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Yamato's Point of View
No, the sun! It's too early to wake up. I was up late last night writing a song. I can't wake up now, but the sun is coming in through the window. I would hide under my blankets, but it's too damn hot. That idiot's just going to come wake me up anyway so I might as well get up.

I get out of bed and notice that there's no body on the floor. There's no lump of blankets. No mess. There's nothing.

Could it be? Did he actually pickup after himself?

I put on a pair of slippers and make my way to the bathroom. After I'm finished, I pad through the hall and into the kitchen. My brother is already eating a bowl of cereal, but there's still no sign of the idiot.

"Where's Tai?" I ask.

My brother looks up from his cereal to give me a confused stare.

"Don't you remember?" he asks.

"Remember what?"

"You kicked Tai out. He went back to his aunt's house. He was really upset. What happened?"

Oh, now I remember. I finally achieved my goal of getting rid of him. Now things can finally go back to normal. I can finally get back to my life.

"Did you two have a fight and breakup?" Takeru asks.

"There was nothing between us to break."

I open the cupboard to find that my brother has eaten the last of the cereal. I pull out the empty box and glower at Takeru. He shrugs before going back to his food. I throw the box away and try to find something else to eat. I have no luck.

"We need to go grocery shopping," I say.

"Dad needs to leave money."

"Yeah. I'm going to Rick's house to steal his food."

My brother just rolls his eyes.

I hope that Rick's home at this early hour.

When I get there and knock no one answers. I look under the mat and find a spare key. No surprise there. People need to learn to hide their spare keys better.

I unlock the door and open it to find that Rick is indeed home since his shoes are still here. He only has one pair so Jesse must also be here. They must still be asleep.

I open up Rick's kitchen cupboards and find a box of cereal that I like and poor myself a bowl.

I almost finish with the bowl when Jesse comes out of Rick's room with a robe on.

"Hey," he says.

He then pours himself a bowl and sits down across from me.

"We ran out of food at my place. Sorry if I'm intruding," I say.

"Not at all. You're welcome here any time."

"Are you living here now?"

I glance over at the many boxes stocked in the living room.

"Yeah, but we're moving soon. I start college in the fall and it's in a different city. Rick wants to move with me."

"Oh."

We were silent for awhile as we ate. Soon we heard the bathroom door close signaling that Rick was now awake.

"Where's Taichi?" Jesse asks.

"Gone."

"Oh."

I get up and rinse my bowl out before putting it in the dishwasher.

"Hey, Yama, what are you doing here?" Rick asks as he comes into the kitchen.

"I came to steal your food. I'll leave now, if you want."

"You can stay for awhile if you want. You can watch TV or just chill with us."

"I guess I can stay for awhile. I have nothing planned today."

"Don't you have to go back to Taichi soon?"

"He's gone."

I flop down on the couch and flick on the TV.

"Did you two have an argument?" Rick asks.

"Yeah. I made him cry."

I found a good show to watch, but apparently Rick had changed his mind about letting me watch TV. He turned it off and glared at me.

"Yamato, what's your problem? Why do you always push people away and treat them like they're less than you?" he says.

"It's just who I am."

"Can't you make changes? Come on, Yamato, Tai was really in love with you. Why can't you give him a chance?"

"I don't want to give him a chance!"

I rush out of Rick's apartment and head home. I can't believe that jerk. It's none of his business who I decide to date and who I decide not to date.

Takeru wasn't home when I got there. My father wasn't there either. Big surprise there.

I kicked off my shoes and then walked into the kitchen. The first thing I noticed when I walked in was a toaster sitting on the counter with a big bow on it.

There was a note, but I didn't bother reading it. I stared at the toaster a little while longer before stripping off my clothes and heading to the bathroom to shower.

After about twenty minutes I step out of the shower, put my clothes back on, and head back into the kitchen. I glance at the toaster again and sit down at the kitchen table.

I don't need to read the note to know who brought the toaster over. Taichi broke mine, he probably gave me this one.

A part of me wants to read the note and a part of me is afraid to read it.

Eventually the side of me that wanted to read it won over. I got up and slowly walked over to the toaster. I grabbed the note and read:

Yamato,

Don't think I went out and bought you a toaster. I stole this one from my aunt. She'll never know. My parents are coming today and I wanted to say goodbye. Thanks for letting me stay for the summer. It was fun to get to know you. This was the best summer I've ever had. This summer brought so much and I only hope that the fall will bring more. I'll miss you.

-Taichi

p.s.

I made you something in your new toaster. It would have been better if you were here, but you weren't. I put it in the fridge if you want to see it. The rest are in the freezer for you to make whenever. They come with more frosting now so you can doodle whatever you want. By the way, thanks for the gnome.

I put down the note. I now feel horrible about myself and feel that I've made a big mistake.

I open the door to the fridge and find a plate with a toaster strudel on it. I take it out and look at it. There's a message doodled on it with frosting. It's a little hard to read, but I'm pretty sure it says: I love you.

A little bit of Taichi must have worn off on me. Without thinking I rush out the door and head in the direction of Taichi's aunt's house.

"Yamato!"

I see my brother walking towards me.

"Hey, Yama, where are you going?" he asks.

"Is Taichi gone?"

"Yeah. They just left."

That's when everything crumbled.

I claimed that I didn't love him. I claimed that I didn't need him. I wanted him to leave and never come back, but now that he's gone my heart aches. I want him back.

I fall to my knees on the sidewalk.

Maybe I was in love with him.

Well, I'll just have to get him back. It's not as if he's gone forever. His sister is dating my brother. They live in the same city as him.

I'll figure something out.

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