My Chilhood Sweetheart

Pt. 2: Met Again

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"I've finally found him..." The bleached blonde says as a smile crosses his face.

"But before anything else... I should help him up. I couldn't let my precious friend leave me alone in this boring world." The blonde says as he rushes to help Takemichi laying down the ground; he takes him up in a piggyback ride.

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Flashback to 3 years ago.
Mikey (13), Takemichi (12).

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"Mikey! Why aren't you coming along with me??!" Worried, Takemichi calls for Mikey, trying to get him to go to a safer place with him.

"Go ahead, Takemitchy. I'll handle this by myself, it's too dangerous for you here." Mikey says with a serious face, telling Takemichi to just leave him alone.

"I can help...!" Takemichi tries to reach out to Mikey.

"Takemitchy. Please. Be safe. I don't want you hurt, I'll be with you soon." Mikey reassures Takemichi.

"...!"

*whoosh, thwack*

Takemichi sees Mikey rush ahead to beat up the punks trying to get him. He kicks the punks down with his leg, making an advantage for himself.

But, it seems like he was wrong. Even more punks went rushing to Mikey, leaving him at a disadvantage.

Takemichi felt worried for his bestfriend, but he needs to go. Leaving his trust onto Mikey, he runs away, heading to a safer place.

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But then a few days later, he didn't see a sight of his bestfriend anymore.

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*Awake*

"H-huh...?!" Takemichi bounces up, panting slightly due to the flashback that appeared while he was unconscious.

("It's that thing again huh...? Seems like I really do miss him.") Takemichi looks down, reminiscing about the past with his bestfriend.

Right after, he looks around.
He finds himself in the infirmary.

("How did I even get here...?") He wonders.

Touching his face, he feels bandages covering his wounds, he feels quite relieved and glad that someone was willing to take care of him like this.

Right after, Takemichi removes the blanket wrapping him up, standing from the bed, heading outside the door.

Then, he sees the familiar face he saw this morning.

It's the bleached blonde.

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Takemichi stays at place, as he was stunned from the shock of seeing him.

Looking at the bleached blonde, he recalls something from the past, tho he couldn't quite picture it yet.

Taking a closer look, he feels that he maybe has met the bleached blonde back then.

The bleached blonde then flashes a grin, which caused Takemichi to flinch.

"?!"

"Hahaha!"

This made the bleached blonde laugh, which made Takemichi quite confused about his memories. He really feels déjà vu, and nostalgia just by looking at the bleached blonde.

"I... think... I met you before...!" Takemichi says with a desperate look on his face, he wants to get to know the blonde, to understand more about his feelings.

"Eh? Of course you did! It's me, your bestfriend! Did you forget?!" Mikey says, as he was bewildered by what Takemichi had said.

"H-huh...?! My... bestfriend...?!" Takemichi was shocked to hear the words from Mikey.

"A-are you... M-mikey?!!!" Takemichi says in clear suprise. He felt a mix of happiness and worry inside of himself.

"Oh! I'm glad your remember, Takemitchy! I really missed you alot!!!" Mikey says as immediately wraps his arms around Takemichi.

"?!" With a light blush on his cheek, Takemichi felt dumbfounded.

("T-this is too sudden for me!!! Mikey is here?!! He is THAT Mikey?!!!") Takemichi thought.

He then placed a glance at Mikey hugging him tightly.

A little scent of Mikey's shampoo crosses Takemichi's sense of smell.

It smells like the old shampoo Mikey has always used back then.

("It's really him...!")

Takemichi felt confused on what he should do, he didn't know if he should hug his bestfriend back rather than just standing there without returning the act.

But before Takemichi could've decided, Mikey has already let go of him.

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"Hey, Takemitchy. I'm really happy to see you again you know? I'm sorry if I... didn't come back for you back then." Mikey smiles even with sadness and guilt dwelling inside of him.

"..." Takemichi couldn't say anything, his feelings is on 50/50.

He feels happy that Mikey is back, yet he also feels a little mad at him for leaving him alone for the past 3 years.

"It's okay if your mad at me, Takemitchy. You can punch me if you want. I won't force you to forgive me aswell." Mikey says, locking his eyes onto Takemichi's.

"But, it sure would be sad if you won't talk to me anymore... I worked so hard to find you after all. I want to be your friend again, Takemitchy." He adds, desperate for Takemichi's response.

Takemichi thought in silence for awhile.

He is quite mad at Mikey for leaving him alone,

But the thought of being friends with him again is on top priority.

"I... want to hang out with you like before." Takemichi says.

"I'm mad at you... but that doesn't mean I'd let go of this chance to be with you again." Takemichi adds.

Mikey felt shocked, along with happiness overlapping the sadness and guilt that dwelled on him for the past 3 years.

Mikey then flashed a smile with genuine happiness.

He was actually hoping for this response, because if Takemichi rejected him, he would've felt empty and sad for his entire life.

Takemichi looked at his old friend with a relieved smile, he is glad that he was finally able to talk to him again.

Both boys just looked at eachother, with pure happiness and relief inside of them.

The school bell later on rang, disturbing the scenario they were in.

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"I'll... see you later, Takemitchy! Let's fill the empty spaces caused by the time we lost from the past 3 years!"

"Yeah!"

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To be continued.

P.S.
I'm sorry if this looks rushed, but I did my best to express the way they felt. I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Thanks for 70 reads ^^.