the gentle squishing of his cheeks were comforting, the only touch that was ever comforting.
โye โ yeah i'm okay.โ all his pain disappeared when he saw deepa. he remembered thinking that deepa must be an angel, his guardian angel.
โHi baby!!! Did you heal well?! I hope so!!!โ
Deepa accidentally ignores the boy and crouches down, then squishing his cheeks. Gotta check up on him afterโฆ Jigen.
He has pastel pink makeup on, very much a big change from what they did together earlier.
he understood more than he cared to share and once his father saw the cracked bottle, kawaki could kiss dinner goodbye. his eyes lowered on the bottle.
โdo you .. wanna go to the playground again?โ
โ the girl accepted her life. it was hell for her since the day her father was killed.
โItโs just the kinda person Sleet is. He doesnโt allow anyone to eat more than their allowed amount. I didnโt do perfect today, thatโs why I couldnโt eat all my food.โ
the bruise was noticed shortly after she explained the reason for her being there. sleet again... which meant the man would eventually come looking for her.
โwhy is he like that? you should be able to eat until your belly is super full!โ
โ the young girl blinked her eyes, looking down at the boy beside the broken bottle. she walked a bit closer.
โHey, itโs okay. Itโs only a bottle. At least youโre okay.โ
โ Rainy folded her arms across her chest and pouted in annoyance. there was a bruise on her cheek.
โThat jerk took it out on me when I had more food than I was allowed. . . I couldnโt help itโฆI was hungryโฆโ
โi'm so dead! my dad is going to kill me.โ even so, kawaki was glad to see her. it could only mean one thing. โyou ran away again? are you okay?โ he held the shattered bottle to his chest.
the sound of glass breaking followed soon after rainy's appearance. the boys didn't even try her, quickly deciding it wasn't worth the trouble anymore. kawaki kneeled down to pick up the shattered alcohol bottle, his world also shattered.
up ahead, kawaki was seen surrounded by two little boys. they towered over him, pointing and shoving, calling him all kinds of names. he clutched onto the alcohol and shouted right back, snarling like a mad dog.
โisn't that kawaki?โ whispers among villagers, sad glances and sideways dances left a gloomy cast over the small village. โhis old man is crazy.โ everyone knew it, and yet no one did anything about it.
/ reminding everyone of this insane shit. headcanon the fish bowl was technically his only 'drinking' water. nothing for weeks. sips later on and then a full on mental breakdown. ends with a dead goldfish.
rinse and repeat.
This analogy really was spot on. Kawaki is like a goldfish trapped in a bowl of water! But he probably doesnโt think he can escape because he only knows that bowl of water ๐ญ