The letter
“I do not know if you will read this when you’re awake nor going to sleep”
But first, forgive me, I almost failed myself and gave up on life with the gun on my throat and my hand on the trigger, Luckily I forgot that there was no ammo.
I want you to know that I will always love you and wish that you may not read this in this life because if you did I had probably taken my life
“I’m sorry if I ever left you
I promise I won’t come back but please
remember me wherever you are and whatever
you do, I love you and Goodbye”
-Tatsumaki Mori
Those were his last words, and the words she most feared, he has mentioned taking his life when they were kids, but she didn’t think that 40 years later when they had their own child. He planned everything from business to his death and this is the story of how he came to take his own life.
She wondered what came to his conclusion? when did it all go wrong?
Here, she saw a book of plans and ideals under the letter, it was ideal but it was more like a Diary she started reading it as if it was a novel left by her late husband while her hubby's suicide case was being investigated like a crime scene, yet there was nothing found. So they left and days passed her husband's passing and is buried she then started reading his Diary and when she finished she started crying.
The reason?
we will find out during this 12 chapter story
but for now, let's focus on her
She once thought her husband was a happy man without any problems with dealing with stress and more
yet she remembered one time during high school when she First met him
He was asleep at the corner beside the windows of the room
"Mori, Mori wake up it's time for the next class"
"The next class but I just got here, wait it doesn't stay here?"
"silly, we're in Senior highschool of course the class isn't in one room"
"btw, what's your name? I was drunk so I slept"
"oh I'm Aria, nice to meet you Mori"
" Hi Aria, Nice to meet you*
He gave me a business card with his name and company written on it but it was really just a pet store.
"Hey Aria, I'll show you around our pet store but in exchange can you show me around the school?"
"Sure, btw is this your personal number?"
"oum, for now it is my Personal number"
"Mori, for a drunk you don't seem drunk at all"
"ah hahaha, I drink a lot I guess"
"you also doesn't smell bad"
"I washed my mouth"
"washed your mouth like a washing a plate?"
"no hahaha, with mouth wash"
That day she wondered how can a drunkard not smell bad after drinking since after all drunkards always smelled bad during her high school days.
"Mori, let's skip second class, it's Physical education anyway"
"eh but I don't know which room we're going in"
"You really are drunk, it's the room behind this one, now let's get going before anyone sees us here"
At that time Is showed him around the canteen first and bought him coffee to help with his hangover because I wondered "how does this guy, not care about himself and even offer a tour for their pet shop"
I bought him coffee and he bought me tea as well saying
"I don't know what you want so I've bought you a drink of common courtesy"
"thank you"
"common courtesy? where are you from?"
He looked away and watch the people playing soccer in the field from the canteen completely avoiding the question as if he doesn't want it answered
"it's okay if you don't wanna answer it, but you really look at the field for soccer huh, wanna sit near there?"
"Sure it's not the game I was looking at it's how the kicks were done by every person"
"huh? you're pretty weird Mori"
"I am, I like martial arts more than any sport, wait it's actually, I like fighting"
"I see, heh I shouldn't mess with Mori then, I might get hurt, but what do you mean you're looking at kicks"
"from the perspective of a fighter, in soccer, there are a lot of kicks to learn from, the roundhouse kicks, low kicks, frontal kicks, even axe kicks but I feel like teaching these boys because somehow they're about to injure themselves from just kicking a ball and not actually falling down from a foul"
"Mori, You know how to play soccer"
"no I think I get it from watching, it's just that, I don't want them to break their legs, then I'll jump in and teach"
"What's with this drunk?"
That day She watched Mori, reached the children how to properly kick the ball and she watched them play with him, she ended up cheering for him during the gameplays and she was even invited by him to play she refused but Mori carried her in a princess carry manner and then they played together, had fun and laughed together. She remembered saying
"ah I fell in love with a drunk"
"you feel in love with who? , with me?" he asked jokingly
"hahahahaha you, no you're a drunkard, you're a pretty talented drunkard"
the children teased her and laughed in unison
"Hahahaha big sis is blushing, yeeeeee"
she got flustered and ran away and hid behind a bush
Mori chased her as soon as she ran then slowed down to let her hide and hopefully listen to her
"what's wrong with me, I just met the guy" she murmured
He poked her forehead and said
"I'm here you know, fell in love with me?"
she blushed red like a tomato
"I'm not su--"
without realizing she was being kissed by Mori and she closed her eyes to let it happen and instead of getting shocked after the kiss she smiled and held his hand saying
"yeah I'm in love with you"
in this day she smiled with tears in her eyes, saying in her mind that she will treasure everything from the start to the end of his story. she laid down the diary to her chest and hugged it saying
"Mori, you will always remain in my heart"
-this is a work of fiction
-In the next chapter when she finds out about the strengths and weaknesses of her hubby
-until next time
-peace