Here it is! The new chapter of friend! Enjoy it and tell me your opinion about it.
And as always, many thanks to Photon Drake.
"A friend to all is a friend to none," I once heard.
These words were said by a wise Greek philosopher named Aristotle.
In my quest to reach the true meaning of friendship, I tried many times to understand the behavior of Rei Shingetsu. He was a friend of Yuma in such a way that was beyond anyone's understanding.
-Astral
Maybe Just "Friend"
Rei could not deal with that situation anymore. Yuma was just ignoring him too much! Maybe it was time to ponder about their friendship. Things were not what they used to be anymore. The time passed upon them and they watched it fading away, feeling powerless. This feeling tormented Rei all the time, making him desperately worthless. He hated to think like that. To think he was losing Yuma to someone else, he had to decide what to do; he would not let that stay in his way to accomplish his mission.
Rei had passed through many bitter experiences (unfortunately) provided by Yuma.
Yuma, the name that made him smile when someone would pronounce those beautiful words. The name of a valiant and adorable friend that once made him think that he could withstand everything life would throw on him. The friendship they shared was already in decline.
With the time passing, Rei understood what was Yuma's main problem, it was the fact that he had too many "friends". Not that having too many friends is a bad thing, the problem was that he was the "same amount of friend" to every friend he had. Therefore, the feeling of uniqueness and feeling important to someone is lost.
If we are not important to someone and we do not make an impact in someone's life. Then we are not needed to that person. Consequently, it is not worthy to establish a connection with that someone. He simply does not care about us and thinks that we should act the same way.
Rei was so lost in his thoughts that he forgot about all the goods moments he and Yuma had spent together. His self-esteem was not the best in the world. Rei would give everything, anything, all that he possessed in order to make Yuma to think he was his best friend.
"Oh, why, why?" asked Rei desperately.
It was enough, he had too much.
He had to put an end to it.
He could not deal with it anymore, it was the end.
By what he said, during the last week Yuma only talked to him two or three times (5 days in which they were constantly seeing one another, sometimes they looked to each other and nothing was transmitted not a word nor a feeling, only empty looks, like they were not even friends!). Rei could not bear that feeling of worthlessness for any longer, the same friend, who told him (apparently) his most intimate secrets, was just being to him what he was to everyone else.
Of course it hurt a lot, it was a pernicious feeling. The fact that he was only a mere "another friend" of Yuma grieved him too much.
Yuma's interactions with Rei were starting to change and Rei decided to do the same, but things were not going as he expected. Apparently, despite being scientifically proven, not talking with someone would not make that someone realize that your absence and therefore make that someone talk to you more.
At least when Rei ignored Yuma for one day, Yuma did not even say a word to him. It was the worst day Rei ever had.
After all, he was just a drop of water in an endless sea.
