ii) Your smile
"Hehehe hey girl!" "I-Im not a girl!" He shouts back. 'Why? Why are they making fun of me?' Rin winced as a small pebble was thrown at him, the laughter echoing in his ears as he crouched down low wishing that he could just curl up into a ball and disappear from this world.
"Hey! Stop that!" A voice called out. It was warm and inviting. Nothing like what he's ever heard of before. Looking up with teary eyes, he sees two boys running towards them. 'W-what?' He thinks as he sees the two boys trying to reason with the gang but he couldn't hear anything. He had closed himself off from the world. He didn't want to partake in any of this. He didn't ask to be teased. He didn't ask to be bullied by anyone. 'Oh well.' He thinks. 'At least like this I don't have to hear what they are saying about me.' Just as the thought comes, it disappears as his own little world diminishes around him; feeling warm arms around him. He opened his eyes for the first time in what seemed like forever and sees the face of a 8th grader, much like himself with kind sea green eyes and brown hair looking back down at him with a smile on his face.
"Oh good. You're awake!" He says with a goofy grin plastered onto his face.
"W-where am I?" Rin asks looking around. 'This isn't the park..' He notes looking back at the other male who was fishing through a small backpack to take out a small sandwich.
"You must be hungry. Here! Have my lunch." Makoto says handing over the sandwich to the maroon haired boy who just stared in shock at him.
"Y-you're not going to make fun of me?" He whispers quietly.
"No of course not!" He giggles. "Besides. I have a girly name too! Let's be friends okay? Oh, I'm Makoto. And this is Haruka." And he smiled.
That smile.
Not knowing what to do, Rin felt giddy with happiness. "Y-yeah! Let's be friends forever!" He giggled, content for the time being knowing that he finally had people to rely on. That he didn't have to be alone. That he had people to back him up when he was getting bullied. That he had people to pull him back up to his feet and dust him off and share a smile with him.
But when? When did he realize that the smile was gone? When did he realize that his friends were growing apart from each other? When did he realize that the smiles were fake? Did he even realize it at all? When did he realize that there was an importance to their relationship as more than just to back him up or to simply have a shoulder to cry on. But of course, he only realized it too late.
Oh Makoto. Where did that smile go.
AN:
Hey guys C; Soooo sorry i took so long to update this. Im really trying to meet a deadline so you guys should be seeing more updates sooner or later. Gomenasai if there are any grammar or spelling mistakes as im kinda in a rush to complete the series soon and move on to my incomplete stories. But yeah c: Durarara fic coming up soon too so stay tuned! :D Okay anyway, as usual, review, fave and follow! :D mk baiii