Wish You Were Here
by Loki'sRose

Disclaimer: Watari belongs to Yoko Matsushita. The song is 'Wish You Were Here' by Pink Floyd. Not for profit.
Notes: Written for a challenge on Yamifics Livejournal community. I don't know what music was current in 1970s Japan, but I figured the era was right, and the lyrics fit so nicely.


The world is dark around the edges, after-hours quiet. Watari pokes hopefully at a beaker of sky-tinted chemicals. No change. He adjusts the radio, challenging Meifu�s silence.

...two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl
Year after year...

He knows this one. 1975, he thinks. He was alive, then. But there�s no use existing in the past. The song resonates, filling the lab, the halls, the offices empty of people. The building�s only other occupant is several corridors and too many years away. Unimaginably distant.

The noise will annoy him, disturb his memories. Watari sings along anyway.

�Wish you were here.�

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