Akemi-san... why was I even worrying about her? I always wanted to be a reliable Senpai, but next to her, I looked like a novice. However, she was my... friend, along with Kaname-san, and seeing the poor pinkette crying over her bleeding friend was heartbreaking.
Swallowing down my jealousy, I called for the ambulance, then walked over to help the younger girl to stop the bleeding.
"Mami-san..." The fear I saw in those fuchsia, expressive eyes was undescribable, and it was enough proof that theese two shared an unspoken bond, much deeper than friendship. "Wh-wh-why isn't she h-healing...?"
It was too much to me and I could only look down. I hated to admit it, but... "I don't know, Kaname-san. Honestly yet sadly, it's the first time I see something like that. Akemi-san always seemed so cool and composed, then suddenly, out of the blue..." I sighed.
"It wasn't her..." The pinkette replied, frowning a little behind her unstopable tears. "Sh-she told me it wasn't her, a-and I saw it in her eyes... sh-she wasn't lying."
I mused over her words, then looked back down at the paler girl's face. ...true, even Akemi-san had looked surprised when she had shot herself, but then... what the hell was happening?
Madoka was still crying, hands on the wound, and I had to do something. "She'll be fine." It was the first thing that came to my head, and my determination only grew when she faced me, a faint hope blooming in her watery eyes. "She's been amazing until now, so I trust her."
The ambulance came and took Akemi-san, and before I could do anything, Kaname-san rushed in.
It left.
I was left alone again, like I had been the last few years.
Why was loneliness so painful?
I shook my head and went to hunt witches on my own: Mitakihara city still needed someone to protect it, and I still was the eldest Magical Girl on it.