Every Teardrop is a Waterfall
Description
My name is Yamada Ryosuke. People say I'm living the dream, born lucky. It's true. I mean, I'm a bright young soccer athlete, got admitted in a prestigious highschool, I have a supportive family, surrounded by incredible friends; what more can I ask for? But then I was diagnozed with osteosarcoma at age 16, a bone cancer. Would you still consider me lucky now?
Foreword
Kamiki Ryunosuke, my best friend, once asked me. If I were to choose to live long but peaceful life,
or live short to an adventurous life, what would it be? That time, being the cocky arrogant adrenaline junky I was,
I immediately answered:
"To live short to an adventurous life!"
Without doubt.
But now, I regreted myself for answering that.
People say I was born lucky. I had everything. Supportive family, wealthy life, an amazing girlfriend, and a loyal bestfriend.
I was living my dream as a junior soccer player for Japan too, which is quiet rare for a kid my age during that time.
You might think I’m such a cocky brat that doesn’t know how to be thankful for what I have. I wasn't thankful at all.
Because there's one thing that I don’t have, which is the only thing that I want most in this world.
Time.
Just a few more time to spend with the people I love. A few more time to meet people that I haven’t met before, a few more time to
experience so many things I haven’t done before, or to meet an old friend that was waiting for us to reunite someday.
Was I too greedy to want all that? I never ask for a perfect life.
Because none of that matters anymore if you can’t even enjoy them with the people you love.
At first, I was depressed. But then as time goes by, I decided to cope with it. What I didn’t know was that God had arranged ways for me.
He gave me a chance to redeem myself, to be closer to my family, to fix the past sin that I was too arrogant to admit to my friend,
and to meet an old friend who was long gone from my life and brought back the light to my dark days.
I was also given a chance to meet a lot more new friends. Those friends, who are also alone and afraid like me.
Those friends who don’t have the privilege to enjoy their time longer in this world.
I know, I was not alone.
And I realized that luck isn't getting what you want. It's surviving what you don't want.
So, along with the others, I strived to survive this fate.
Ah, I almost forgot. I haven't really introduced myself here. I'm Yamada Ryosuke. We probably haven't met before, and right now
you're probably wondering, how did this writing ended up in you? Unfortunately, I don't have the answer to that question.
But I do know one thing. The fact that you're reading the first page of this journal, means you're a special person.
And if I was given a chance, I would really want to meet you and directly thank you for willing to read this and listen to my story.
Anyway, like I said. I don’t have much time.
That is why I decided to write this memoar. Not just about me, but about my friends too. They had agreed to contribute too.
Well, I managed to convinced them.
And you, my friend, are given the honor to read it.
But before you proceed, please note to yourself: I don’t want you to see this as a sob story. This memoar means a lot to me,
so instead, I want you to treasure it.
So, will you do the honor for me?
Sincerely yours,
Yamada Ryosuke
Author’s Note:
Before I continue, I would like to clarify that this fanfiction has nothing to do with Yamada Ryosuke’s role in the 24hr TV drama, “Mom, I’m Okay” this August.
This fanfiction started out from a prompt during Ryosuke’s 22nd birthday back at May 9th 2015, inspired by an american TV series called Red Band Society and it’s original spanish novel, Polseres Velmeres, both the storyline and also the characters. I had been working on the draft of this fic ever since that, but I hadn’t had the chance to post any chapters since it was still so raw in my head. Besides, I’m also still working on two other fanfiction at the moment.
When they announced that Ryosuke was the main actor for this year’s 24hr drama, I was surprised beyond words! Especially since his character also wanted to be a soccer player! What a coincidence! They had a different kind of cancer though. Anyway, enjoy!
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