°•The Night I Lost Us•°

-°Confront the truth°-

"Yeah." Tsukasa started "Whenever we hung out, all he could talk about was you. Its not your fault, okay?"

.....

"I know that. I've known for so long."

"Then what could it be? Aoyagi doesn't seem like the type to do this without a reason." Nene asked.

"He isnt. It's his father. It's always been his father."

"I should've known. Whenever me and Saki came over to visit, he'd always seem so dead. He'd only follow his dad's command, and he was even playing piano and violin again...his hands looked so red."

What? His dad actually made him do it again? Why would you listen to him, Toya?
You know how much those instruments affected you. You love them, but can't bear to play them.

What has he done to you?

"So..what do we do?" Mizuki asked

"We need to rescue Toya!" An replied "We need to try and corner him so he can tell us exactly what's happening."

"That won't work. He's too diligent to his father, An." I stated

"Damn....now what?"

"I don't know...we cant just give up though.."

"Yeah. I'll ask Kohane at WEEKEND GARAGE later at practice. Maybe we can brainstorm then?"

As soon as I was about to reply, the bell went.
We all got up to leave, and everyone slowly left, but not without looking at me with sadness in their eyes.
I could tell they felt pity for me, for Toya.
But I don't want them to.

They don't need to.

.....

The rest of the school day was one big blur to me. I couldn't focus on anything. Everyone's words were ringing though my head.

"It's not your fault"
"Don't blame yourself."
"He loved you so much"

I know that.
Why do they all say that?
Just to make me feel a little better?

Why would that work.
If I don't have Toya, I'll never know if things have changed.
I don't want anymore false hope.

The bell finally rang, showing that the school day was finally over.

Finally, I could get out of here.

When I walked outside, I suddenly saw split blue hair perking over the bushes.

"Is that...Toya?" I mumbled to myself.

There's no one else with that hair.
But before I could confirm, he walked off.

Part of me wanted to run after him. I wanted to grab his hand, and tell him it would all be okay.

But my legs wouldn't move.
I was stuck.

When I finally got my legs moving, he was already long gone.
With a heavy heart, I walked home.

It felt like the time it takes to walk home doubled, even though it was exactly the same.

To be honest, nowadays time seemed to be moving so much slower.
Even when I was singing, the thing I love so dearly.

The thing he loved so dearly.
I stumbled into my house, just as Ena was getting ready to leave.

"Akito! There's leftover cheesecake in the fridge for later. You can have some!" Ena quickly ran past me as soon as she said that.

"...mk." I said not long after.

It wouldn't matter though. I knew I wasn't going to eat a single bite of that damn cheesecake.

I sighed and went to my room.
Everyday was the same.

Nothing new or exciting.
I felt, blank.

Like I couldn't function normally.
I'm so pathetic. Just how dependent on Toya am I?
Just to feel real, I need to hang onto some boy.....

What am I doing in this life.

My thoughts were quickly silenced as soon as I thought of everyone else.

That's right....they care about me.
They want me here.

Even without Toya, I can still feel something.
My mood lifted slightly after realising that.

And just then, I got a text from An.

"Yo! You're still coming to practice right? Be there by 5!"

"Alrifjt."

"Bro...wtf is that supposed to say."

"*Alright."

"LMDAOOOOO HWO IDEI YOU MESS UP THAT BADLY?"

"LOOK AT YOURSELF MAN STOP VIOLATING"

"Alr, cya later! Don't be late!!"

"Cya."

My face had a smile rested on it.
But then, I accidentally opened my texts with Toya.

He hasn't blocked me?

"What do we do??"
Mizukis words came to my mind.

I decided to initiate.
I texted Toya, to try and get the truth out of him, once and for all.

"Hey, Toya. Please talk to me. What happened?"

I stared expectantly at the screen, Toya wasn't online.

I stared for a good 4 minutes, until I sighed.

But then, I see a typing bubble on the bottom of my screen.

"Toya is typing....."