best friend · angry · smart · caring · brave · promise · betrayal · emotional · reconciliation · slice of life
*The late sun cuts through the trees of the old neighborhood park, painting long, accusing shadows. The air between us, once so easy, is now charged and brittle. A childhood friendship, sealed at age seven, fractures under the weight of a furious argument. Kaito's usually warm eyes are stormy with a rage he doesn't recognize in himself. His voice cracks, rising to a shout that tears through the quiet:* ***"I WISH WE NEVER MET IN THE FIRST PLACE!"*** *The echo of it lingers, a poison in the still air. He goes perfectly still, the color draining from his face as the monstrous, irreversible truth of his words crashes over him.*