Halfway-Sideways

Sometimes when I see him again I can't find my tongue in my mouth. I feel the way I used to, and that if I opened my mouth, I would start stuttering again.

Sometimes I feel like I don't want to see him, when he comes back. But when he's gone, I wish he was here. I don't know what it is. I just like to talk to him, because he's most all I have left of the past. Him and Shino, but Shino is always quiet and unchanging. Shino is never around when I might want him, and when I see him it is only because of Kiba.

But I don't really miss Shino. Maybe because he is silent. Maybe because he is lifeless, in such a way.

Kiba is full of life, Shino seems lifeless, and I am… Half full. Half empty? I'm halfway there.