This is a two chapter total fanfiction. The first chapter is the scene from Riki's POV, the second chapter is the scene from Kyousuke's POV. Contains spoilers for the Refrain route of the game. Please do not read if you want to avoid spoilers.

Also, many hints of Riki and Kyousuke having romantic feelings for each other and loving each other far beyond friendship.

Don't leave.

Don't leave me behind.

I want to stay with you.

I want to stay with you forever.

It would have been foolish of me to think the Little Busters could have stayed together for all of eternity, but, I never wanted our time together to come to an end. You, Kengo, Masato, Rin, everyone else… spending the rest of my life with all of you seemed like the perfect plan.

Why does that all have to come to an end now? Why can't we stay together, Kyousuke?

I was in a lot of pain, but I couldn't show it. I couldn't break down and cry. I promised, I promised them I wouldn't cry. That I would move on and look after Rin. Even in a world alone, a world without the three of them. That was what they wanted, after all. They saved us, they did all of this just so the two of us could become stronger, it would have been selfish to ask for anything more

Yet—

"K-Kyousuke!" I yelled at the top of my lungs, tears threatening to build up in the corners of my eyes any second now. I don't want to leave him. I never want to leave him.

How do I tell him? How do I tell him that I was never interested in any of the girls, that I was interested in him? How? How do I tell him those words that threatened to get in the way of our friendship, my true feelings that I've kept hidden all of this time.

I need to tell him. I need to…

As I was in the process of thinking he turned around. Tears in his eyes. Crying. Crying more than I've ever seen him cry before.

He speaks, and with each word I can feel myself becoming weaker. Sadder. If it wasn't for that promise I would have been crying by now. I would have been crying and begging him not to leave. Begging him to stay; begging for the impossible.

After he turns around again I clench my fists together and take a breath. It feels as if I'm about to suffocate. I'm supposed to run; I'm supposed to run through the gate and get out of here before everything collapses.

I need to run.

Without looking back, I dart forwards. Toward the gate. The exit of this dream world, and the entrance to my reality alone with Rin. My reality without Kyousuke.

My reality without the person I would have chosen to spend the rest of my life with.

This was horrible. It was the last time I would see him, and I still couldn't bring myself to tell him, huh? I may have gotten stronger, but I have also not overcome this. I haven't worked up the courage to tell him I love him. Even after that conversation with Masato, that conversation where he said I was number one for him.

Deep down, I occasionally look back to that day. Did he mean it? Did he really return my feelings?

It was too late to think about that stuff now.

I can't think about it anymore. I can't cry. I need to be strong. For Rin. For Masato, Kengo, and for Kyousuke.

I promised not to cry.

I didn't want to leave.

I didn't want to leave him.

I didn't want to leave them.

I wanted the Little Busters to stay together. Forever.

Unfortunately, this was good bye.

I could feel my heart beating fast in my chest, my body threatening to collapse onto the ground and break down into tears and screams. I ignored it and continued to run.

Goodbye, Kyousuke.

Goodbye, everyone.

I'll continue to be strong. I'll take care of Rin. I won't let you all down. I won't let all of your efforts be for nothing. I promise.