Toji Smiling Novels & Stories

Bozo had suffered the same fate and his men had been too late to save him. "Now I will die a happy man, knowing that I met my mother in the end," Bozo smiled. Blood was trickling out of his eyes, nose, and ears, and seeing him like this made Ejima's heart snap into a thousand pieces. She wished for death, it would be pleasant if she followed her children into the void, into the world where there was no suffering, pain, or death. "Stay with me," Ejima cried, "Kachi, find a healer. Stay with me son."

With a sigh of resignation, he couldn't help but flick his imaginary long hair in a dramatic flourish before turning to the five maids standing in wait behind him. "So, how do I look?" he inquired, purposefully inclining his face toward them, eager for their judgment. In unison, they raised their thumbs, a silent affirmation of his presentation. "Totemo ii desu, Tomoya-sama! Hontō ni, onaka ga yokatta hito mitaina kanji desu." ("You look incredibly good, Tomoya-sama! Like a real person with stomach issues.") Kotomi, the youngest of the maids, smiled as she tapped his shoulder.

With a smile. ____

“I don’t want to.” “That’s why you should.” I glared at him. He waited patiently, looking annoyingly calm. Finally I sighed and opened the notification. The picture loaded. Breathing suddenly felt harder. Theo stood in the center, smiling. Not a fake smile or a polite one. It was a real smile that reached his eyes. The kind I had not seen in weeks. Several Super Team players stood around him. One immediately caught my attention. Dark hair, confident grin, arm slung casually across Theo’s shoulders. Benito. The guy from the streams and interviews who seemed to appear next to Theo in every recent picture.

he says lowly. I'm not sure whether to burst out laughing or toss Tochi out of my hand. "It's not a joke, Nor. Her venom is deadly to all species but one," he peers at me. "But one?" I ask, looking down at Tochi and rubbing her back. I lift her lip and peek at her teeth, not seeing any fangs, but before I remove my finger, she releases her fangs and glides her spiky purple tongue across the tips. "Whoa," I murmur. "Aren't you full of surprises?" I chuckle.

He had his eyes closed, head tilted back a little, and a real smile on his lips. No fear. Just pure happiness. My heart squeezed tight. That smile lit up his whole face, making his freckles stand out and his eyes crinkle. I almost forgot to watch the road. I would do anything to see that smile again. Anything. “You’re smiling,” I said, unable to hide how happy it made me. Toby’s eyes opened fast. “Am I?” He touched his face like he didn’t believe it. “I guess I am. It feels weird. Good weird.”