It was quarter past 12 now. As he walked around on the street,dressed in a band shirt, baggy jeans, some old, dirty converse and a black leather bomber jacket. Nyx looked around, waiting for Axel, his best friend, they agreed on meeting here, he said he'll be there in 5 minutes, so Nyx sat down and waited, Axel was his only friend, he had never been a very social person, not since he lost his parents in a tragic accident. Soon Axel arrived and sat next to Nyx, lighting the cigarette that was in Nyx's mouth, he looked at him. Axel turned to face him, "You should stop using those things, y'know" he said, "It's gonna kill you one day." Nyx just took a drag of his cigarette. "I'm 21, I can do what I want." Nyx snarled back in response. Axel raised his hands in mock surrender, "Just sayin' man." He said, playfully shoving Nyx in the shoulder. Despite himself, Nyx cracked a smile, chuckling. "Are we gonna go to the bar now, or what?" Nyx asked, hitting Axel upside the head, Axel winced rubbing his head with a pout, "yeah yeah..." Axel replied, standing up, and pulling Nyx up as well. They spent the rest of the night at the bar, having those late night conversations that hit hard, but you forgot the next day due to a hangover. The rest of the night was a blur, apart from the moment they sat down at the counter. Apparently, according to the bartender, they had fallen asleep after screaming the lyrics to California girls at the top of their lungs like it was some kind of metal concert. They lifted their heads up, asking for a ginger ale, and drinking it slowly so as to not get bigger headaches. And then afterwards, they went back to Nyx's place, grabbing their skateboards, and some spray paint before heading to the local skatepark. They were enjoying themselves, despite the hangover not being completely gone, and that said, the funniest part to Axel was when Nyx fell straight on his face like a plank. Nyx looked up at him, his expression saying that he was completely done with his life while Axel was rolling on the ground, laughing hysterically. The other people looked at him as if he were crazy, but honestly, he couldn't care less, his best friend had just made a fool of himself and that was way too funny to care about what other people thought. He was gonna make 1 year feel like an entire lifetime. As he helped Nyx up, he felt sad, I mean he's known this guy for his entire life...how could he just say bye, it doesn't make sense. It's unfair. Nyx looked at him and he seemed to sense what he was thinking, so he pulled him into a hug, "Hey, it's okay dude" he said, "You'll be fine without me, I know it." Axel hugged him back tightly, as if he was afraid he'd disappear if he loosened his grip, but Nyx didn't care, he just hugged him just as tightly. Axel buried his face into Nyx's shoulder, he was holding back tears, life was so unfair, but why? Why couldn't they just have a happy ending like others...Why did it have to be like this? When he looked around, he saw a group of friends, they looked around the same age as him and Nyx, yet, they looked so happy, taking their time to spend time with each other, they weren't trying to fit an entire lifetime into one year. They looked so happy, Axel just wished that maybe, just maybe, in another lifetime, he and Nyx's time together wouldn't be so limited. Eventually he let go and immediately he and Nyx went to the airport, booking a ticket to Japan, getting on the first flight. When they arrived, their first stop was the Shibuya crossing. Did they have to run from the police? Maybe, did they care? Not at all, they had to jump in the back of a truck, after that, they went to an expensive restaurant. They bought a bunch of different dishes, and despite being Japanese himself, Nyx hated the Natto beans, he literally spit them out and chugged their entire bottle of wine in like... 4 seconds, Axel didn't understand how he did it but he didn't question it either, he just laughed at him , they spent the night going to convenience stores, and collecting all the kit kat flavours like pokemon cards, then they went to a hotel...which was the fanciest thing they've ever seen in their entire life. The next day they went to an Ado concert, which they really enjoyed. For the one month they spent in Japan, they did a bunch of things, then they went to Greece, checked out the temples, which Nyx really enjoyed since he was a Hellenic, he loved everything about the temples, he even went to the middle of one to pray, then they went to go look at the statues. They were beautiful, ethereal even.
