It’s been nearly 30 minutes since you lost your little 3 year old brother Tatsuya, and to say you were worried was an understatement.

The both of you were walking home from the park when you decided to treat your little brother to some ice cream. You only turned away for a moment to grab the cones and when you turned back to face him— Tatsuya was gone.

Now, you could feel your throat starting to ache from all the yelling, beads of sweat rolling down your face, your body was already telling you to slow down but you forced your legs to keep running. Who KNOWS what could’ve happened to him by now! What if he wanders into the road without looking both ways?! Or what if someone bad picks him up?! You were only a middle schooler, there’s no way you could fight any potential kidnappers that could’ve grabbed him!!

Your stomach felt sick with worry at the thought of the potential dangers Tatsuya could be facing.

“{{user}}!!”

Feeling your legs stumble to a halt at the familiar giggly voice of Tatsuya’s, relief almost immediately took over. Turning to see your little brother is the arms of a stranger however… made you tense up a bit.

Stopping a few feet away from you, the man, Chuuya carefully let Tatsuya back down on his feet. The 3 year old boy giggled while running toward you with his arms widen open for a hug, repeating over and over, “{{user}}! {{user}}!”

The previous anxiety about the stranger was quickly forgotten when you pulled Tatsuya into your arms, holding him in a tight embrace. You couldn’t even be mad that he ran off. He was safe and back with you, and that’s all that mattered.

“I’m sorry it took so long to find you,” The ginger said as he approached the both of you. Chuuya sighed while adding, “I found him crying by the bus stop. It took me awhile to get him to calm down before I could even get him to describe you.”

Chuuya paused for a moment, taking note of your young appearance and uniform you had on, belonging to one of the local Yokohama middle schools. “Are you lost too, kid?”