I finally made it. Here it is, the English version of "Friend". My sincere thanks to Raven Obscura Escuridao and particularly to Photon Drake.
I really hope you like this story... If you do, please review it.
Friend?
"Yuma-kun!" cried Rei, but it was just a dream. Perhaps the friendship that Yuma had with him was not strong enough? Was he not really a good friend? Maybe...
Rei laid up every night and often questioned without end, "Why?"
Yuma rarely gave him the attention he needed. After all they were friends! And friends, to Rei, should be valued just right and Yuma was not doing it. Rei followed him everywhere, constantly supported him, praised him, helped him, tried to cheer him up (it isn't that Yuma needed it ...), and yet, nothing!
Some mere "hellos", "goodbyes", "see ya tomorrows" and little else ... Rei felt hurt.
Why didn't Yuma reciprocate the emotion he gave him?
Why Yuma, why?
After all, he wanted to be Yuma's best friend!
However, did Yuma need more friends?
He had Kotori, Cathy, Shark, Kaito, Bronk, Tokunosuke, Takashi and many more! Some of them have accompanied him since childhood.
Was it impossible? Unthinkable, it was all most unreal! This was strange to Rei. But sometimes Yuma gave him certain compliments, whose meaning was that Rei was a good friend, although signs were scarce and almost empty. At least that was how Rei Shingetsu thought.
It was morning! Another day of school, the most joyful days for Rei, he loved to see his friends, especially Yuma. That day, when Rei saw Yuma, he forgot all about his thoughts and he would just smile at him and participate in the games that would come to Yuma's mind. As the days went by, the friendship between Yuma and Rei was becoming increasingly strong. With each passing day, Yuma had more confidence in Rei, but Rei didn't think so.
Sometimes it saddened Rei that Yuma treated him just like his others friends and it bothered him that Yuma spent (much) more time with Bronk or Shark instead of him. But, he could not do anything. On one hand, he was glad to know that Yuma had so many and such good friends with whom he could spend time. On the other hand, he felt left out because, sometimes, Yuma spent so much time with his other friends that he would forget about him. He was "stabbed behind the back" as Rei would call it. As if that were not enough, there was a week in which poor Rei felt more depressed. During breaks that week (all of them) Yuma left the classroom and he would immediately seek Shark, leaving Rei behind, alone, needing company.
Inside, Rei felt bad because he would always seek his dear friend, that always fled from him, looking for some company, someone who maybe wasn't as "annoying" as Rei was. He waited at the door of the classroom by his friend who had went to find Shark ... and all the times he waited for Yuma, he appeared with Shark (sometimes laughing, sometimes just talking normally without any problem at all, despite being Shark).
Another "stab"… Rei knew that one day school would end and that eventually he would have to leave Yuma, his best friend. Thinking about it made him desolate, soulless!
And this was the life of Rei Shingetsu, a kid who was very fond of Yuma and just wished him the best, a kid who came into the life of Yuma too late, and with a bit of bad luck, will get out of his life soon and probably will never find someone like Yuma, a friend who warmed his heart with his wonderful friendship.
Memories of Astral, in "Friends of Yuma Tsukumo"