Fifteen; Tears
She sobbed helplessly next to him, hands on her face, tears falling down. All he could do was sit next to her and mutter out half-heard responses that were supposed to make her feel better. But he failed, like with everything he did. One after another, failures pursued his life, he couldn't break out of the spell. Nonetheless, he tried his best to comfort the girl he loved so much.
Few days back, the two of them had been walking in the corridors of their school when they found her (now ex-) boyfriend, lip-locking with some random girl. She witnessed the whole thing and felt her heart shatter. He didn't know what to do or how to react, but he did beat the guy to a pulp. The hours that followed were complicated, with her calling him and his sudden arrival. That's how he found himself in her living room, where she was bawling her eyes out.
"I-I liked h-him a lot! Why c-couldn't he j-just..." She sputtered out between sobs.
"He's a jerk, don't mind him." He said, not knowing how to convey comforting words.
"S-stupid m-me." Her sobs came back tenfold.
"No, he's the stupid one." The cliché words were just coming out of his mouth.
"W-why...m-me, am I not p-pretty enough for guys?" She stuttered.
"I-I think you're...pretty." The boy said coyly, inexperienced at this sort of stuff.
"R-really?" She straightened herself out, looking up at him.
"Come now, you're beautiful! Don't doubt that for a second." He smiled brightly. He didn't know what he was doing, it was...coming naturally, in a sense.
"T-thanks." She whispered.
After another good hour, the two talked about various things, he mostly talked to try and keep her mind off the other guy. He was mostly successful. The sky grew tired and dark as he stepped out the door to leave. The boy looked back at her standing in the doorway, only to find her smiling brightly.
"Arigatou gozaimasu!" She called out, "I promise the tears won't come back!"
He smiled, grinning even wider at the prospect of a happier Sakura.
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