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Time moved quickly in the Shindo estate after the lady of the house had passed. The funeral was very formal and very heartless and passed in a blur of well wishes, condolences and comfortless hugs. Ainosuke saw his father very briefly at the wake, who was preoccupied with thanking guests and networking. He didn’t recognise many faces in the crowd, seeking the comfort of his mother’s friends and finding none. He did find himself in the company of the head gardener of the estate though, who offered him a real cuddle, squeezing him tightly, the first true embrace he’d felt since before his mother died.
“I’d like you to meet my son,” the gardener had told Ainosuke. He gently pushed a young boy forwards. He looked a little older, Ainosuke guessed, but not by much. “He asked to come help around the estate after school and I thought you two might get along.”
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A kinda-sorta retelling of the story from the point of view of a young boy and his friend, and skateboards, and roses, and love, and loss, and *fun*.