Track 2 - Pain

Hiro POV

I don't know what Shuichi was thinking showing up here at my place so late at night, but for some reason I figured that it had something to do with Yuki because the second that I opened the door he flung himself at me (he knocked me down too). Tears were streaming from his eyes and he was sobbing uncontrollably. The only time he cried like that was when Yuki had been cruel towards him.

"H-Hiro… will you… l-let me… stay h-here… to… night?" he said in between sobs.

"What? Did Yuki kick you out again?" I said in a tone that made me sound like I was joking. "Don't worry he'll let you back in later, so don't worry 'bout it, okay? However almost immediately after I said that he started to cry harder than he already was. I really shouldn't have jumped to that conclusion.

"Hey what's wrong?" I said in a worried tone

"I… he…he didn't kick me out"

"Then why are you here? What happened?" I was confused and worried about him 'What had Yuki done to make him this sad?'

"I… I r-ran away."

"WHAT! Why! What happened to make you want to do that?"

"…"

"Shuichi, what happened?"

"…Y-Yuki said something to me"

Yuki said mean things to Shuichi all the time but I knew that he didn't really mean what he said, and Shuichi was always just a little hurt by Yuki's constant name calling. So what could Yuki have said to upset him this much?

"What did he say?" I was now curious about what Yuki had said.

"I… I don't really want to talk about it right now" his crying had not quite let up bit it was a little better.

"Okay." I said slightly disappointed "we won't talk about it any more. I'll make a bed for you."

"T-that's okay… I'll j-just sleep h-here" and at that he plopped down on the couch that was in the room. "You d-don't have to g-go to any t-trouble." He said with a smile on his face (I could tell that it was fake).

"Okay then… good night" I started walking towards my room and on my way I could have sworn I heard faint sobbing coming from the living room of my apartment. Where Shuichi dwelled.

Three days passed and Shuichi was still sitting in the same place that he was the night that he got here. He didn't eat anything, he didn't drink anything and he didn't even sleep at night. I knew that he wasn't getting any sleep because you could see the bags under his eyes. When I tried to talk to him about it he wouldn't respond. All he did was cry softly.

"Hey Shuichi you gonna come to work?" I asked all ready knowing the answer.

"No" Shuichi says softly.

"Ok then, suit yourself. I'll make sure to tell K that your not gonna be there today"

"ok" he replied softly as I walked out the door.

I think that after work today I'm gonna go talk to Yuki. After all he did make my best friend cry, and I don't mean the whiny type of crying that Shuichi is infamous for, but the real deal complete with a depressed state that really isn't healthy. Whoever does that is not gonna be on my good side. Stupid Yuki.