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Akira's first thought was to follow him, and to try to figure out what was going on. But everything happened so fast, and he found himsel just as lost and dissoriented as Aijou appeared to be a few moments ago. Was the boy truly not sane? Had he escaped from a mental institution? Had someone abused him and driven him away?
Those questions suddenly started popping up in his mind. It would seem there was something wrong with the boy, and if that was truly the case, then Akira alone could not help Aijou get back on the right track.
He acted as though there were more than one personalities sharing his body and mind. Such a behaviour could have been brought on by the hardships he’d endured, or he could have been born with this disorder.
On the other hand, there was the possibility that the boy was just playing a prank on him.“I’d be so mad at him, if this was his idea of a bad joke!” the man said to himself. He felt sorry for Aijou, took him into his home, and provided him with a meal, clothes, and a warm bed to sleep in, until he could find better accomodations for him. He did it because he felt it was the right thing to do, and he didn’t expect anything in return. But to play such a mischievous prank on someone was simply unacceptable…
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