Chasing The Moon

Chapter 2

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"I don't want to be friends anymore Yamaguchi," Tsukki was towering over me, and I could feel the pains in my chest, my eyes clouding over.

"T-tsukki, w-wait what hap-happened? Did I do somethi-something wrong?" I begged, my hands on his arms. "I p-promise I won't do it aga-gain." I was sobbing at this point. I didn't know what to do. He was the only thing I had, the only one I loved.

He smacked my hands off him, looking disgusted. "I just don't want to be friends with someone like you anymore. You're a waste of my time." Tsukki walks off and joins a group of friends, the ones who used to bully me in middle school, leaving me there on the sidewalk, weeping to myself. I never thought this was going to happen. Or, maybe I did. Tsukki never seemed interested in being friends with me. I'm not anything special. I don't know why I thought he'd ever stick around me.

I stood there crying, still shocked about what had just happened when I heard some loud siren in the distance. It kept getting louder and louder until finally~~~

I woke up.

I sat up in bed quickly, the alarm going off. I think I was crying in my sleep because my face was wet. Tsukki had just woken up too, or it was from my sudden movements. He sat and grabbed his glasses which were laying on the end of the bed, then looked at me.

"Why are you crying?" He looked concerned and I finally realized I had dreamt that whole thing. Seeing Tsukki there made the tears fall even harder, I was so scared I had lost him. I wanted to hug him, but instead, I buried my face in the blanket, hiccuping, and trying to stifle my sobs. After a couple of seconds, I felt something wrap itself around me. I poke my head up to see Tsukki there. "You wanna talk about it?"

I shake my head. "I just had a nightmare, its ok Tsukki." He let go of me and wiped the tears off of my face. A small blush spread across my cheeks and I chuckle at him. Then, he got up and left for the kitchen, probably to go make food for us. I wondered what that was just now. I'm assuming it was more of a comforting hug, we're best friends after all.

I get out of bed to go see where Tsukki is. He's in the kitchen with Akiteru, both bickering about what to have for breakfast.

"Kei! You can't have cake for breakfast. Eat something filling!" Akiteru smacks him on the arm and laughs.

"Shut up idiot, I'll eat whatever I want." Tsukki hits him back and grabs a slice of cake from the counter.

"You're gonna get...oh hey Yamaguchi! You hungry?" Tsukki doesn't look over at me, instead continues eating. I didn't feel like throwing up again, but I felt drained, and Tsukki would figure it out this time.

"Yeah, sure. I'll just take some cereal." I sit down next to Tsukki at the table, and he stays looking down at his phone.

"So, yall have fun today yesterday? Not too much fun though right?" He winks at me and laughs out loud, handing me the bowl. I laugh back, except Tsukki looks annoyed.

"Shut up Aki." he scoffed and Akiteru pats him on the head. "Love you too, Little Bro." Tsukki tsk-ed at him and he walks off to his room. From any other perspective, you'd think they'd hate each other, but I know they're closer than they seem.

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After we finish breakfast, we headed back into Tsukki's room to just hang out. It was Saturday, so usually, I'd stay another night. He hadn't said much to me for the past hour, we just spent the time we had working on work for math class or playing video games.

After I lost for the 6th time in a row, Tsukki chuckled and looked over at me. His hair was messy and his honey eyes glowed in the sunlight shining through the window. Every day I admire something new about him, whether it be the way he could look good in whatever he wears or the way his voice was deeper in the mornings. I couldn't bring myself to look away from him, so lost in thoughts I hadn't realized I was staring for so long.