A/N: Hey there, guys! I've returned! Thank you for all those people who reviewed on I Love My Best Friend and also for those who've read it. This one's for you. It's the sequel. I Lost My Best Friend. Please bear with the frequently changing scenes as to let everyone see both perspectives. Reminder, this is not a ninja-based story. :D
I Lost My Best Friend
Chapter 1
Smile
'Shit…' a shocked raven-haired guy whispered as he slowly touched his forehead, feeling something soft as cotton on it. He forced his self to open his heavy eyes; a sheer pain crawling onto his body as he tried to do so. Everything and everywhere seemed to hurt, but why? 'Did anything happen to me?' he slowly thought as he tried to move his fragile body.
"Ah!" he shouted as his whole body streaked with uncontrollable pain. He forced his eyes to open once again, though it took so much energy, he just had the feeling that he had to do it; to know what had happened to him and to know where the hell he was. He slowly opened his aching eyes, avoiding the pain that its effort gave him, and took sight of relaxing green pain on the ceiling. This all seemed unreal for him. The pain looked cheap for him. He didn't know why but he knew somehow inside of him that he was… rich.
'Darn, everything looks cheap,' he whispered as he pushed himself slightly up and looked at the whole room. He could almost feel himself going berserk! He realized that he was in a hospital ward, seeing all the flowers and different machineries. He wasn't alone in the room; the room was filled with other people on their own hospital beds. The place seemed so familiar, like he was here before, but the only thing he could wonder about at that time was why was he there.
He looked out the window beside his bed as drops of rain crashed on it and fall on a pink-haired girl kneeling outside the hospital.
―Drip. Drop. Drip.
A pink-haired girl's tears gently dropped on the pavement of the tomb as it mixed with the rain. She stared at her best friend's grave as she covered her eyes and fell down on her knees, shouting, "It was all my fault!"
She could still remember vividly that very day, just about a year ago, when her best friend pulled her to save her life in exchange with his. It was on this very day when all of it happened. She could feel the wound in her heart reopening and surging her with pain she can't keep inside. She just continued on sobbing, her tears invisible in the rain, until she felt a warm hand gently touch her shoulder. She looked up and locked eyes with a dark-haired man standing behind her, resting his hand on her wet shoulder. The man slowly bent down and stared at her, sweetly touching her cheek.
'It wasn't your fault, Sakura,' he whispered to her.
Sakura looked at him and wrapped her arms around his body, tightly hugging him, 'He wouldn't have died if I just… if I just didn't pursue on getting the handkerchief…'
He lifted his hand and slowly caressed her head as she continuously cried on his shoulder. They stayed there under the rain for such a long time, Sakura just crying on his shoulder. He wished he could make her feel better, make her forget. He lifted his hand and touched Sakura's chin, slowly lifting it, 'You have to let go, Sakura. It's already been one year. Don't you think he'll be happier with that? He's in a better place now…'
'How can I, Shin? How can I when the moment― that fear just keeps haunting me inside?' Sakura whispered in reply, he could hear the desperation in her voice.
Shin smiled and stood up, letting go of Sakura. He reached out for Sakura's hand. Sakura took it and stood up beside him, looking at his smile curiously, "First off, you should get a bath. We don't want you getting sick, now, do we?"
Sakura formed a smile as she tightly held onto Shin's firm hands as they walked to his car. Sakura stopped and looked at Shin; she knew that he was trying his best to help her. He always did. She stared into his dark green eyes and let the smile on her face grow wider.
"What?" Shin asked.
"Thank you for always making me smile, Shin," Sakura replied and stared walking once again, her hand in Shin's.
'She seems so familiar…' the dark-haired boy thought watching the pink-haired girl outside the building walk away with another dark-haired guy, '…maybe from school.'
"Onii-san!" he heard somebody calling out from the door. He looked at the direction of the doorway and saw a girl with glowing hazelnut eyes and golden brown hair that was swaying with the wind as she gracefully ran towards him. She looked like she was only a year or two younger than him. He observed her quite well, her hair in pigtails, like a little kid but to him, it fitted her in a nice way, just like an anime.
The dark-haired guy opened his mouth, trying to speak, but nothing came out except for still air. The girl was already at his bedside chair and was looking intently at him.
"Uh… a… ah… I…" he pursued as words slowly formed little by little out his dry mouth, "I… I don't… know where… I am. I― It seems to be a hospital… of some… sort. Where am I?" he finally finished as he tried to reach out for the girl. He couldn't pick out her sweet face from the people he thought he remembered. How couldn't he remember her? Was she someone important to him?
"Onii-san, this is a hospital," the girl replied with a big smile on her face as she held his reached out hand, "Haven't you figured that out yet?"
'Actually, I just told you I did,' he thought sourly. How come this snickering came naturally for him? He looked at her once more. 'Is she really someone I know?'
"Are you―" he started but was interrupted by loud shrieks from the man lying next to his bed. He was shouting and shouting while he kicked hard and punched continuously, it seemed that he was in deep pain.
"That's so nice!" Sakura muttered as she quietly laughed while she looked into Shin's dark green eyes. She was sitting on a boat in front of Shin. They were on the lake, under the pale moon light. The sky was clear and the stars were bright, as they both sat on a small brown boat, Shin holding on to the boat paddles and Sakura looking up at the sky, admiring the beautiful night. This was one of the things Shin did to help her recuperate, and she was much thankful for everything he tried to do.
Shin looked at Sakura, his smile slowly fading, "I'm really glad you're happy, Sakura."
Sakura looked back at Shin and gave him a soft smile, "Me too."
Silence filled the air as Shin tied the boat paddles on the side of the boat, laying a blanket and laid down on it; looking up at the sky as he observed the bright stars; they were like winking at both of them, seeming happy far away from Earth. He laid his head on his palms as he let his right knee bent up slightly. He looked back down as he felt warmth creep up his lower body. He took sight of green orbs looking at him as her long pink hair gently slide on his body.
Sakura touched his arm and pulled it off Shin's head as she laid her head on it. She smiled as she looked at Shin and then at the stars, "Shin?"
Shin looked back at her and smiled, "Yes?"
"Thank you…"
"Hmm? For what?"
Sakura looked into Shin's eyes and gave him another smile; she wished that smile would never leave her forever, "For always making me smile."
Shin looked back at the sky, his smile growing wider, 'It's because I love you,' he whispered, making sure nobody would be able to hear him.
"What?"
"Nothing… I just said you're welcome," he replied softly.
Chapter Ended.