Chapter 5

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(Saturday,12:13 pm, that one random ass cafe in the background of one of the area convos)
(Akito pov)
Almost an hour after the time we had said we would meet, tsukasa finally arrived.
He looked like he hadnt slept in days, having dark bags under his eyes that was clear he tried to cover up with makeup, his hair was messy, which didn't necessarily look bad on him, he actually looked kinda good, its just that it made it even more evident that he didn't sleep well last night.

"Sorry for being late...", he greeted us, "something came up"
"Something?", toya asked in a somewhat concerned tone.
"Yeah... saki was not feeling very well last night, but its all right... its just a cold"
He sat down next to me and rested his arms on the table before burying his face on them, he let out a long sigh, it was clearly the first time he had been able to rest since last night.

He was so pale he looked almost sick, it doesn't seem like he had eaten anything either...

"You sure your sister isn't the only one that caught a cold?", kamishiro chuckled a bit, his words had a certain playfulness to them but his face looked more like a concerned parent.
"Mhm... as long as im aware yes", tenma mumbled.
Both Toya and kamishiro seemed equally worried, the only difference being that toya was more direct with his concern and kamishiro was more subtle when speaking to tenma.
I remained quiet, unlike them I didn't know tsukasa that well, i felt a little embarrassed because i had no place to speak in this situation, i had met tenma's sister once or twice before but other than that I didn't really know her at all, i only knew about her sickly condition but thats all. I was just fourth wheeling in this situation.
"So eh... have you eaten anything already?", i finally said.
"Hm?"
"I-i was just asking if you had eaten something already... you look kinda pale..."
"Mmm.." , he groaned, "im not hungry..."
Liar. You could see it in his face that he hasn't eaten anything since yesterday.
"If you say so..."
The silence was loud... louder than how tsukasa usually is...
A few minutes later and we finally finished eating. Tsukasa was still resting on the table and he hasn't said a word.

Is he asleep?!
We had already paid for our meals and were about to get up, still no response from tsukasa, so i started poking his cheek with a fork.

"Wake up"
"Hmmg...", clearly he had no intention of leaving his comfortable position.
"Move you prick", i was getting more annoyed with every second that passed.
"Stop poking me!"
"Then get up you lazy ass"

I was kinda having fun teasing him with the fork, his cheeks were very squishy.

"STOP POKING ME IM UP ALREADY"

Lmao he's angry now.
Toya sighed and covered his face with one hand, he hated to see the way i treated tsukasa even though he knew I meant no harm (obviously), on the other hand kamishiro seemed very amused at this, like if it was some goofy show or something.

"So what now?"
...
"What do you mean?"
Toya and kamishiro were so busy chatting they completely forgot tenma and i were still with them.
"I mean what do we do now?, do we leave or..."
"Oh... i forgot about that..."
Of course they did.
Since when were these two so close?
I swear it was like an overnight thing. Until now it had always been tenma and that guy that were inseparable, and toya was always with me whenever we were together...

Now that i think of it it has been quite long since last time we hung out.

I looked at tenma from the corner of my eye, he looked so done with everything, almost like he forced himself to come.
I wondered if only i felt bothered by the sudden closeness between kamishiro and toya or if i was the only crazy freak obsessed with his best friend...
Seems like the second option is more likely...

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