Chapter 6: Truth

Chapter 6: Truth is the sixth chapter of Breathe Deeply.

Characters

 * Oishi
 * Mr Takano
 * Oishi's Father
 * Chief
 * Sei Inaba
 * Yuko Kazama (memory)

Synopsis
Three months later Oishi is remembering when he had to give up on going to college. His dad got into a fight when he was drunk and now money is needed for the medical bills.

His teacher Mr Takano does not think it is right and asks to adopt Oishi to send him to school. It is stated that Oishi has grades that can get him into a top school, whereas his father is an alcoholic who needs to be put into rehab. If this is not done, Oishi will never get to live his own life.

Burning his papers, Oishi’s father joins him and has Yuko’s study guide. Drunken, he says for that to be burnt as well and as he drinks from a wine bottle Oishi calmly grips his father’s neck and squeezes it with both hands. His father splutters and with the same vacant expression on his face Oishi strangles his father.

Since the presentation, Sei has not been punished for his comments on television. The problem was not really the public but the way doctors were reacting and he is told his personality is just as important as his brains. Sei remembers Yuko asking why he is always starting fights he knows he cannot win.

With a lab in Sweden having the same research as theirs, Oishi is suspected right away as the one who revealed their information. He has left and meets Sei again where he states his name was changed from Oishi to Takano having been adopted.

He presents advancements on using gene manipulation to create a new heart in rats from ES cells. Oishi is praised as a face of this new research to the world. On the other hand with Sei refusing to apologize he is to leave the university.

As he does so, Oishi reveals that there is something he never told him about Yuko.