Chapter 1: The Background of the Book

Shinichi looks sad when he wrote the text message. Actually, he didn't want to hurt her again, on the contrary. He wanted her to be happy and unfortunately that didn't include telling her where he was. Shinichi couldn't and didn't want to ask her to wait for him again, the whole last year he had noticed her worries and sorrows from the front row, and now there would be at least two. He shook his head. No, with the best will in the world, he couldn't. He sent out the text message, turned off the cell phone and threw it in the corner. He let himself fall on his back. Now he was lying there in his bed in his new room, which had actually always been his, but mostly only for two to three weeks a year. He had never lived in this house for a long time, he had always known how to avoid it. But now there was nothing else he could do. His parents, the police, and even the FBI thought it better for him to stay in LA until things settled back home. He had resisted, but unfortunately unsuccessfully. Shinichi had to leave Ran behind, whether he wanted to or not.
"Shinichi, finally get out of bed, you don't want to be late on your first day. Or do you want to achieve exactly that?" Yukiko Kudo poked her head in the door. "Don't feel like it," that was all she got in reply. Yukiko shook his head and closed the door again. She knew or could imagine what was going on with her son. She went downstairs with a sad smile.
Shinichi stared at the ceiling. He could have told her where he was, but then she would be standing in front of the door by return mail, and he didn't want that. It was hard enough for him that he didn't have to see her too. He hadn't even taken a picture of her with him.
“Oh what the heck?” Shinichi got up and went into the kitchen.
"So you've decided to get up after all?You really have to go. "Yukiko looked at the clock, gave Shinichi the keys to her car and pushed it out the door.
´She will wait, I am sure ´ he thought. But he didn't know what he would do if that wasn't the case.
Yusaku watched his son walk through the driveway to the car. Shinichi got his driver's license the first week in Los Angelos. That was three weeks ago now and Yusaku didn't know what to do, let alone his son. That's why he sent this book to Ran. ´Perhaps she will bring him to his senses´, with this thought he sat down in front of his PC again. He had to hurry with his new book because the publishers were on his neck.

When he arrived at school, his first path led him to the headmaster. He gave him his schedule, a map of the school and a list of courses or clubs, from which he has to choose at least one. However, there was still time. He thought about playing soccer again. Which he decided after a long back and forth. The try-out wasn't for three weeks, so he had enough time to get used to high school.
After ten endless hours, he found, Yukiko made him happy with the sentence: "How was it at school?" welcomed. However, he only gave a bored hum and disappeared into his room without further ado. Yukiko just shook his head. She knew what was wrong with him, and yet it was his own fault. If he hadn't got involved with the organization, then he would certainly never have gotten into the situation he was in now. Actually, she was happy about it, after all, that was one reason why he was now with his family, where Yukiko thought he belonged.

Yusaku, who hadn't noticed anything, sat in front of his manuscript. The publishers put tremendous pressure on, but he couldn't concentrate the way he wanted to.He kept thinking about how Ran would react if she found out why and why he had sent her the book. In addition, she will wonder how he knew all of this. Well, Yusaku had written it, but whether she would notice in the heat of the moment was questionable. He knew she was very emotional and that kind of scared him. "With this girl you never know how she reacts ..." He sighed. Yusaku was about to go back to his thriller when suddenly the phone rang, he thought it was one of his publishers, but ...
Ran paced up and down impatiently. Again and again she had picked up the phone and dialed the number of the kudos in Los Angelos. But she always hung up again before the doorbell had even started to ring. Somehow she lacked the courage. She thought about the book the whole time. Why did he send her this book? And why did he even write it? Only one person could answer these questions! She picked up the phone again, entered the number, thought of hanging up again, but the doorbell rang.
The line cracked. “Kudo.” Someone answered in perfect English. She was less surprised, however, as the kudos had lived in the States for over 5 years. "Mr. Kudo, this is Ran Mori." "But Ran. Your first name would have been enough, I don't know anyone else with that name." She didn't know why she said her last name. `Maybe it's the excitement´ thought Yusaku. "Um, yes. You probably know why I'm calling. Well, I have a few questions about this book." Yusaku tried it the unsuspecting way. “Which book?” “Mr. Kudo…” She sounded desperate. He knew there was really no point, so he gave in. He took her credit for having just called and not flown by right away. "Come on, listen, my only concern is that my son will be happy and I am firmly convinced that he will only deal with you ..." He was suddenly speechless when he heard her start sobbing."Everything OK with you?" he asked cautiously. "It's just that Shinichi has given me to understand that he doesn't want anything more to do with me. Why I just don't know ..." Ran had to pull herself together so that she didn't start crying completely. "Ran, have you finished reading the book yet?" She said no. "Then do that first, then we can continue talking. The publishers are on my neck. See you later, Ran." "Yes, but ... * does does does *" Hang up! Yusaku hung up before Ran had finished speaking. She put the phone back in its place and reread his words. She should finish reading the book, he had said, and that is exactly what she would do now.
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So that's it for me ...
Other capes are already finished, but I only upload them if you liked them too.

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