enough.
„It's enough! Seriously!" Kagami hissed annoyed, while his legs were trembling.
„Dude, this is funeral!" Hyuuga answered with a slightly raised voice. He stared at Kagami as he held Riko's hand. The air was filled with tension.
„No, I gotta go." Kagami responded.
Riko looked up for a second and back to the candle she watched before. „You cannot just leave now. The cake is not here yet."
He gave her a short angry glance. „I don't care about this stupid cake. I don't want it! I can't sit here any longer!"
„Man, calm down! We are going to leave in a minute!" Hyuuga sighed and gently stroked Riko's hand.
„No, my muscles are shaking! My throat is totally dried out, I can't breathe properly!"
Kagami slowly raised his voice. He breathed noisily.
„What's wrong?" He rolled his eyes exasperatedly at Kagami.
„I'm done."
Hyuuga stared at him doubtingly. „...What?"
„I'm done being a copy." Taiga looked down, while he clenched his hands.
„What are you talking about? We are bidding farewell to your uncle right now. Her father! So get yourself straight man! They're staring at us already! What the heck is wrong with you?" Hyuuga almost shouted now.
„Ya, that's exactly what I'm talking about!
I don't want this anymore. All of it. I gotta move out. Enough with this crap!"
While Riko stared distantly at the candle, she answered Kagami. „So what are you going to do?"
Kagami snorted angrily. „Away. Far away, anywhere."
„Dude." Hyuuga said. „this was only a quote!"
Taiga slammed his hands on the table. „But it's true! Damnit it's true!"
„And now? You're going to move out and become an original or what?" Junpei asked with dry sarcasm.
Taiga became more quiet again. „Right."
„And then?"
„Dude, I don't know. Just leave me alone with your own stupid fears! What if at the end of your life you'd have to admit: I wasn't myself... All the time I have been someone else. Copy of someone. Man, I don't want this! I want to be myself, got it?" He stopped caring about the fact he was at a funeral and started to shout, when Alex came up to them.
„Are you doing okay here? Anyone something to drink?" she asked apprehensive.
Riko sighed and looked at Alex. „Taiga wants to be an original."
„Taiga... You're an original, but could please discuss this-"
„Alex, please!" Taiga stood up from his chair and turned away from her.
„What is wrong?" Alex asked. She came a little closer and laid her hand on his shoulder.
„I gotta go okay."
„But you cannot just leave now. We are bidding farewell to your uncle here!"
She started to get a little upset with him, but tried to be quiet.
„He would have liked that... He would have told me to leave now and do what needs to be done."
He pushed her hand away.
„How about auntie?"
„She'll be fine."
Taiga started walking away. „Taiga, you cannot just-"
„See ya!"
He walked straight to the door, as Hyuuga stood up and followed him.
„Dude, are you going nuts?" He pushed him against the door.
„Leave it! Leave me with your stupid fear! That's the whole problem! We're afraid of being ourselves!" Taiga shouted furious.
„Man... This is definitely the wrong place!" He shouted back.
„You heard it yourself! „All men are born as originals, but most of them die as copies." I don't want to die as a copy!"
„Dude! A QUOTE! A saying! Okay?"
„Don't be a pain... You are afraid. That's all. So let me go now." Kagami pushed him away and left. Junpei went back to the table and sat down, next to Riko again.
Slowly Shuuzo approached them. He looked at Riko and then at the other tables. „What is wrong?" He asked.
„Taiga doesn't feel well, I guess he is quiet shocked." She looked up to Shuuzo.
„Wanna join him? Must be terrible for you." He asked with a hint of concern in his voice.
„I'm fine... He wanted to be by himself." She answered quietly.
Shuuzo sighed and crossed his arms. „Hope he's not doing something stupid."
„Uncle... Really, everything will be fine." Riko looked away.
„Cake is coming... Hopefully we are done with that soon, right?" He asked, smiled lightly and looked at her. Riko just nodded, her eyes were fixed at the candle again.