章節 21: 21. Last Time

( THIRD PERSON POV )

I opened the door and Shirogana-san was standing there smiling at me. I then smiled back and said, "Good Morning Oji-san."

"Good Morning to you too Rei. Have you packed all your belongings and ready to go?"

"Yes, Oji-san I'm all ready. I packed everything necessary for me. Are we going now or after some time?"

He said as he glanced at his watch, " We have time Rei. Why don't we go inside and talk."

Hearing him I realized I was talking to him while he was still outside the house. I hurriedly invited him inside the house and closed the door. We both went inside the hall and sat on the couch. He stared at me and asked, "So Rei, Are you ready to leave this house for probably a long time."

I looked around the hall and felt nostalgic remembering about all the memories I had here with my father. I slowly nodded and unknowingly a small smile crept on my lips and said, "Yes Oji-san even though its a bit sad that I will be leaving this house. I'm sure I'll return back here in the future."

"It's ok Rei, I understand how you feel about leaving this house and starting a new face of your life somewhere else. But I'm sure you will come back here." He then continued with a pause and a slightly worried voice, "And also Rei, Did you get that feeling anytime afterward."

I understood he was talking about the pain in the chest when play baseball, "Yes it did come afterward again Oji-san when I tried to play baseball. I still see Otou-san standing there and staring me back. So I decided to halt playing baseball for the time being."

He asked with an agitated voice, "Are you sure Rei. Baseball is something that connects you to Tensei. Are you sure you want to leave it."

"Its alright Oji-san and I am not leaving it permanently I'm just taking a long break and if I'm meant to play the game I'm sure my dad would show me the way in the future when the time is right."

"If you say so Rei. It's decided that we will be leaving for Kami in two weeks' time as we should settle down there. There will probably be another weeks' time to start school there so it would be enough."

"Ok Oji-san."

"Ok, then Rei now I already told my children that you would be coming to live it us and they felt very happy. Especially my son as he wanted a younger brother. Sora is a kind boy and you can always go to him if you have any problems but he is very strict when it comes to baseball. My daughter Meiko is a bit of a naughty person but kind. She regularly pranks and teases Sora. She is also slightly serious when it comes to baseball

As I said before If you don't wanna talk to anyone you can always go to My wife Naumi. She will undoubtedly help you if you have a problem. You can also call me anytime you want and I'll talk with you."

I nodded and thought, ' They seem like good people. I wish I will fit into the family without any problems.'

He then smiled and said, "Ok then Rei go check whether everything is alright in the house before we close it."

I then went and checked everything in the house and saw that everything is fine and came back.

We brought the luggage outside the house and I remembered something and told him, "One-minute Oji-san" and went back inside.

I made my way towards my father's room and saw his photo frame there. I then kneeled in front of it and prayed, ' Otou-san I am now going to Shirogana-san's house to live with him. Please lend me strength in difficult times. Help me face tough times in life and guide me when I go astray. Bye, Otou-san.' and stood up and saw my dad's photo frame one last time and gently closed the door and came outside. I closed the Main door and gate and went inside the car which Shirogana-san was inside and sat beside him.

He then looked at me and asked, "Is everything alright Rei."

I just looked at him and said, "Yes Oji-san"

He nodded and started the car. We started to make our way towards his house. I never went to his house and slowly I started to feel a bit anxious. Even though Shirogana-san told me that he had explained his family and told me that they will accept me I still can't get rid of this feeling. I also thought that they might even start to pity me because of my condition which would depress me more because it is one of the things I hate the most. I continued to think such a way all through the journey.

The car slowed down forcing me to wake up from my thoughts and I looked outside the window to see a big house, easily bigger than mine. The house was only two floors in height but it was fairly wide and looks quite wider normal houses. The car then came to a halt and I then slowly opened the door seeing Shirogana-san getting out. I then looked towards the gate to only see three people standing there smiling towards our direction.