Life Must Go On | Ran TAKAHASHI

Best Friend [PART 3]

"Ai-chan"

I hear a familiar voice from the back and when I turn around I found a subject who smile brightly. Standing two meter away from me, I can see how happy this man after sit in beside me. He's still the one who bright my day since first day we decide to be the best friend. Ah no, more correctly he and her girlfriend now who bring my bright world back in the past.

"Ran?", he asked about another man who should have come with me.

"He went to the rest room", he nodded and in the end still teased me. I hate when he did it. I can't hide my shy face and as always we'll laugh together after that.

"Stop teased me, Yuki"

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I met Yuki in the first time at 2012 with another girl named Chiharu. It was after my parents car accident, I moved from Fukushima to Tokyo to my uncle's house. It was dark memories, I'm who just lived with my two parents and must live alone after that day. My uncle decided to transfered my school in Saijo Gakuen. And there I met them. My best friend who bring my happiness back.

"Hello, I'm Chiharu vice president in this class"

I still remember that was the first sentence from Chiharu who always call Haru in my class. She held out his hand for me to shake, I just silent and look at how beautiful she's until the another boy is come.

"And me, Yuki Ishikawa.. You can call me Yuki"

That was my class president who interrupted Chiharu who introduce herself to me. Till I saw they two fight in front of me just because scrambled to introduce themselves with me. And suddenly, after my dark live for the last two weeks, I smile.

Finally I knew, Yuki and Haru is the best students in the class. They tell everything with me, Haru with her good speaking, and Yuki who always teased her. After 5 years being friend with them, I just reliazed the way Yuki always teased Haru, because she like her. It was a funny moments when Yuki express his feeling to Haru when we're on the 2nd grade of collage school. Asked her to be his girlfriend.

Yuki is the members of volleyball club since high school. In the match day, me and Haru will come to watch him and give support. Sometimes, Haru will scream Yuki's name during the match, and it was very embarrassing cause all of the people look at us. But Haru, she just think nothing happened and continue to scream Yuki's name like she's his fans. Sometimes I think she forgot that Yuki is our best friend.

After graduated, we choosed our different way. Chiharu continue to reach her dream to be scientist in Tokyo University of Science since I knew, Chiharu is the best student in my class. I don't know how it be, but since we're friend, I never look how hard Chiharu study but she just can answer anything like there're a cip inside her brain.

Yuki went in the Chuo University, and another achievement of my brilliant friends is, Yuki accept as Japan National team in 2014. It was very amazing moments when he tell me and Haru under the maple tree in the our school garden. Me and Haru just speechless for 5 minutes and we hugged together. You know that, and Yuki being the National Team captaion since 2020. Sometimes, I don't sure being friends with amazing people like them when I'm just an ordinary girl with huge dream to be success.

After being Yuki's friend for a long time, he tell me many aspect about sports. That's the point why I choosed Waseda University to be a sports therapist. We continue our live in the different way, but sometimes we will gathered together, tell anything that we can till the day Yuki and Chiharu had reliationship not just a friend. It was happy for me, but sometimes when they need private time to date, I just feel lonely again.

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"It's him", I look Yuki who reliaze Ran walking back from the rest room. And I just can's handle his smirk to teased me. Come on Yuki, it was 10 months after my wedding day and he still teased me. I will tell Chiharu and of course she will punch Yuki's arm said "stop teased my friend" if she's here.