, I did have two friends..

They're both girls..

Their names are Lucy Montgomery and Louisa Alcott...

They were nice friends.. And I have been living with them for years..

Until now.. I am back in Japan.. I was still in touch with them..

I missed them very much, we had a lot of fun and memorable memories and stuff together..

When I have my ups and downs, they will always be there for me...

When I feel alone and lonely.. They will be by my side, talking a lot of things with me..

And until now.. They would call me on my phone..

Saying how I am and if everything is good in Japan...

I would say I'm okay and stuff...

Back to the present..

I met him again...

Will it be the same..?

Or No..?

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