She was crying. Crying and unaware that he was watching her do so.
He looked at her for a while, and then stepped into the room, tentatively. He sat so they were back to back.
"So, how did you get in?"
She gasped.
"Yusei?"
"One and the same. Well?"
"The door was open. "
"Ah." There was silence for a bit, then.
"I haven't seen you for ages…not since…" The sentence was left unfinished, but Yusei knew what she meant.
"Well…."
"Why haven't you come to see me? I thought that you would, that you would be the first to be there but…"her voice came out in bits and pieces, the reflection of betrayal.
Yusei thought about his answer before giving it.
"After someone loses an important person, everyone is all over them .But all those people would drift away after a few months. That's when the bereaved person really needs a friend. To pick up the pieces."
"The….pieces?"
"Yeah."
Another silence while she thought. Then:
"I'm guessing that's going to be you then, huh?"
"Yes. And I'll be there forever."
"Forever? Really?" A hint of sceptism.
Yusei laughed a little.
"Well, not forever…how about for the rest of your life? That sounds good, if forever can't be?"
He turned around to look at her. She looked at him, eyes filling up again.
"Yeah. That sounds good to me.