they call it paradise, the place where the sky and the ocean meets.

"why is haraboji going to paradise? where is paradise?"

"omma says that paradise is the place where the sky and the ocean meets!"

"that sounds like it's very far from here… i miss haraboji. wont he miss me?"

"well, omma also says that paradise is a nice place only the nice people can go to!"

"so haraboji is going to a nice place where he wont feel any more pain in his chest?"

nods.

smiles.

"then i want to go to paradise too!"

holds hand.

"one day, we will. maybe i will go first, or you will go first... but we will be there, together. one day, we will…"

and one day when we will all finally meet again, it will be at paradise.

will it not be?

=)

*haraboji = grandfather, omma = mother