Kai's POV

Before the last seconds of my liberation from this torture, my mind inexorably crossed over Misaki Tokura. Her beautiful lavender hair, and literally everything about her, mesmerised me, charmed me, made me yearn for her whenever I was not with her, whether at Card Capital or during out time at the Cardfight Circuit.

I was actually so fickle, so stupid to think that she would actually like me. After all, when I was in the dumps, she would come along and cheer me up, show me the true light, the true beacon of friendship that would lead me out of the misery from my parent's death, and not the empty shell that I was. She taught me many life lessons, literally taught me how to be the old Toshiki Kai again.

Soon, our friendship blossomed and we were seen together often. I thought then that our love was like an unspoken truth; something that I thought was already fixed but just not uttered. The people around us, Aichi, Kamui, Miwa, they also treated us like a couple, pelting us with the usual teasing.

Her smile. That was the thing that I loved her most for. Her bright smile, an extra exuberant one always for me, has never failed to cheer me up, regardless of what happened. Around her, I would always feel calm and happy, without her, it was like a piece of me torn out, until that happened, when I realised that we were never meant to be together, never meant to hold each other in our arms and cuddle each other, never meant to live the rest of our lives in each other's company. I realised. It was Aichi whom she really loved.

However, I just could not accept it. I just could not believe that my best friend (besides Misaki) would actually steal her from me! And therefore I am here today, in the water, on the brink of unconsciousness, awaiting death to save me from this heartbreak.