Well that certainly is depressing. My first try to write romance and I don't get many reviews, but anyway, I will keep trying to do my best. Thanx for taking the time to read and write a review 4 my story. If you'd like to read a less depressing YGO GX story, read my other one, "Confusion"

It was a strange encounter.

My heart feels heavy.

There is no trace of that happy-go-lucky boy I met three years ago.

I think I've always felt this way, but that's not what bothers me. Even if my feelings weren't what they are, as my friend, I'd worry anyway. The thing is, I feel it even more, that change because I like him.

Probably since the first time I saw him duel.

That was the day.

I thought he was interesting. He was a cute kid, but too out of the loop to take him seriously, at least in the beginning.

We became fast friends and slowly his childish antics and his seeming obliviousness

grew onto me.

I'd be lying if I say that those same things that made him so endearing didn't grate on me sometimes because they did, but that wasn't the only reason I fancied him.

The reason is much more complex.

In his obliviousness he was the first boy that treated me like a human before treating me like a girl and I liked that kind of attention.

I may seem like an ice queen, but I keep people at arms length because I am tired of all the boys gawking at me. It really can get tiring. I appreciate their affections, but I am not the only girl in this school.

But lately, we have grown apart.

I know he's gone through a lot, but he's not the only one.

We've all gone through changes, maybe he's suffered the most, but that doesn't mean that we haven't had our share of pain and suffering.

I wish I could talk to him, but he keeps avoiding all of us.

It's infuriating.

Last time I tried to talk to him, he shut me down, and ever since then, we've been barely cordial.

I want to talk, but it's not my personality to beg, and no matter how much I like him I can't lose my head over this.

I need to think clearly, the day when we can see eye to eye will come. I know it.

There has to be a way to get through to him, but that solution has been eluding me.

I wonder if he'd be bothered if he knew about my feelings? He might not even realize them. Even though he's matured, both physically and emotionally, I wonder if he's mature enough to love?

It might be pretentious of me to call it love, after all I am only 18, but even so, is he even aware of those types of feelings?

I try not to think about it, after all we will all go our separate ways in a couple of months and our time spend here will just become a memory.

But before I go, I want to make sure that he is still the same boy that I once knew.

Then and only then will I be able to let go of him. I fear that if he's not the same person under that scowl I would only worry and I can't afford to stop my life like that.

But then again I don't know if I can spread my wings.

I've been avoiding the outside world, the world that lies just over this sea that engulfs this place, and have been trying to hold on to this place.

Maybe I need to grow up before I can see him eye to eye.

Maybe that's the reason why we've been unable to talk.

The phone rigs.

I pick it up.

"Asuka-kun may you come to my office?"

It's principal Sameshima.

I wonder what he wants me for?

"I'll be there shortly."

I hang up the phone and head towards the principal's office.

I need to spread my wings.