The time Kaoru was in the hospital, I was scared.
He had broken his leg when he fell down concrete steps at school. I was walking next to him when suddenly, he was not there. When I saw him at the bottom of the stairs, I sprinted down and kneeled beside him. He was crying. His leg was bent in an unusual position and he was very pale. Teachers were bolting over to him, calling 911. Kaoru stared at me.
"It hurts, Hikaru," he said to me over the din. "It hurts…"
The truth is, it hurt for me, too.