Ueda came to visit me again...

“Tonight I’m telling you a story, ok?”  He plopped down beside me.

I nodded my head...
Fine..anything to distract me...

“Since the beginning of time...
Everytime when a bell chimes... a angel will be born.
At the same time, somewhere on Earth... a baby will be born too.
This angel and this baby are bonded forever.
Mortals normally called them guardian angels.
As the baby grows, whatever happens to him, the angel will know.
It is also the angel’s responsibilty to take care of his mate.
The stars you see in the sky... actually represent every pair of angel and mortal.
When a star falls...
It means the death of a mortal... and his angel...”
 

Ueda looked over at Kazuya who had fallen asleep half-way.

“That’s why I’m here...
to help you...”

 Don’t be afraid...
Your operation will be a success....”  He leaned over and kissed his forehead.

“Goodbye~ I’ll be watching over you...”

He smiled... his image slowly fading away....

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
 

“Hey Onichan! Come over quick!” a child’s voice called.

“Ok, I’ll be there in a minute.”  I picked up the necessary equipments.

 As I turned to go...  my ward came into my sight..

Ex-ward, actually...  It had been a year.

The operation was a success.

When I opened my eyes again... My family was there...including some of my old classmates who had heard about the news... But he was not...

Of course I waited for him...

Strange to say.. it was during the period of waiting when I realized that my parents had not met Ueda before...
And... I didn’t knew where he lived and contact number...

On the fifth day after my operation... I was discharged...

I asked the nurses about him... But they claimed that none of them had ever seen a guy in my ward before, even though  I’m sure that some of them came in when he was around...

Ueda never seemed to exist.

I was devasted then...until...

One night when I was looking at the stars...

And remember...

The story he told me.....

About angels...
 

Could he be my guardian angel...?
Came down to help me...?

I became a volunteer at the hospital...
Just like he helped me... I was determined to make a difference to the children’s lives...
 

Thank you, Ueda...   for being there...

Thank you... where-ever you are....
 

~END~