𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗗𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗𝗦 || 𝗦𝘂𝗴𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗞𝗼̄𝘀𝗵𝗶

9

Friendship

"I don't know what to do without you..I'm sorry. Will you forgive me?"

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"Airi are you feeling better?", her mother asked in a worried tone while patting her head. "No mom..I don't feel like going to school today. Will you tell the teacher?", Airi asked. "Sure sweetie. Get some rest. I'll come back later.", her mom smiled lovingly and closed her room door behind her.

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"Airi isn't at school again. I hope she's ok..", Mary sighed while eating her lunch. There were no longer 5 people at their table. It's only 3 now.

"I heard Sugawara ended things because of the kiss..", Ritsuki mentioned. "Poor Airi..they were so happy..", Mary whined.

Kara was quiet. She stood up without a ward and angrily walked off. She headed to the empty classroom and sat down on her seat. "Why is no one thinking about my feelings. Kenji kissed Airi and all she cared about is stupid Sugawara. Now everyone is sorry for her and what about me? My boyfriend lied to me for 2 years and my best friend couldn't care less..", Kara murmured under her breath and tears came running down her cheeks.

"Kara! Hey! Are you alright?", her two friends came after her. "I don't get it. It's always about Airi! My boyfriend only dated me for her and she didn't even try to comfort me! Instead she only cared about stupid Sugawara!", Kara cried.

"We're sorry..", Mary quietly said and pulled her friend into a hug. "It will be alright. I'm sure you're both having a hard time and I'm certain that Airi will come to apologize to you when she's ready. Give her some time.", Ritsuki smiled and handed the crying girl some candy.

———

Airi picked up her phone and clicked on her sister, Aoi's contact.

»Hello?«

»Aoi I fucked up. What do I do?«

»What do you mean? What happened?«

»You know Kara and Kenji right?«

»Your two friends? Yes I know them. The couple right?«

»Yeah..well not anymore. I went to watch Kōshi's game a couple days ago and then Kenji dragged me away and just kissed me. And Kōshi saw it. I wanted to go after him but Kenji wouldn't let me and he confessed to me and then Kara heard it and she slapped him and then she dragged me away. And I told her I have to talk to Kōshi and then she was angry that I wasn't by her side. Kōshi ended things with me and Kara is mad..Now both of them probably hate me..«

»Well maybe you should apologize to Kara. She must be really sad. Because imagine you were in her situation. You would want her to stick by your side, wouldn't you?«

»Yeah..but still. Sugawara is important too!«

»Yes but when you two were in middle school, you promised each other, no boy would ever be more important than each other, didn't you?«

»Yes..«

»So apologize to her. I'm sure she will forgive you. Don't wait any longer, or your friendship might not be the same as before.«