Three Years later
"Kai! Hey Kai wait up!"
The dual haired boy stopped and with a heavy sigh turned around to meet his friend. Everyone knew about Kai's little brother's death and almost everyone saw the change in Kai. He went from the happy go-lucky kid to a deeply saddened and emotional young child.
"So Kai how about we hang out tonight?" A 10 year old Miguel - the former leader of the Phoenix Flaymes and the closest person to Kai not including Kai's father.
"I can't." Kai replied slightly more cheerful now that he was with his only true friend.
"Why not?" Miguel was not at all put of by his friends behavior.
"The Funeral." Came the short reply.
"Oh! It's tonight, I'm sorry. Maybe some other time?"
Everyone knew that Kai's mother was devastated by the loss of Tommy and had gone on holiday for awhile. When she came back she blamed Kai for Tommy's death and after three years she gave into her grief and hung herself. That would have been about two weeks ago now.
Kai had blamed himself for both his mother's death and his brother's death and the whole village had sympathy for him. Kai got into alot of fights and he got into trouble with the police at least twice a month but they always let him off the hook.
They said that it was his way of 'coping' with the deaths of those he cherishes most and as long as he didn't do anything too serious then they would forgive him for any slight mistakes he made.
Miguel had stuck with Kai no matter what and Kai was grateful even if he didn't show it. The two had become rather close and they were growing more fond of each other with each passing day.
"When are you moving?" Miguel decided to strike up a conversation.
"Tomorrow." Kai's father was finding it hard to cope with his wife and youngest son dead so he suggest that they move and get a fresh start.
"Will you ever come back?" Came Miguel's teary responce.
"I will!" Kai vowed.
"Promise?"
"I promise, don't ever forget me. I couldn't ever forget you!"
"I won't. We'll be bestest, bestest friends forever more!"
"It's a promise! I'll miss you." Kai said fighting back tears.
"I'll miss you too Kai..."
And just like that he was gone. My Kai was gone. Oh by the way I'm Miguel. That story was about my past with Kai, he's coming back tomorrow it's been four years since he left. He'll be twelve now, I just hope that I can gather the courage to tell him how I feel about him, how I've felt about him for seven years. I hope he'll accept my love.