2 Life Of An 'Almost' Normal Kid (1)

Saitama, Japan

Mayeda Residence, an old Japanese-style house, is rather spacious where Mayeda Family currently resided.

In the main residential building, currently lives a man and a woman, holding their 1-year-old baby carefully so as not to wake him up.

"Isn't our baby so kawaii?!" The man said in a loud tone.

"Shut up" the woman glared at the man who was seemingly lost in what made his wife glare at him like that.

The woman then looked back at his son in her embrace, taking a good look at his face before saying

"Kawaii!!!" she adored inwardly while delight was visible on her face even after suppressing the overwhelming emotion.

The couple admired the cuteness of their baby. He was chubby and uhm, that was it. Of course, all chubby babies are cute!

Mayeda, who a few moments ago was in a white room, was now in a body of a 1-year-old baby. Just right after taking the body of the baby, he cried loudly out of nowhere which made his parents panic.

"Uwahhhh!..."

Mayeda cried as the body of a baby cannot handle the overwhelming emotions of an adult.

"See?! I told you to shut your mouth up..." the woman glared at the man beside her.

"I am sorry?" he still apologized as if he did something wrong. 'I was quiet for a couple of minutes, so what did I do wrong?'

The woman did not care about the man's well-being as she immediately took care of the baby by cradling his head in her arms gently and breastfeeding him.

It took a while before the baby gets tired of crying as he kept drinking milk with his eyes closed. Tears dried up across his face as the woman gently wipe them while admiring his face.

.....

October 05, 2004

Years pass by, and Mayeda Tatsuo was now 9 years old. Currently, he was walking across the hallway, wanting to go outside.

"Tatsuo!... Don't forget to do your homework!" a middle age woman's head stuck out her head in one of the rooms of the main building.

'Mayeda Chiyoko. She was my mother. Well, my second mother. I didn't forget my first parents but I choose to live this life because they are this body's parents... I can't just ignore them...' he thought.

The woman in the room was quite beautiful. One can say that she was above average beauty that men passing by will turn their heads on. Natural brown hair in a ponytail. She was currently in the kitchen preparing food for his friends.

'Her warmth even reminds me of my mom... Yup, I should live this life because that what's my parents wanted me to do...'

"Tatsuo?" mother Chiyoko asks.

"Ah, yes, sorry. I already did my homework, mom!" he said as he ran towards the door and put on his shoes.

"Be safe!" mother Chiyoko reminded him.

"Yes, mom!"

.....

In the kitchen

"Baby Tatsuo grows up so fast," Shigeru said suddenly as his tears weld up to his eyes corners.

"Quit it," Chiyoko said as she punched her husband's sides but her attempt failed. Shigeru, as the husband of his wife, knew her behavior and dodged the upcoming punch.

"Ha, did see that? Your punches are no more" Shigeru stood proudly for what he just did.

But Chiyiko was not amused.

"Oh, really?" Chiyoko started cracking her knuckles.

As for Shigeru, he did not know what disaster is coming after him.

.....

Outside the main building.

"ARHHH!..."

Tatsuo was currently walking along the pavement when he suddenly heard a scream inside the main building.

"I will pray for you, dad" Tatsuo clasped his hands together and began to pray.

Moments after that, he continued walking while his head is filled with thoughts of his past life.

In his previous life, he had sometimes wished to return to the past. But not to the point of being a baby once more!

*sigh*

And because of that, he was forced to make friends with kids. Well, not really, he chose to do it because a kid should make friends. And kids that don't have friends are just... or maybe have reasons to not make friends.

Not that he really cared so he just brushed it off his mind.

Right now, he was standing right outside the door of the Gymnasium. Yup, a gymnasium. A building where you can play sports such as basketball, badminton, volleyball, etc.

In his previous life, volleyball was his main sport. And right now, it was still volleyball. He did not hate volleyball just because of the accident that happened. He loved it, it was his passion and his goal to be a professional volleyball player.

But that did not go well because of the accident. But now, in this life, he was given time. So, whether he was talented or not, he was going to make his way through hard work.

So, he decided to tell his parents that he wanted to be a volleyball player. At first, they were reluctant but when they saw that I really want it, they built him a gymnasium.

'My family is really well off...' he thought and sighed as he remembered something in his previous life.

*creak*

"Ah, Tatsu, I thought you were a ghost. Come quick and help us"

'This is not the time to reminisce' He shook his head wildly.

"Hey, Nunoe. Do you think Tatsu is going crazy?" Akira Ukio said to the boy beside him after seeing Tatsuo shake his head.

'He was quite a weird kid but not as weird as Fukuhara.' Tatsuo thought as he quickly composed himself.

"Really?!" Agata Nunoe exclaimed and continue "Fuku, Tatsu is going crazy. Please heal him!"

'Agata Nunoe is a one-brain-celled kid and the most cheerful kid in his group. He has black hair and shining eyes. Most kids are cheerful so not a rare thing. He is also from a rich family. Oh, and most of the kids in our school are rich so again not a rare thing.'

"wait..." Gakushin Fukuhara said then got up from the floor and immediately run to his bag.

*clack**clack*

Fukuhara rummaged through his bag and kept yeeting out the weird things in his bag. There is even a rock-hard bubblegum from his thing. Tatsuo didn't even know where Fuku got them from.

'As weird as he may be, he was a smart guy. If not for that then maybe we will have two one-brain-celled kids in this circle.'

"Eh?! No, no. I am not going crazy" Tatsuo explained himself.

Mayeda Tatsuo, even though he was a grown adult living inside, acted like a kid. It was a decision he made as he did not want to burden his parents if he acted like an adult. And that was not good because he promised himself and his past life that he did not want to become a burden ever.

Fuku was disappointed as he just found the patellar hammer.

(AN. used to test deep tendon reflexes. You know, the knee bonker)

.....

Inside the gymnasium

The gymnasium's floor was cleaned so it was good to sit. Mayeda family's cleaner did such a good job. He deserved a chef's kiss.

Anyway, they were currently sitting in a circle.

"What do we do now?" Fuku asked.

"We play volleyball," Tatsuo said with enthusiasm.

"Wow, great, then let's play!" Nunoe jumped up from his seat and then asked curiously "What's volleyball?"

Tatsuo was dumbfounded and facepalmed himself before explaining volleyball.

"Volleyball, in basic terms, is a team sport in which players use their hands or hands to knock the ball over the n..." Tatsuo stopped explaining as he saw his friends' confused faces.

*Sigh*

'It can't be helped...'

Tatsuo decided to stand up and demonstrate volleyball instead of just explaining through words.

"Give me the ball" Tatsuo looked at Ukio, who was holding the volleyball. While Akira Ukio was unmovable...

"No, this is mine" Ukio immediately hid the volleyball inside his shirt.

Ticks of irritation were visible on Tatsuo's face.

"We bought that" Tatsuo retorted.

"No, this is mine. I will buy it" Akira Ukio said.

"I will buy one too!" Nunoe said with excitement.

"I guess me too" Fuku also joins.

Mayeda Tatsuo, as a grown adult, must have the patience and decided to just let it go. As of this moment, he was contemplating whether it is a good thing to make friends...

*sigh*

"Okay, okay. I will ask my parents if it's okay..." Tatsuo said. He walked over to the basket where the volleyballs are and took one out.

"Okay, to explain volleyball, you just..." Tatsuo took position and placed the volleyball on his arms and started dribbling the volleyball.

"and then, you just send them to enemies" which Tatsuo stopped dribbling and sent it in a parabola.

"See that?... That is volleyball" Tatsuo said.

*clap**clap**clap*

Nunoe started clapping then Ukio, with volleyball inside his shirt, and Fuku who was still holding the knee bonker, joins Nunoe.

As for Tatsuo, for a moment, he felt proud as he saw their admiring faces but quickly shrug it off as he was supposed to be a grown adult.

"You can also send it to enemies by doing this" Tatsuo took position to do an overhand serve and threw the ball above his head and then...

*Pa*

Another round of applause was given to him before a voice interrupted them.

"Hey, kids! We brought WcNodalds happy meal!" a man's voice traveled throughout the gymnasium.

His three friends started running towards the door like a wild beasts.

'Snack foods always work like a hypnotizing device for kids' Tetsuo thought and agreed with what he thought.

*sigh*

'We did not even use the gymnasium that long...' Tetsuo thought as he walked towards the door. 'Well, I am also hungry...'

.....

Inside the dining hall

The Mayeda couple were currently eating at the table quietly but was interrupted when Chiyoko, on the other side of the table, asked Shigeru a question.

"Shigeru-san, do you think Tatsuo's hiding something?" Chiyoko asked with concern on her face.

Shigeru thought for a moment before answering.

"I don't know, baby Tatsuo seems pretty normal to me. Why did you ask?" Shigeru asked back.

"Nevermind, maybe I'm overthinking things..." Chiyoko replied as they get back to eating.

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PS. English is not my first language so, sorry for my vocab and grammar...