[JC POV]
I went back, Joy must have returned to her room. I hurt her. Again.
I went to the elevator to our rooms.
Suddenly, someone entered, someone I know
Lance entered the elevator crying. I know that this would happen. Chris would only hurt him. He saw me. We hesitated for a moment.
Then, he hugged me, and I hugged him. We hugged each other tightly. He burst into a lot of tears; he was crying on my shoulder. I shed a few tears and tried to hide them from him.
We got into the floor of our rooms and held his hand. I lead him to my room. He went to the bed and buried his face in the pillow.
I lied beside him awkwardly, he is still crying. I don't know what to do for my best friend.
I remembered the days when we were together, doing lots of things, talking about the sunsets, the moon, the sky, and the stars. The times when we go camping and that he'll laugh at me whenever I get scared of frogs. He boasts about how many frogs he dissected in school. He'll share caps with me and give me half of his rice. He'll smile for me whenever I am sad and heartbroken, and always offer me his shoulder if I'm sleepy. He was always there for me but I'm not there for him.
He is my best friend, but I kept on leaving him. He did everything for me, helped me whenever I needed his help. How can I return everything? I promised to protect him, but I can't even comfort him. He's hurt and I'm also hurt. How can someone who's hurt and broken comfort another person who's broken?
I know the answer. I went near him.
I held him and let him face me. I put his head near my arms and hugged him tight with his face on my chest.
He cried on my chest. I continued to shed a few tears. I was hurt deep inside. It hurts more knowing than he's hurting.
This is all I've been afraid of, for him to lose that happiness in his smile.
I want it to stay with him forever. I was angry at Chris, but I was also angry at myself. Lance will take this and stay broken. How can I make him happy? I need to make him happy, but all I can do now is offer him a shoulder to cry on. We stayed like that all night until he fell asleep.
I stayed longer and waited for JR to return. He might do or say something to make everything even worse, but he didn't return, I was getting sleepy.
I remembered the first time I met him, in high school. He was there, this young boy, he's not that cute back then but his eyes were filled with kindness, and his face with smiles. It is enough to melt your heart. He offered his hands to me, and I accepted it. We then fought a lot of pity fights and became close… best friends. We spent every time together.
I closed my eyes.
[Lance POV]
I woke up early. It's 2:00 AM.
I want to leave, I just wanted to leave. I need to. I can't bear to see his face. I don't want to see him anymore.
I texted someone using my phone. After an hour, I got a text. I woke up JC. I told him I'm leaving. He quickly packed and insisted that he'll come. I can't stop him. I left all my things in the other room. I can't bear to get it and see him.
The black car is waiting for us outside.
JC and I left.