Rein's POV

"Well, Altezza do you have everything?" Bright-san said coming towards us, who were already carrying our things. "If you do we should get going or else Mother and Father will be worried."

"I'll be going home with Rein today, Onii-san. We became really good friends during our ballet and design class." Not a complete lie, during the design part of our class, she said that she really liked my design and I absolutely loved her bracelet that she was wearing. "I might come home a little late. I have my cellphone, call me when you feel like it's too late for me to be out."

"I got it. Be careful and make sure that nothing happens," Bright-san said. "Rein, I'll see you tomorrow then."

"S-see you tomorrow, Bright-san!" I said stuttering a little. Why am I always so nervous when speaking to Bright-san? Maybe it's because I'm not used to talking to any boys except Shade? Now that I actually think about it, I don't think that I've ever really talked to a boy of my own will before. I rarely ever talk to other girls either. No wonder some people call me a loner sometimes.

"So?" Altezza said, snapping me out of my thoughts as we turned the corner away from school. "Weren't you going to tell me about your sister and you?"

"Okay then, it's simple. I've been envious of her for all our lives. She has been so much kinder than me, so much better than me in any way. She is smart, kind, athletic, and perfect in anyway. Meanwhile I'm barely passing my classes, I'm antisocial, and bad at sports. How can I compare to someone like her?" I can't cry right now. I wiped my eyes on my sleeve. I can't be like this. "I must look like an idiot to you, worrying about these type of things."

"Why? Isn't everyone insecure about some part of them? You're just slightly more insecure about yourself than others. I don't laugh at people who are like that," Altezza-san said to me. "However, you still haven't answered my question from earlier. Why don't you cry when you know you want to?"

I stared at the ground, stopping. "What would change if I cried? I don't cry because it just proves even more how she's better. People who have strength, don't cry, they endure everything, no matter how hard it is." No matter what she's always cheerfully smiling and I am jealous of her because of that.

Gently, Altezza said, "But it takes even more strength to cry and shed tears. The reason why everything's like this between you two... could it be because of that boy... what's his name? That guy with the purple hair."

"Shade? What about him?" I asked as we began to walk again. Altezza-san notices a lot of things about me... I wonder why she's so observant?

"You liked him at one point didn't you? Well at least I think you did."

Eh? Why is it that she can read my mind and heart? Or is my face just making it that obvious? "Well, I already told you about my sister, so there's no reason why I shouldn't tell you about this. It's true but, how can I compare? Besides, he just added to the gap that was already made between us."

In our last year of elementary school, Fine was popular and everyone just loved her cheerful personality and was amazed by all of her skills. That was when she started hanging out with others, without me. Then summer came and she and Shade started going out, and she was almost always out of the house. True, I had a few people that I could call friends who shared similar interests with me, but I couldn't help that a part of me was gone. We were no longer the close twins we used to be, we drifted apart. That's probably what hurts the most. I won't cry though, if I cry, then nothing is going to change.

"Why do you keep thinking that you're inferior to your sister? You may not be like her, but you have your own good points."

"No I don't. Just try to name three good things about me," I said to her. There's no way that she can-

"You're good at ballet and designing, you're the first person that I've met who has a just as good, maybe even a better fashion sense than me, you've held yourself together longer than I would expect for something," she said quickly. Wow, she actually managed to find three things. "And those are just things that I found out today. I'm sure that you have plenty more good qualities about you."

She lying to me, there's nothing. "But-"

"Stop thinking about what you aren't, and start thinking about what you are," she said interrupting me before I could argue. "In school, no in the world, there's always going to be someone better than you at something, but don't forget that you're good at stuff that they aren't good at."

"But she's perfect," I said in protest. "There's nothing wrong with her!"

"Yes there is. I don't know what that thing is but she has flaws. There is no person who doesn't have them." We stopped, she then said, "As cliche as it sounds, everyone is perfect in their own way, true perfection doesn't exist. It's impossible for people to obtain something like that."

I stared at her. She didn't seem like the type of person to think about things like that. "Altezza-san you're actually a very nice person, aren't you?" Then I continued talking without letting her answer me. "Even through you're a little mean sometimes, people just need to see your dance and your jewelry to realize how kind your heart is." Her ring and bracelet shine so much even through the crystals that decorate it are small, you can tell that she puts her heart and care into each one.

"You don't need to add the first part," she said with an anger mark, that I could see clearly on her forehead. I just started laughing. Soon Altezza-san started laughing with me. How long has it been since I've laughed this much?

"I apologize for my behavior towards you today. I was being too rude, but I'm not really a person who can just go up to someone and become friends with them."

I stopped walking for a second. "You wanted to be friends with me," I asked in disbelief. No one really wants to be friends with me, I just befriend other.

"Is there something wrong with that?" she asked, slightly red from embarrassment. I starting to giggle. How is it that someone like Altezza-san had trouble making friends? It's so not like her character! "Stop laughing at me!"

I stopped for a minute. Seriously how long has it been since I felt these things? Everything that I experience today made my chest feel so warmer and I felt fulfilled. Like the gap in my heart has been filled. Smiling at her I asked, "So are we friends?"

"Of course. That means that you are allowed the privilege of getting to called me by my first name without honorfics, and that, of course, goes for me too."

"Okay," I said nodding slightly. This is the first time that someone like Altezza has become friends with me. I'm starting to get a little excited.