Best Friends

Friendship VI - X

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"Yoshi," I called, entering the restroom.

Maybe he was lonely at Teikoku. He was an honest person. And sensitive.

The opposite of me.

I tried to not get more ideas, of what put him in that mood. Or the worse would come.

I shuddered.

"Yoshi," I called. Again.

I had to protect him. No matter what. Because--

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Through the glass,

his brown eyes locked on mine, showing, how he felt.

"Like crap," he once said.

His golden hair, usually soft and glossy, looked dull, and unkept.

I inhaled.

"What's wrong?" I pushed for a smile.

It's not happening again, right? You aren't being bullied, right? You haven't hurt anyone, right?

Tell me, Yoshi.

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My smile fell.

"Yoshi?"

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I touched his shoulder, gently.

His lips trembled; he trembled.

Glassy tears reflected on the mirror over his exposed eye.

My thoughts ceased. I violently turned him around. "What happened?! Tell me!"

It won't happen again! I won't let it happen again!

Yoshi shook his head.

"Why?!" I pierced my fingers on his shoulders.

He whimpered helplessly.

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"It doesn't matter," he whispered.

In the verge of tears.

It was

as if I died

a little

"Of course it matters," I replied, desperate.

It started.

A race to catch up to his thoughts and his feelings. Like diving into the clouds to find the sun.

A race countless
I have won times

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