When I opened my eyes, I looked at the clouds in the sky that were so beautiful. The gentle breeze that hits my face is like water washing my face, the fallen leaves fall towards this face. Cool air under the trees that make the air feel fresh.

I still hold my head up, looking at the sky.

I pondered for a moment as I stretched out my hand, I wanted to reach the distant sky, I wanted to reach and hold on to that dream tightly.

Likewise, I clenched my fists and I pounded them against my chest, against my heart, even if it hurts a little, it's nothing, it's better.

I stared at the leaves that had fallen slowly to the ground. You can see that my gaze is languid again, like a plant that has never touched water.

Yes, eyes that lost their light. And from a distance I saw them, laughing together. I want myself to laugh, be happy and cry like them. I want my heart to be like them. Furthermore, I want to be by their side.

I know the pinnacle of affection is sincere, sincere only seeing from afar.

When I saw their smiles, my smile that had disappeared started to return slowly, I took a deep breath, I closed my eyes, in that breath there was a sense of relief that I felt in my heart. There is pleasure and pain at the same time. I feel a very deep tightness in my heart. I want to scream loudly, but this is not sadness or regret, but gratitude.

Not only that, but I cry for joy.

“While the tears are still flowing, laughing and smiling isn't bad.”

My eyes started to shine again. While smiling, I started to stand up then before turning around, I saw them, “I leave everything to you #####”

This warm and gentle breeze kept coming to me, as if someone was trying to hug me and wipe away my tears. As if someone is trying to calm this heart. This cool breeze ruffled my hair and at the same time my eyes lit up as if they were filled with light.

Even though it's hard to keep going, I will keep going. I walked further away from them.

And old memories come back. Happy memories with them, even though it looks normal, but it is meaningful, and there are sad memories that are full of meaning and experience.

I continued to walk in the middle of the trees with their leaves falling, the beautiful scenery around the road which was full of fragrant wild flowers, a fragrance that attracted many butterflies fluttering around it.

“Maybe at this time, they must be around looking for me” while closing my eyes, I smiled, I continued on my way.

I keep going.

Step by step.

Until I stop.

In front of me was

, the leaves started to fall slowly one by one. I sat under the tree and while looking up at the sky, I took a deep breath, I turned my head to my left.

“Mom, it's me Kelfin, today I visited too ma'am, I want to tell you”

Yes, I'm at the graves of my beloved parents.

[My story started 2 years ago…]

2 Years ago

My prayers to the goddess of mercy, today I ask you, I hope I meet a very loving and kind person, I hope I quickly meet my true love. I don't want a perfect one, I want him to be handsome and cute he-he. Sorry… goddess…my prayers are not consistent theehe.

Sorry… goddess…

With a slightly worried face, she bowed twice, clapped her hands twice, then bowed again once. Her face began to slowly become serious.

“My name is Mirai and I pray that my family will be healthy…., hopefully all the affairs of my mother, sister and grandmother will be smooth…, that's all I ask for… that's all”

After she finished praying, she made two bows, four times clapping Her hands, and one more bow. The moment she turned around Her hair that was covering Her face was blown away by the cold wind of the temple.

And when it looks beautiful face like a beautiful maple flower in the dry season.

And from a distance, Her grandmother called to come home. “Mirai let's go home, it's going to rain soon”

Mirai ran to her grandmother. But it was too late… And in the middle of the run, it started to rain. She and Her grandmother jogged down from the temple, hoping to find a place where they could take shelter while waiting for the rain to stop. In the middle of the crossroads on the way down to the temple there is a shelter, they take shelter there.

“Hacuch … cold …” Seeing the grandson who started sneezing, the grandmother smiled and hugged her grandson and stroked Her hair in the hope that it would lighten up a little. With warm affection from her grandmother, Mirai's face blushed a little, but in the end she smiled gratefully.

At that moment… a third of the way down the shrine it started to rain, they hurriedly went to the small shrine beside them to take shelter from the rain.

She saw someone casually walking down the same shrine as them, but it seemed he was from the temple at the very top of the hill.

With worry and concern, Mirai wanted to call out for shelter from the rain too. But he hesitated, not because the person's face looked like a bad person, scary or muscular. However, because the look in His

eyes was so… empty. Mirai started pulling Her hand slowly.

With His black suit, curly brown hair and soaking wet clothes. That person looks like the saying goes, muddled in the heart, empty in the eyes.

But the grandmother with a smile called that person, grandma waved her old hand. Seeing her grandmother's actions, Mirai was a little worried and afraid, she quickly whispered softly, “Grandma… don't...

manor is he a bad person, which good person wears a coat in the rain like him, he's a strange person” after hearing Her innocent grandson's explanation, the grandmother continued waving and calling “take shelter here, you'll catch a fever young man” then she looked at her grandson and smiled. Seeing that Mirai was still looking at her with worried eyes, the grandmother pinched her cheeks… and said “look at that, what was clutched under her clothes”. Mirai turned to the man who was walking towards them, and Mirai was surprised.

Her cute eyes started to widen in shock, behind that person's clothes was a little fox who was injured and cold who was sheltering from the cold rain and wind. Then Her grandmother spoke, “Indeed it looks scary from a far, but that is only seen by the eyes, not by the heart.”

Not long after that, the stranger arrived in front of them, and took shelter beside them with His cold face. Even so, the grandmother still smiled and gave small red fruit. “Eat it, it's good for the body.”

With that old voice, she treated the stranger like His own grandson. But still the person was still silent without a word, but on the one hand there was something he wanted to say from His mouth (he hesitated). Then not long after…

“Thank you, please…” said the stranger while

showing the injured fox.

When the stranger raised his left hand, it can be seen that on the left the palm of his hand was injured badly enough to sprain it, seeing this the grandmother was conscious and shocked, his head was also bleeding too. Strangers just repeat the same words.

“Thank you, please…help” while looking at the fox.

Mirai was still trying to communicate with that person, but he just repeated the same words, as if the fox was more important than his own life.

However, the grandmother immediately understood the situation. The grandmother, holding the fox's head and smiling at the person. The grandmother tried to calm the situation before helping her.

Seeing her grandmother like that, Mirai, who was previously busy trying to communicate, became silent. With a sigh, he smiled. “Grandmother”

At the same time, the heavy rain finally stopped,

Seeing the behavior between the grandmother and grandson, the stranger smiled slightly.

With the cool air at the end of the rain with lots of birds fluttering between the trees, and the sound of small insects behind the trees, the gentle breeze caressing the face. Mirai glanced at the stranger,

“my name is mirai, nice to meet you”,

“Hello ...., your name?” the person is still

smiling.

Strangers are still smiling… while grandma is trying to find bandages in her bag…

“Young man, sit here for a while, you will be injured so that you will be medicated…”

“Grandma !”

The grandmother, turned her head and was shocked to see the person fall…

Mirai quickly tried to hold her… the grandmother rushed over. But…,

The stranger's eyes started to blur, he closed his eyes slowly, his mouth moved and uttered

“Kelfin…, my…name”.

In a village that is quite far from the reach of the city of Kumamoto, Japan, you can see lots of lush trees with lots of flying seagulls. And seen a lot of birds that perch from one tree to another.

From a distance… the sound of river water flowing from the end of the village was heard. The closer you look, the figure of a beautiful woman sitting under a tree in the early morning.

As the wind ruffled her long hair, she smiled.

“Today I feel, I will meet good people”

She got up from his seat, took a deep breath and released it slowly, then you could see it on her face, a very sweet smile like honey.

She stretches his body to get ready to start activities in her house. Inside the house she makes breakfast for his brother and mother who have had leg pain since she was 5 years ago.

All household needs are taken care of by him and her grandmother. While his father had died long before she was born.

Luckily…, there is a grandmother who really loves them all. Grandma is the backbone of the family. Therefore, helping the grandmother with the temple and housework is all that she can help.

After she finished serving the food, she told his mother and little brother to eat first, while she would go to the temple to deliver food to her grandmother as usual.

She felt quite anxious and went to the temple where her grandmother was, after saying goodbye to her mother and brother, she left. This wasn't something that rarely happened, because the grandmother was used to this, but even though this was normal for them, they were still worried, because that was what family meant.

Along the way, the surrounding atmosphere is quite beautiful, the many maple trees around there feel very pleasing to the eye. Their red color is pleasing to the eye, but not for trees, because it is the separation between the old and new leaves. On that tree, there is a small bird family. The mother is seen feeding her child. One by one he feeds, for his son, not for him. In fact, he had to go again to look for himself.

The bird's mother flies far into the sky…

From a distance, a woman was seen running small while carrying provisions. Dressed in a red and white miko outfit, she headed towards the shrine on the hill.

At the same time, above the shrine…

There was a person walking up to the top of the shrine from another path…

Then he looked back, and saw the sight of the village visible from afar. He thought, it's beautiful.

He stepped back, step by step, without knowing what his purpose was going. Furthermore, he doesn't remember anything, who is he? Name? Even his family. But… his heart kept telling him to keep moving forward.

“He forgets, but not his heart”

In his suit, he kept walking, all that remained of him was a glimmer of hope in the darkness of his heart and a necklace he was wearing that he had even forgotten.

When he enter the temple area, he saw many temples. But there is one temple that caught his attention, namely the top shrine. Just as he was about to step there, he heard the sound of a beast. His voice sounded painful, but the problem was that the source of the sound was from the dark trees and thickets of thickets.

His heart felt very restless, what did he forget? Then heard the sound again…

He was shocked, his pupils dilated, then without thinking he ran towards the sound.

Without thinking whether it is dangerous or not. Is it something that can kill him, or is it something important that he forgot.

He kept running, without thinking about himself, the sharp thorns even made his hands hurt. He slipped, and fell to the ground quite hard, his nose was bleeding, his left hand was sprained. From the fall, he tried to get up with potluck while enduring the pain. He didn't know why he was like this, but with that wound he walked again. With a limp, he continued to the source of the sound…

Then it stopped…

He saw a fairly small temple, and in the middle of the temple there was a white fox.

He had a tear coming out of his right eye…

Somehow he felt grateful and relieved.

He approached the fox, seen that the fox was in pain in its left leg. He embraced the fox, and without resistance, the fox looked at him. It looked like the fox was happy, seeing that made him curious. “She's hurt… but why? And I… why are you sad and… also relieved?” he said.

At the same time he heard someone's voice very far away, he thought, he wanted to ask for help from that person and also the rain started to drizzle. He stood up, and returned to where he had come before.

Step by Step with the rain getting heavier, finally back to where it started before entering the forest. On the path of the temple, he descended his way.

Hoping that someone can turn to for help…

Not long after he walked down from the temple, he met someone. More precisely, two people who are sheltering. An old grandmother and a young woman who has beautiful eyes.

From a distance the grandmother called him, luckily he understood but didn't know what to answer. He walked towards them.

In his heart, he was very grateful

Finally, someone he could turn to for help.

On his way… which, he was pretending to be strong.

He smiled a little,

And…

He thought, “thank goodness, this rain covered my tears”

… (sound of raindrops)

… (sound of raindrops)

… (sound of raindrops)

… (sound of raindrops)

… (sound of raindrops)

“They are trying to communicate with me, but I do not understand at all” he thought.

“Thank you, please … (while staring at the fox)” I hope they understand what I mean, he thought.

I kept saying the same words, hoping they would understand.

“Unlucky ! I can't stand it anymore, my body… feels like it's on fire, my head is so heavy” he thought.

That sweet girl, said something to me, “namae…wa”. What's that ? Ahhh, maybe she mean my name.

With the condition that was quite severe, in the end I collapsed, at first glance I saw that woman and her grandmother panicked…

“Unlucky ! I'm weak” said my heart.

My eyes start to close slowly. And with minimal power…

I try to open my mouth

“Kelvin, my…name”.

I fainted…

In the rain, finally the first time she “Mirai” met the stranger “Kelvin”.