εїзεїз~Tears and Change: Part 2~ εїз εїз

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Weeks had passed, and it was clear that Suzuno was ignoring Nagumo. Every time he would try to explain what really happened, she would leave mid-sentence or give him a deadly glare to shut him up. She seemed to be back to her old cold self. Not even the rest of their friends dared to go near her. Even after the end of the school day, she would take her stuff quickly and leave before Nagumo could find her. She didn't want to hear his lies and excuses about what happened weeks ago.

Nagumo sighed when he didn't find Suzuno. Sluggishly, he left school and started walking back to the orphanage. Why was she so angry? She didn't love him, right? She said so. So why was she so upset? Was it because he 'kissed' the girl who slapped her? Or was it because he yelled at her? He tried to ask her many times, but she ignored him as usual.

Nagumo was staring at the ground, thinking. If she didn't love him, so why wasting time trying to achieve an impossible dream.

He really missed the white-haired girl and wanted to talk to her, but she won't listen to him.

Atsuishi and An were walking next to Nagumo, but he was deep in thought that he didn't notice them.

"Nagumo-kun?" An asked quietly, but Nagumo didn't even look at her.

'I was stupid when I thought she would love me.'

"Nagumo-kun," she said again, more loudly, but he still didn't notice her.

'Maybe I should just give up.'

"NAGUMO-KUN!" she yelled at him.

"WHAT?!" Nagumo turned to see who it was that dared to bother him. Upon seeing An, his gaze softened up, "What do you want?"

An stood there awkwardly staring at her feet, she didn't dare to look at his eyes. "Oh, I...Um, well," She stiffened and sneaked a glance at Nagumo. He just stared at her with a blank face. He was waiting for her answer. "I saw you walking alone and I got worried-"

"LISTEN, I'M FINE!" he yelled, "You don't need to worry about me."

"Nagumo, you are my best friend, I can't just leave you like this," she sighed and then said, "You know, people always say: Never give up on life, 'cause when things gets rough life is just testing you out making you stronger."

"…" Nagumo continued staring at the ground, he wasn't really listening to An.

Atsuishi didn't know what to say, but he was trying to think of a way to comfort his friend, "And the principal always keep saying: Life always seems to have a way of knocking you down on your ass, but you just gotta get back up from it and stay positive," said Atsuishi

An smiled and nodded "Yeah, he is right. Never give up, Nagumo. Try to talk to her again. I'm sure Suzuno-san will listen to you."

"…"

"Nagumo, are you listening to us?" asked Atsuishi.

"…"

When Atsuishi saw that Nagumo wasn't listening to them, he sighed and hit Nagumo on the head.

"Ouch!" Nagumo held his head and glared at Atsuishi, "What the hell Atsuishi?! Have you finally lost your mind?!"

"Listen to us. We are trying to help you," he said

"No, thank. I don't need your help."

"Nagumo, are you an idiot or what? It's useless to keep crying. That won't help you."

"What do you want me to do? Jump off a building?"

"Damn it, Nagumo. Since when do you give up so easily?"

"I DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP!" Nagumo yelled. He walked to Atsuishi and pushed him angrily. "But what else am I supposed to do?"

"GO TO HER!"

"I TRIED EVERYTHING!" Nagumo yelled, "I've tried, do you think I haven't?"

"Try again. If you really love her, go and explain what happened."

"And YOU, the scar face, came to say this to me. The world is absolutely crazy already."

"HEY, DON'T CALL ME THAT! IT WAS YOUR FAULT I GOT THIS SCAR!"

"NO IT WASN'T! IT WAS YOUR IDEA TO PLAY WITH THE KNIVES THAT DAY!"

"NO! IT WAS YOUR IDEA!"

"SHUT UP! SHUT UP!" with that, he turned and walked away.

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Nagumo was on his bed when he heard a knock at the door. Seconds later, someone opened the door and walked in. He didn't need to look at the person to know who it was.

"GO AWAY!" he yelled

"What's wrong?" Hitomiko asked

"Nothing."

"That crying doesn't sound like nothing."

"Leave me alone."

She kept quiet for a moment before speaking again "It's Suzuno, isn't it?" she asked.

Nagumo sat down and looked at her, amazed.

"How could you possibly guess that?" he asked in astonishment.

"I know you too well, Nagumo," she replied, gently squeezing his shoulder with her hand "Everything is going to be okay."

"It's not that easy. I feel like I have lost everything, like there is nothing left for me in this world."

"Don't speak like that. You have everything! You have good friends, you're a great boy and you have a family who loves you."

"What family? I don't have one."

"You do. We are a family here."

Nagumo looked down and kept quiet.

"Listen, I don't know what happened…but don't give up, okay? I know you've been hurt. I know how it feels…just believe that everything will be fine."

"Maybe I should believe in destiny too. Maybe I really don't have any future with Suzuno. Maybe my destiny is with someone else," he felt his eyes fill up with tears, but quickly blinked them away, "Having a crush on Suzuno since third grade, I'm really surprised with myself. Why am I in love with the girl who hated me since elementary school?"

There were silent tears dripping down his face. Hitomiko gently wiped them away.

"Never give up, Nagumo. Don't lose hope. Keep going and never stop from getting Suzuno. You came this far, you are not going to turn back now, are you?"

Nagumo sighed and shook his head "No."

"Good. Now go downstairs and eat your dinner, okay?"

"But-"

"No more buts. I don't want you to get sick. You didn't eat anything for days," Hitomiko stood up and walked to the door, "I will be waiting for you downstairs."

Hope you liked it!

I'm really sorry for the late update T.T I was real busy with school stuff (the next chap is the last, by the way)