A Friend's Death

Aftermath

Sequel to 'Critic' but this can be read as a stand alone. WARNING-This will contain theme of suicide, murder, depression, death, a mention of drugs and my shitty writing.

Thank you all for reading 'Critic', it's actually like MONTHS old. I just decided to post it and it got semi-popular.

This will be the reaction to Saiki's death, and I hope you all enjoy it.

Please comment! It really motivates me to write and update my stories.

Anyways, enjoy!

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"Ku is gone"

Those three words seemed to destroy the group.

"I'm sorry...but, do you mind repeating...", Teruhashi trailed off.

"He-he's dead", Kurumi swallowed as she felt the growing lump in her throat.

"Who-who-", Kuboyasu trembled with a mixture of grief and anger. He clenched his shaking fists.

"Ku was...stressed and Kusuke had some..", Kurumi lost her composure. She sobbed, every sniffle making her twitch.

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Kaidou's shoulders slumped, his entire body felt heavy and light at the same time. His brain connected the dots. Saiki wasn't murdered, he-

He felt a tear slide down his cheek.

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"He...", Hairo felt a pit growing in his stomach. Saiki was never really that happy but...

Hairo helped everyone. That girl that lost her cat, or that one woman who forgot her purse back home, that elderly man to cross the road, even that one classmate who forgot their notebook.

But he didn't help Saiki. He didn't help his, arguably, closest friend.

HEDIDNTHELPHEDIDNTHELPHEDIDNTHE-

Hairo hugged his sides, tears forming in his eyes.

——

Teruhashi didn't believe it. It couldn't be true-

Saiki was still alive, he has to be. He would probably come down, and reveal his mom was just playing a prank.

That's NOTHING like Saiki-

He's alive. He's still here. She would still see him at school.

She would see him at his funeral-

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Kuboyasu went to the bathroom. Closing the door behind him and shakily breathed in and out.

Saiki had-oh god...

Kuboyasu was no stranger to suicide.

Back in his delinquent days he saw people kill themselves due to drug overdoses, a bullet in their head or even jumping off a building.

But those weren't Saiki.

Those people were murderers, kidnappers, drug dealers, thieves and everything else you could imagine.

Saiki was...odd. He was the protecter of the group, their leader, their friend...

...their family...