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I'm married you know. I thought that… Well, at least that you would show up.
Oh… Congratulations. Was that what the invitation was for?
It would never happen, and harping on it would result in a rift. Their lives merely led in different directions. There wasn't anything worth doing, and the past was already set in stone, as was the future.
Why? I mean, don't you still… We can… Don't you care?
Not enough to stop you
Things had started out simple enough. The first time that Shishido and Jun met was way back in elementary. Jun had made fun of Shishido's name, which she said sounded like a shampoo her mother had used. Shishido twitched, but ignored her. He would never beat up a girl. They had little quarrels here and there throughout their school years, but they had only really started their little friendship years later. Which grade, Jun wasn't sure enough, but she guesses it to be around grade 4, when Shishido had shown incredible talent in tennis.
His parents were ecstatic, and took him to see Roger Federer perform all the way in Australia that summer. She was in his class when he came back, and she saw him brag about his tennis gear which was personally signed by Federer. She was there when he left his shirt randomly thrown on the floor, tripping and tangling a boy. In his haste to get untangled; the boy had ripped the sleeve off.
Shishido was devastated. His parents were going to be mad at him. They had spent a small fortune on that signature, hell even the shirt was custom made by the best tailors in the country to fit young Shishido's body. If Shishido had bought a ripped sleeve home, he was going to get yelled at, badly. Maybe his allowance would be cut off. Just thinking about it made the young Shishido want to cry. His parents never punished him (he was a good kid), but he thinks today might be an exception. Jun doesn't know what made her help him, but it might have had something to do with the fact that she had never seen him close to tears. She was sympathetic to the prideful young boy, the golden child, the perfect golden child. She's never seen him so human.
Before they leave for home, Jun goes up to him, and offered to mend the shirt for him. Shishido was skeptical, but he had nothing to lose, so he might as well agree. She folds the shirt and stuffs it in her large jacket. That night, she sneaks into her brother's room, and steals his thinnest needle. The one that she was not allowed to touch. In the beginning, the stitching had so many errors that Jun regretted her offer. Pulling out stitches was a pain. But the end result was flawless; it looked like her father had done it. She hurriedly folds it, the way that they do it in stores, and hides it in one of the many layers in her bag.
Shishido had spent the night restless, tossing and turning. The moment he got home, he rushed to his room, making an excuse about homework. He gave a long call to Gakotu, debating if he wanted to betray Jun, or trust a 9 year old girl fix a polo shirt. After a long time of arguing back and forth; he decided to be honourable after all. Shishido would not blame Jun if she failed to fix his shirt. However, there would be hell to pay should his parents ever find out.