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The chatters of the guests and the gentle touch of the dinnerwares mixed through the air creating a comforting atmosphere for those people who feel awkward in silent. My eyes scanned every person it could see at the entrance, searching for one particular person.

"Hey, you sure you're fine?" My attention trailed to Yachi, who is sitting beside me. I smiled and held her hand.

"Yes, I'm fine. Just feeling a little uncomfortable." I said as I rubbed her knuckles. The sight of the ring in her finger always reminds me of my place.

"Hey, if you don't want to see him, we can go home. I know you, Tadashi. So you don't have to hide anything to me, I'm here." Yachi gave me a gentle smile which I forcefully gave back. I felt the cold metal around my finger, a metal similar to hers. I looked at her hand, to her ring to be exact. My eyes went to my hand on the top of hers, looking at the thing that reminds me of my boundary. The pair of rings Yachi and I both wear, the rings which prevent us from reaching our freedom. Freedom of being happy.

"It's really fine. We both know that I want to see Tsukki." I smiled and returned my gaze back to the entrance of this party hall. I focused my vision to the entrance not only to avoid missing Tsukki's arrival, but also to prevent myself on seeing the sight on Yachi's face.

The three of us knew each other since high school. We were in the club, volleyball club. I've known Tsukki since childhood and we met Yachi in high school. Tsukki and I are best friend.

We've almost been together. In school, study, having fun, and when we were at our worse time of life. We are an open book with each other. Secrets that only us knew. We are best friend, that's why... we stayed that way. Everyone knew that I love and and he's the same.

"𝘛𝘴𝘶𝘬𝘬𝘪, 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴?" 𝘐 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘣. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘴, 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘴𝘶𝘬𝘬𝘪 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦.

"𝘕𝘢𝘩, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱. 𝘓𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮." 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 '𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭' 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘶𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.

𝘞𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘺𝘱𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘺, 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘺.
"𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸?" 𝘔𝘺 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘴𝘶𝘬𝘬𝘪'𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦. 𝘐 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩.
"𝘖𝘩, 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴? 𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥?" 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘴𝘶𝘬𝘬𝘪 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱.

"𝘠𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘰." 𝘐 𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮.

"𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘱? 𝘋𝘢𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘪-𝘴𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧𝘧."

"𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘱 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘴𝘰 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶," 𝘏𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦.

"𝘚𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨?" 𝘐 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥.

"𝘠𝘦𝘴. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨." 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥.

Looking back, there's no one who literally shown any sign of being against about the way we treated each other like a couple. My family was kind of wary about it but they didn't say anything about it. Our friends seemed to enjoy watching us or maybe— they wanted to support us? They were aware that our love surpassed the boundary of being friends yet we never knew that— we pretended not to know.

"𝘛𝘴𝘶𝘬𝘬𝘪, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨! 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘭!" 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘩𝘶𝘨. 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘬𝘪 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘢𝘬𝘦.

"𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵, 𝘠𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘪. 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴..." 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘚𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘢-𝘴𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴. 𝘐 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘛𝘴𝘶𝘬𝘬𝘪'𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦.

"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘶𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺? 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘶𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦." 𝘚𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘢-𝘴𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳'𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬, 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴.

"𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘪𝘵, 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴." 𝘛𝘴𝘶𝘬𝘬𝘪 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘚𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘢-𝘴𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘶𝘴.

"𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘩, 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘶𝘺𝘴 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴." 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘛𝘴𝘶𝘬𝘬𝘪 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥.

There's no one that can be the reason on why we didn't push our relationship forward. I know Tsukki loves me more than just friend and he also knows that I love him more than friends yet we chose not to face our true feelings. We choose to be hypocrites and feigned ignorance when people tell us about it. There's no one to stop us... but ourselves.

"𝘜𝘩𝘮, 𝘠𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘪-𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘱𝘢𝘪. 𝘞-𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘛𝘴𝘶𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘢-𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘱𝘢𝘪?!" 𝘈 𝘫𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯. 𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦-𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺, 𝘭𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵... 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘴𝘶𝘬𝘬𝘪.
"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘛𝘴𝘶𝘬𝘬𝘪?" 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. "𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱, 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘪𝘮."

𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘭, 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘐 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵.

"𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵? 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘛𝘴𝘶𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘢'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥. 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳?" 𝘔𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳. "𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮? 𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮?"

𝘐 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦, 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥, "𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘰."

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘐'𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯. '𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘰'. 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵. 𝘐 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵, 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘛𝘴𝘶𝘬𝘬𝘪 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵.
"𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯?" 𝘔𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳, 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭.

"𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘢 𝘫𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵." 𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘏𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵.
"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵? 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥—" 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘔𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰. 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺.

"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨?" 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘐𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.

"𝘏-𝘩𝘦𝘺, 𝘛𝘴𝘶𝘬𝘬𝘪. 𝘞-𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢-𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺?" 𝘔𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘬, 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘐 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮.

"𝘐'𝘮 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘠𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘪, 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵? 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘦?" 𝘔𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘺. 𝘏𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥, 𝘮𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥...

"𝘏-𝘩𝘦𝘺, 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘮-𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨. 𝘐— 𝘐'𝘮 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘗-𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸? 𝘐𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺, 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘐 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘧-𝘧𝘢𝘳. 𝘓-𝘭𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸, 𝘴-𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶." 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘐 𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩. 𝘐 𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐'𝘮 𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨.

"𝘠𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘪, 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵!" 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥, 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘶𝘱. "𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨?"

"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘩*𝘭𝘦, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦!" 𝘐 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. "𝘊𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘺𝘦𝘵?"

"𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯." 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘺, 𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘐 𝘩𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘳, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺.

𝘏𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘵, 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘛𝘴𝘶𝘬𝘬𝘪.

"Tadashi, he's here." Yachi's voice cut off my reminiscing. I hastily looked at the entrance, his warm colored eyes met mine. His orbs which has the same warm color of sun yet it feels different. It looked at me with longing and excitement but there's a tint of sadness. My feet moved on its own, stepping forward to welcome Tsukki but a pair of hands loose yet desperately clutching to my arms held me back. The ring she's wearing shone against the light as her hands were trying not to let me go.

"Tadashi, can you stay with me?" Her voice was pleading but in her face, defeat was already written. Without bathing an eye, I slowly removed her hands off me.

"I'll be back. You know that I'll be back on you, right? We're just going to talk." In a brief moment, I saw how regrets and pain registered in her eyes before I could fully turn my back against her. Maybe regrets of marrying me and... pain of not having my love.

"𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦." 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘪𝘬𝘦. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰'𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵.

"𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦?" 𝘛𝘴𝘶𝘬𝘬𝘪 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘵, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴. 𝘔𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘛𝘴𝘶𝘬𝘬𝘪 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘺, 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯.

"𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘩, 𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘵'𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘵... 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦." 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦.

"Hey, it's been a while." Tsukki greeted first with the same tone and voice. I smiled and got two glass of champagne for both of us.

"Yeah, it's been a while. You look like you're doing great?" We walked out of the crowd and went to second floor, the veranda where you can see the the people from above.

"Yeah, I'm doing fine. Just a little tired on preparing for my wedding." He said as I sipped on my glass. Tsukki announced that he's getting married and asked me to be his best man. Of course, I said yes because he was my best man when Yachi and I married back then.

"Oh don't worn yourself out. You need to be the most handsome man in your wedding or else your fiance might runaway." I jokingly said as my eyes fixed on the lady I was talking about. She's with Yachi, talking to each other as if they're not familliar with other people.

"Well, how's Yachi? Tell me you're treating her nice or I'll kick your ass." I chuckled and shook my head on his remark.

"Well, I hurt her just while ago." Those words bitterly rolled off my tongue as I turned my gaze up to sky. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺. The sky is filled with stars as if they are having the best of their lives because there's no cloud that will block their beauty.

Tsukki remained queit, lost for word. I chugged the remaining drop of my drink and stared at the sky.

"Hey, Tsukki..." I tried my hardest just not to stutter. "...did I choose the right decision?"

"..."

"Because you know, it pains me knowing that Yachi is hurting because of m-me."

"I don't know. We don't know. All we have to do is to move forward and face the consequences of our actions." I felt a warm hand intertwined onto mine. I feel safe.

"The sky is pretty. The stars are beautiful and the moon... is something I can possibly reach yet I chose to admire from afar." I said while resting my head on his shoulder, the same way I did years ago.

"𝘠𝘢𝘮𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭." 𝘏𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬. 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳.

"𝘏𝘮𝘮... 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵?" 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨.

"𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘵," 𝘔𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯— 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯.

"𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺." 𝘐𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦, 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘐 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘥... 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵.

𝘈 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. "𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘩, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺."

"If we're brave enough to face the changes that might happen to our friendship..." I muttered. "...do you think, we will be fully happy and free right now?"

"I think so. But... we both chose our friendship. I guess... we are a cowards." Tsukki sighed, rubbing my knuckles with his finger.

"𝘍𝘶𝘤𝘬! 𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦! 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥?! 𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴." 𝘐 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘴𝘶𝘬𝘬𝘪 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵? 𝘏𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴.

"𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺. 𝘓𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘨𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘬, 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘦𝘴." 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦.

"𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬. 𝘚𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦." 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦.

𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘐 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘐 𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘛𝘴𝘶𝘬𝘬𝘪'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘥.

𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥.

We both scared of losing each other that time. We both afraid of seeing our very best friend distant themselves from us. As if we understood each other without a single word. We understand each other to the point we drew a boundary which we must not cross. A boundary that keeps our friendship strong all these years.

But if we were just not scared of changes. If we're just afraid of the things that might fall us apart. If we're just let our suppressed feelings overflow maybe, we can use that to take a step forward. I think—

...𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙.