Chapter 3: Breakdown

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"What?! YOU CAN'T!" Yamato hollered at his brother, without hesitating, pulled back from his chair and gave Takeru a deadly glare, so forbidding, it scared Takeru.

"You can't be gay! Ahhhhhhhhh! You are the only one one left in our family to pass on our blood! How would you think mom and dad will take it if they find out their second son is gay too!? No! This can't be happening! What about Hikari!? You..You can't be gay!"
Yamato slaps his hands on his face and tears started streaming down his palms and through his fingers.

Taichi, still stunned stood frozen with his mouth open and a hand on Yamato's shoulder.

Takeru couldn't believe this was happening. This wasn't what he'd have expected from his one and only brother, who himself is gay. Before he could let a drop of tear slide by, he ran out the house.

Why...why is my life so full of shit? It's not my fault I get turned on by those thoughts of you and Taichi, those porn sites i've secretly used your account under, those magazines you hide under your bed when you were going through them with Taichi...

Why...

Takeru couldn't go to his first class. Neither could he for his second, or third. Numbing himself with those words that struck his heart, he stared out onto the wall of cafeteria, replaying his tragedy.

"Oh don't act like you can't see me! What's your problem!? I came to say hi and you don't even look at me!"

Daisuke slid across the table from Keru, with his legs crossed on the table by Keru's face and arms folded.

"Hey, i'm talking to you!"

He demanded again, pouting at the emotionless, responsiveless blonde.

Grabbing his bag, Takeru stood up.

"I'll talk to you later."

Icy cold words sprung out of his lips.

Takeru has never been less friendly to Dai, ever.

Not even when he accuses him of flirting with 'his Hikari' everyday, nor the time he lied to Takeru to be alone with Hikari, nor the times he irritates Hikari so much she couldn't even stay to talk with Takeru.

Stalking away, Takeru didn't look back.

"Hey!" Daisuke came running infront of Takeru.

"Hey! What's your problem?! What's wrong with you today?! I knew you never liked me all this time but is that how you treat someone you consider you friend?! Or have you ever considered me your friend?! I just wanted to be with someone I like, I've never harmed you! What have I ever done to you?! Huh, answer me! What have I ever done to you to make you treat me this way!?" Daisuke exploded on Takeru.

Luckily, the caf was too large, too many separate groups and too loud. No one focused their attention on the gogglehead boy with spikey brown bed hair who mustered his anger on the pale blonde boy.

"Dai, I have no time for you today. How have I treated you like crap? What makes you think I hate you? How do I not take you as a friend? I sit here everyday, listening to you bullshit at me for saying i'm stealing your Hikari away when all I do is talk to her, it's okay I can put up with that. I can stand you everyday for the past what, three years, when you're the one that stirs things up between us. Before you question my liability to our friendship and the amount of effort I put in, shove those goggles up your ass and use your brain for once. I'm just asking for a day of rest, can't I? I can't even have a day for myself?! Just leave me the fuck alone, even just for today!"

Takeru cried out his last words and runs pass Daisuke, not stopping until he reached the bus stop.

He had never spoken out of his true thoughts and feelings as much as he had in the last three years, than today.