Author's Note: Uhm hey guys, sorry about the pairings, I kinda meant it to be NekuXShiki from the beginning, but well I was kinda basing the story on uh someone's love life and things kinda got out of hand with it, sooo I owe you guys an apology, I'm now struggling whether to change the pairing or bring them together, I'll base it on your Reviews then, my bad, I dunno if I should end it yet, again, I'll base it on the Reviews… Sorry about that. _

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Friendship

When Neku woke up the next day, the first thing he noticed was that Yuna was gone. He panicked a bit until he found a note lying on the table beside him.

Dear Ne-kun,

By now I would've left the vicinity so you shouldn't bother to look for me, just take care of yourself. I have some things to do but as much as I'd want to stay with you, I can't, I'm sorry, I will forever remember and treasure the times we've spent together, as cheesy as this sounds… I'm sorry; I'll forever love you, if not as a lover, then as a friend, like old times. Of course you'll always have that special place in my heart, even if… yours belongs to Shiki again. I know her efforts to patch things up with you have been pathetic, well I've been talking to her about it, and if you really love me, let me go, give Shiki another chance. I'm sorry it has to come to this, I wish you the best of luck, Neku… I will forever love you. Goodbye.

Love,

Yuna

Neku… upon reading this couldn't believe it. His knees finally gave way and he just fell on the floor. He struggled so hard, he felt his old emo self again, but he was able to fight it back. It was like his whole world crumbled. He spent what felt like eternity on the floor, not being able to believe it at all, time stopped for him.

He felt like he couldn't recover, he just started opening up to relationships again months ago, and now he experiences rejection. He suffered most from the part when she asked him to go back to Shiki. He's been trying his best to forget and ignore her, and now she tells him to remember her again, no matter how much it'll make her happy, it won't do the same for him.

He struggled for hours, couldn't eat, couldn't even think straight. For the first time, he didn't know what to do next. Of course he tried contacting Yuna, but she's not answering his calls. He didn't know whether to chase Yuna, or to heed her request. He doesn't know. He was confused. His next move in life will depend on what events will occur next.

Days passed, he locked himself in his own house, refusing to go out, no matter who asked him to. The only call he would answer now is Yuna's call, but it's impossible. He kept waiting, waiting and hoping, for the day that Yuna will come back to him, for the message that seems to never even come his way.

When he recovered, relatively, his friends, hearing the news wanted to bring him someplace to try and cheer him up. They bombarded him with invitations; well actually Beat was the most aggressive one, so Neku accepted in the end. By now he's fully recovered from the ambush set up by Daime. When Beat knew about what happened, he was furious, but as always, Rhyme was able to calm him down. They agreed to go to the mall few days from now because… Rhyme wanted to buy new clothes – Eri and Shiki have rubbed off on her, Beat wanted to check out some new skateboards, and Neku wanted to check out some new tunes, but in reality, the needed to be with each other.

The next few days was a drag to Neku, he couldn't stop thinking about Yuna, about the time they spent together, and about the feeling he felt when he found out he loves her. He kept remembering the nights they spent together, he tried and tried his best to forget the warmth she gave him, the comfort she provided, and the love they shared. It's situations like this that made him need her more.

But he somehow sleeps at night, trying his best to imagine that she's just there beside him. It doesn't always work, in fact it almost never works, he does his best to sleep through the night, making it pass by as he remembers the memories they've made while they were together, sometimes he'd cry himself to sleep, wishing, and still having that small hope that Yuna will come back to him.

When the day came that they finally were going out, he woke up earlier than usual, a part of him was grateful that he doesn't have to experience that straining effort to keep himself asleep, yet a part of him was hesitant, because he doesn't want to face the world with a new set of problems for him in the day to add to his past problems. But he felt deep inside that he really needed this, he really needed to go out with his close friends.

After preparing, they met at the spot where they agreed on. It was like the old days, Rhyme wearing the usual unisex clothing, with Beat wearing the same slightly worn out baggy pants and plain white shirt, but this time he brought a dark blue jacket, unzipped, and he has his trademark skateboard along with him.

They went to Rhyme's desired spot first, actually it was more like she dragged them to the place, Neku and Beat felt really awkward with all the girls staring at them, curious why they were at that part of the mall. After she finished, they rushed out of there, grateful that it was already over.

Next was Beat's. Not really a place for Rhyme but she was used to it, with a brother like that. He couldn't decide which skateboard to buy, then Rhyme started speaking in quotes, "We don't always need what we want, so don't waste on what we don't need." So Beat ended up buying nothing while Rhyme made him hold her bags.

Rhyme and Beat were actually excited to go to Neku's place since that is when they plan to talk to him about it. When they got to the place, Beat and Rhyme let him get the tracks he wanted, afterwards, they sat him down, they told him to tell them what happened. But Neku didn't see the point in telling them so he refused, but what got him was Rhyme's quote, "One will get hurt, but it is up to you when you will stop the hurt." So he told them, everything, she cried a bit, they hugged, they smiled, and they laughed. And with that Neku felt a lot better, 'This soooo helped me not become emo again.' He doesn't regret having friends, even though he did few days ago.

"So who are you going to pick, Neku?" Rhyme asked Neku while they were walking on their way home.

"I don't know yet… It'll depend on the situation and the events," He replied showing his uncertainty.

A/N: It'll also depend on the Reviews ;)

After that they had a comfortable silence as they walked home, enjoying the sunset. Ignoring the people passing by, for them, all that mattered at that time was this circle of friendship, composed of the three of them. Even though over time Shiki drifted apart from them, they know she's never too far to be out of reach. But Neku didn't want to talk about that; he didn't want to talk about anything. They just enjoyed each other's company and the breeze that blew past them from time to time.

'Thanks guys, this is what it really is about, the purity of relationships, starting with the basic, friendship.' Neku gave both of them a smile, they returned an even bigger one. "Enjoy the moment, make the most out of it, life's too short to waste it," Rhyme quoted reminding her the two of the few men that means a lot to her in life. She never fully understood the whole love thing, because her brother never really talks to her about it, he gets too touchy about that topic, but she knows that Neku's in a lot of pain, so the least she could do is to help him out. But nothing came to mind. Nothing.


Well… R&R guys, sorry again.

And thanks for reading my fic, and thanks also for reviewing.

I don't know how this fic will end just so you know, since the guy's love life may last forever.