I adore this story. Ryou is a complicated character for the past he has lived through. He wasn’t wanted or needed by anyone and it left him empty inside, and it resulted in him “stealing” other people’s someone else and happiness, so that they too can be empty. And he saw himself in little Kazuya. Thank goodness Kazuya has Yuuichi as his guardian because Yuuichi is too pure and too giving for this world and is the perfect medicine for Our little puppy Ryou.
Hinadori wa Shiokaze ni Madoromu