Fics like home

"Dad," Tobio started nervously, clutching his dampened school bag tightly, "Teach me... how to put up a wall." His father placed a mug of steaming green tea on the woven bamboo place mat, fixing his son with a concerned look. "Did you get rejected, Tobio?" Tobio jerkily nodded his head, scrunching his nose in a futile attempt of keeping his tears at bay. "Yeah," Tobio croaked, an unwelcomed sob ripping itself from his throat. A pair of strong arms wrapped around his shoulders, pulling his nose into a cotton t-shirt smelling of sandalwood and home. "Tobio, look at me," his father spoke softly. Two pairs of blue eyes met. "Do you want to leave Japan?" When Tobio grows older, he would realize that his father needed to leave Japan just as much as he, that neither of them could live in a soulmate barren land. So with nothing left for them in Miyagi, he and his father packed their belongings, never looking back.

Fics like home

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