A universe between us

1.

~7 years ago~

"Manjiro,at least give me some proper explanation!" I yelled after him as he was walking away.

He had chosen our special place to come and just tell me that he's going away and he doesn't want to see me anymore ever again. Just like that,out of the blue. The sky was clear without a cloud, and it was perfectly warm as I was sitting at our gazebo,my acoustic guitar in my hands. Just mere minutes ago I was playing beautiful melodies as I was waiting for him to come back from his school so that we could have our usual chit-chatter after every stressful day. How we relaxed every day for the past 4 years. Not that we didn't know each other before that,but we just didn't do this exact thing as a routine. And now,I wouldn't even call it a routine,I would call it a tradition.

But what he was saying got me thinking that he may be high or something.

He just contiued walking away from me. I pursed my lips,I had to use all the self control in me to prevent myself from throwing my guitar on the table. I got up and set the guitar down before I ran towards him. When I got closer I began walking until I was close enough to grab him by the hand and turn him around.

"What's going on??" I asked urgently.

Finally he removed the emotionless facade on his face as he sighed and ran a hand through his blonde hair. The same blonde hair that I loved so much.

"I said it,Sanya. We can't see eachother anymore. It's complicated and you wouldn't understand,just..." there was a pause as he looked down at the green grass below our feet and shook his head "I'm sorry...I truly am." he finished before turning back around.

I gritted my teeth as I caught him by the shoulder to make him stop and then took a step closer to him so that I can be side by side next to him.

"Then help me understand." I pushed even more. No,I wasn't giving up on the best thing in my life because of...I don't even know what!

He stood silent for a few seconds looking down and I was waiting,hope shining in my eyes. We always said that we can fix everything together.

That is until he shoved my hand off his shoulder without even looking at me. I took a shocked step back.

"If you try to stop me again,I'll become harsh." he said in a low voice.

I stared at him in disbelief. He stood in his place as wind ruffled his hair before he just huffed and began walking again,but this time I saw some hesitation.

"Manjiro..." I said under my breath,but it was so quiet around us that he probably heard me....but chose to ignore me.

After he was nowhere in view I stayed there in the same spot with my head hanging down,my hair swaying gently because of the wind. I cried silently and sobbed and some foolish part of me was hoping desperately that he was just joking. Even if he came back and said 'Haha,it was just a joke,Sani!' despite it being a shit joke I wouldn't have been mad at him,I would've hugged him as hard as I can and cry in his arms,just like the many times I've done in the past. But he didn't come back. And there was no one to comfort me as I cried.

~Present days~

"Look,you shouldn't be so stressed," Nat,one of my closest friends said from the other end of the phone as I was getting ready. "trust me,no one in uni cares what you do. You just talk with random people,with some you become friends and the rest...well,they normally don't want any problems either way." She was trying to give me courage.