What is Lost and What Can Be Found (By: Tsukikage Hoshiko)

HINDSIGHT - TODOMATSU

Todomatsu

when they were kids and would pair off from the group, todomatsu always ended up with karamatsu. it wasn't because they got along the best either.

osomatsu and choromatsu got along well, because osomatsu had the 'take charge' attitude and choromatsu was clever enough to make a plan to implement what ever the eldest had in mind.

jyushimatsu and ichimatsu just seemed to complement each other. being on somewhat opposite ends of the spectrum, one's strengths were the others weaknesses. together, they were a much more rounded person, just in two bodies.

but for karamatsu and himself...karamatsu had so many hobbies and interests that he was fairly self-contained. he enjoyed his brothers' company, but didn't mind being on his own. unlike todomatsu, who was a child was used to being babied as the youngest. karamatsu would hang out with todomatsu because he didn't want the youngest son to be left behind. 

always a good older brother.

todomatsu had always appreciated that about karamatsu. he may not have been their 'leader' (that was osomatsu) or the most 'responsible' (choromatsu), but he always thought that karamatsu had the best 'big brother' instincts.

it was great for todomatsu, who always liked to be spoiled, to have much of karamatsu's attention. but children grow up, and todomatsu eventually changed in what he wanted.

it was in high school that he started to stand on his own.

he didn't just want to be one of the sextuplets. he didn't want to just be known as 'the youngest son'. he was matsuno todomatsu, he was his own person.

thankfully in high school they were all split up into separate classes. he finally had the opportunity to be known just as himself, rather the the relation top his brothers.

he would spend less and less time with brothers and got to know his classmates better. todomatsu found that he was skilled at figuring out how to play people's social perceptions. he latched onto the idea of being 'cute'. someone that people could be friendly with and that was non-threatening. it came naturally since he acted similarly to get his way within his family. he would always play up the 'youngest' angle, which would always work with his parents, but with his brothers it tended to be a hit or miss.

with karamatsu though, it was always a hit. but then again, karamatsu was always eager to help any of his siblings, so it was really nothing special.

but then karamatsu started with his 'cool guy' routine. at first it was kinda funny, but it quickly grew old as it became more and more embarrassing. todomatsu would try to distance himself from his brothers socially, especially karamatsu.

over time, the others became used to ignoring karamatsu and his painful ways. their usual teasing of each other became more malicious when it turned to the second brother. and todomatsu was no different.

how did he repay the brother that stood by him so he would no be alone?

he turned his back on him, left him alone.

he abandoned karamatsu.

some brother he was.