Hear me out

C3: Flashback

It was a nice and sunny day. The matsuno brothers were out playing at the park. They were busy laughing and running around until they got tired.

Osomatsu sat on the grass tiredly as the others followed him. "Let's take a break!" he panted.

They formed a circle and a loud sigh was heard from the second born. "School starts in a week! I can't believe we're gonna be in 7th grade already!"  Karamatsu exclaimed.

"But.. nothing will change.. right, nii-san?" the fourth born asked, looking worriedly at his brothers.

They don't want things to change. They all wanted to stay together until the end of time.

"Of course, Ichimatsu... Nothing will change!" The oldest of them said loudly with a smile on his lips.

The sextuplets started to talk about all their plans and the clubs they wanna join. All was well.

But hey... everything changes.

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On their ninth year in school, all of the sextuplet has changed but their bond was still strong as ever. They accepted the changes in personality of each other and are still hanging out when given the time.

However, Ichimatsu got distant with Karamatsu and with some of his brothers. He only hang out with Jyushimatsu at times and is with his friends most of the time.

The others didn't mind at first, but Karamatsu's instincts told him that something was wrong with his favorite brother.

Jyushimatsu felt it too.

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One time, Karamatsu was walking home alone when he heard a commotion in an alleyway.  He was gonna ignore it but when he saw a glimpse of Ichimatsu, the blue clad hid behind some dumpsters to see what's going on. Yeah he knows that eavesdropping is not good, but his insticts are telling him to stay and listen.

"So... where is it?" One of the tall boys asked the purple clad with a harsh tone. Karamatsu couldn't help but wonder what this is all about.

"It's in an abandoned warehouse... I can lead you there later this night," Ichimatsu confidently answered the tall boy.

"Just make sure about it or your friends are dead!" the tall boy spat and punched Ichimatsu in the gut.

Karamatsu was about to get up to help his brother, but stopped when Ichimatsu glared at his direction. 'Don't' the purple clad mouthed.

"Don't go fooling us or I'm seriously gonna- you already know," the taller boy grinned menacingly at Ichimatsu, making Karamatsu grit his teeth.

"We'll meet you up at 10 pm and you'll show us where the drugs are... don't call the cops or.." Karamatsu didn't hear the rest as the taller boy leaned near the purple clad's ear and whispered something.

That's when the three tall boys walked away, leaving Ichimatsu thinking to himself.

Karamatsu decided to get out of his hiding spot and walked towards his younger brother.

"Ichimatsu.." he weakly called, catching the attention of the said boy. "Nii-san." Ichimatsu muttered and snuggled on the chest of his older brother.

Sniffles were heard as Karamatsu rubbed the younger's back to sooth him. "Shh... It's gonna be alright, Otouto... We'll fix this. I'll help you," Karamatsu reassured and Ichimatsu moved his head to look up his older brother's sincere eyes.

"Don't tell the others, nii-san..  Let's keep this a secret.. please," Ichimatsu pleaded.

"Okay... " Karamatsu said.

The two planned what they are gonna do. Ichimatsu is going to lead the drug dealers to where he and his friends hid the drugs...

(they were supposed to tell the police, but the drug dealers found out and got their hands on his friends)

while Karamatsu will sneak in the place where his friends are held captive to free them. This is well planned as Ichimatsu already knew that most of  the gang's people are gonna be with him and they were gonna go to his friends when they got their hand in the drugs.

Not all plans work tho..

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It was time. Ichimatsu and Karamatsu went to their separate ways. Ichimatsu to an alley where he'll meet the drug dealers, while Karamatsu made his way towards an abandoned building.

At first, everything was going well... not until Karamatsu overheard some of the drug dealers talk about killing his brother afyer the transaction. The blue clad knew that he promised not to call the police, but he can't let his brother die.

Soon enough, sirens were heard where Ichimatsu was. That's when all hell broke loose. The next thing he knew was the tall boy talking to the phone before running away.

Everything was a blur and Ichimatsu was standing in front of a coffin. A coffin where his closest friend peacefully sleeps... forever.

Weeks passed by and Ichimatsu's friends slowly left him. "We can't bear looking at your face, Ichi... you look exactly like him a- and... It reminds us of Ji's death!" one of them said in his face.

Ichimatsu felt betrayed.

He felt guilty,

sad

depressed

alone

and it slowly turned to anger....

until the fourth Matsuno blamed his second eldest brother.

"I will never forgive you."

The words that left his lips that day he blamed Karamatsu.

The day when Ichimatsu started hating his once favorite brother.

The day Karamatsu started hating himself more than anyone.

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"This is for the best... " Karamatsu thought as he slowly closed his eyes, waiting for death to overcome him.

"No... n- nii-san! Please... d-don't c-close your eyes..!"  Someone cried, but the blue clad has already lost his strength to fight the darkness which slowly embraced him.

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