Kakeru Manabe was always cheerful and very energetic, minus his tendency to fall asleep at any moment. He was never gloomy or depressed, always happy and smiling, which brought a lot of friends around him. People like happy people, because they think that if they're friends with happy people, it will help them be happy themselves.
But the truth was, Kakeru Manabe wasn't always happy. He'd been unhappy inside for a while now, and for a good reason: he was in love with someone.
Love can be wonderful if you're crushing on the right person. For example, if you're a guy and you're crushing on a girl who loves you back in the same way you love her. It's all in the stories: Romeo and Juliet, Cathy and Heathcliff, Edward and Bella.
Unfortunately, for Manabe, it was totally the opposite: he was a guy crushing on another guy who didn't, well couldn't love him back. This guy was Yuki Soma, the popular Prince that so many stupid girls liked because of his looks. Kakeru loved Yuki for who he was: the collected, icy surface and the troubled, tender soul inside. He'd never told the guy about his feelings, no way: he'd think he was some crazy obsessed pervert.
But in the end, it didn't matter if Yuki didn't love him back; just being able to see him, talk to him, smile at him, and hear his voice everyday was a blessing. He felt as if Yuki was an angel from Heaven sent to help him get through the hard days of his life. A beautiful angel who made his heart beat heavily in his chest when he smiled or even looked at him.
One day, somehow, maybe he will tell the angel he loved him. The truth, and only the truth: you're the one who makes my heart beat. You're the one who keeps me going everyday. When I see you, I want to hug you and kiss you and be with you and know that you love me the way I love you. I will never let you down. I will be whatever you need me to be. I will be your friend when you need a friend. I will be that special someone to you if you ever want me to be. I will protect me when you need to be protected. And I will never, never leave your side.
Owari.