I looked intently at his face, so beaten down by it all, and this is what came out of my mouth: "For some reason there's always death around us. My parents, my grandfather, my grandmother . . . your real mother, even Eriko. My god—in this gigantic universe there can't be a pair like us. The fact that we're friends is amazing. All this death. . . all this death."
"Really." Yuichi smiled. "Maybe we should go into business. Our clients could pay us to move in with people they want dead. We'll call ourselves destruction workers." His sadly cheerful face radiated a dim glow. We moved deeper into the dead of night. I turned around to look out the window at the flickering lights below. The city was fringed with tiny points of brightness, and the lines of cars were like a phosphorescent river flowing through the darkness.
"So I've become an orphan," said Yuichi.
"That goes double for me. Not that I'm bragging about it," I said, laughing, and suddenly tears began to stream down Yuichi's cheeks.
"I really needed you to make me laugh," he said, rubbing his eyes with his arm, "so much I couldn't stand it anymore."
I reached out and took his face in both hands. "Thank you for calling me," I said softly.
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"Really." Yuichi smiled. "Maybe we should go into business. Our clients could pay us to move in with people they want dead. We'll call ourselves destruction workers." His sadly cheerful face radiated a dim glow. We moved deeper into the dead of night. I turned around to look out the window at the flickering lights below. The city was fringed with tiny points of brightness, and the lines of cars were like a phosphorescent river flowing through the darkness.
"So I've become an orphan," said Yuichi.
"That goes double for me. Not that I'm bragging about it," I said, laughing, and suddenly tears began to stream down Yuichi's cheeks.
"I really needed you to make me laugh," he said, rubbing his eyes with his arm, "so much I couldn't stand it anymore."
I reached out and took his face in both hands. "Thank you for calling me," I said softly.