Nozomi's POV:
I was staring up at what used to be my Kai-kun but now it's like we are just strangers who have never met. I noticed that my eyes were watering but before I could do anything, I was crying. Hard. Quickly getting up I rushed out of the door without telling the teacher where I was going. I ran to the bathroom and into one of the stalls and began bawling my eyes out. I wanted to scream at the top of my lungs.
After about thirty minutes I had composed myself and went back to class to grab my things. I'm ditching the rest of the day. Before I could get back out of the classroom the teacher grabbed me and asked where I was going. I looked at him before pulling away and leaving school. I could feel everyone's eyes on me. Especially Kai-kun's.
I walk around for a while before somehow finding my way to the beach and taking off my shirt and pants. Ever since I moved to Florida, I have worn a bikini under my normal clothes and kept a towel in my backpack. I layed out the towel on the sand and sat on it to put on sunscreen. After putting on sunscreen I layed down and put on my sunglasses. I smiled as I looked at my arm and saw my tattoo (which I wasn't allowed to get obviously). It said "Kai x Nozo". Love at first sight. That's what we called it but we were wrong. We weren't in love, we just needed someone to listen to us.
I was going through a lot of stuff at home and he was being bullied. A lot of people were so rude to him for wanting to wear girly clothes every once in a while. I thought it was very cute and made him unique. My parents were barely ever around and I was an only child so I was pretty lonely most of my life. Kids my age thought I was weird and called me "freak"
It didn't bother me so I just ignored it. Kaizo was the only person who ever acknowledged my presence in a good way.
"Hey! I'm Kaizo! What's your name?"
"Uhm...I'm Nozomi"
"Nice to meet you!"
He hugged me very close and I could just tell he was smiling the biggest smile that was possible. We were only six but had gone through so much already. Me and Kai were each other's only friends. But then he moved away one summer without even saying goodbye. I cried for weeks upon weeks. I didn't understand why he had left. Did he not like me? Did I make him mad? How can I convince him to come back?
I asked myself these questions for about a decade until my parents had passed away. A car crash. An "accident". I was so mad I didn't even cry during the funeral. I just stood there and stared and I could feel myself finally starting to snap.
I woke up and realized I had thought about my past so much that I had fallen asleep. It was dark and I could see maybe over a million stars. It felt good knowing that me and Kai got to look at the same sky every night.
I went home to my apartment and said "Hey! Im home!" but then I remembered that I hadnt lived with anyone for a long time. Sighing and walking to the bathroom I dropped all my things on the ground along the way. I checked my phone to see over fifty notifications from a few of my new friends. I read them but didn't respond but right when I put my phone down, it rang. I picked it up to see a random number that I didn't know but I picked up anyway.
"Hello?"
"Nozo! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to make you cry like that. I hadn't told my friends about you but it's not like I forgot you...I just didn't like talking about my past to others.."
"Kai-kun..."
I set the phone down without hanging up because I knew he would wait for as long as he needed to. I looked at myself in the mirror as my eyes started to tear up again. Inhaling deeply and picking the phone back up, I talked slowly and softly, "I know you didn't mean anything by it. I just wasn't expecting it, ya know?" I chuckled a bit and I could hear him sigh a sigh of relief.
We talked on the phone for the rest of the night and got caught up on the things we had missed. Now every single day we hang out and we have become even closer friends than we were before. Based on what Kai had told me about the last two years I think he is getting better with being social. We are getting better together. I am not angry anymore and I forgive the person who killed my parents. There is no point in holding a grudge against them. What's done is done.
*End*