"No, I'm not. I'm different from you, Tom. I wasn't born in the Black Street nor did I grow up in it."
Hearing that sentence, Tommy felt his mind went blank. All these times, he thought of Shiro as someone similar to him, who was born and grew up in Black Street environment. It was not strange for him to think that way as he had never seen Shiro's live outside here.
Even though he met Shiro when the latter was still a medical student, Shiro graduated soon afterwards. They hadn't grown closer by that time, so he had never seen Shiro's life outside the Black Street. Even this clinic that has become legal was located in Black Street.
"You mean, among the four of us, I'm the only one who was born and grow up in Black Street?" Tommy asked in incredulous tone. Somehow, he found it hard to believe that he was the only one who lived in this harsh street from birth. After all, he always thought that Shiro was similar to him.