“Maji de dekai,” I’d mutter, watching him squeeze through the train doors sideways. People stared. Kids pointed. He’d just shrug, pull his hood lower, and keep walking.
He blinked. “Was I supposed to be?”
Because he moves like he’s still small. He folds himself into chairs gently, never slams a door, speaks in a murmur that forces you to lean in. When we watch TV, he curls up like a cat on the end of the sofa, knees to his chest, somehow taking up less space than me. uchi no otouto maji de dekain dakedo mi ni
So yeah. Maji de dekai. But look closer—you might almost miss him.
“You’re not scary at all,” I told him once. “Maji de dekai,” I’d mutter, watching him squeeze
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But the strange thing is—mi ni tsukanai. You don’t notice it right away. He’d just shrug, pull his hood lower, and keep walking
It’s the way he offers his jacket to a crying friend without a word. The way he texts me good night every single day. The way he exists so quietly in a world that won’t stop staring.