“After that, Yasu (me), you didn’t keep in touch with anyone, right? I heard rumors that you were in America, but what have you been doing?” “I was… living…” Those were the first words I exchanged with an old classmate from my hometown in sixteen years. I remember thinking, So the rumor that I was in America had spread after all. “After that” referred to October 10th, the year I graduated from high school. It was the day after the most unforgettable day of my life. The day that, no matter how much time passes, I can never erase from my memory. The day before that, my best friend Iseki […]