Ozora: "When I tried killing myself, my friends stayed in the hospital with me and kept me up. They were my spine when I wasn't strong enough to have one for myself... It's them or nothing for me." Soya: "My problem isn't I always choose my friends, my problem is that my friends love me more than my own parents, YOU mom have ever loved me. So yes, I'd rather die than never see my friends again because they're the only actual family I have." Oracle: "No, my friends don't just "like me" they love me and that's why I have to go because my family needs me. That's something you'd never understand Jason, LOYALTY." Alora: "Dad, you have all these men who are loyal to you because they FEAR you, my friends and I? We're loyal to each other because we love each other and something you and I will never have in this family is love." Easton: "For the longest I thought blood made you family, my friends showed me that wasn't the case." Kenji: "If I would've know that in second grade strangers would've been my family, I would've asked the universe to send them to me sooner. I love my friends, they're my family, that's that." Knox: "Nah man you got it twisted, my friends would've never pulled the shit you just did. They my family and what you just did is the exact reason you'll never be apart of our family." Haines: "They my family and we not taking applications for new members, especially not from weird ass bitches like you. Fuck out my face."

"If I had to die for you to live, I'd die a million times without a question!" "But what you fail to realize is, if you die I die because my world doesn't exist without you!" They were screaming at each other in a tone neither of them dared to use with one another before. It wasn't just screaming though, this was pain, trauma, heartache. But above all else? It was love. _____________________________________________ © Copyright 2022 All work is property of @xoaiki any duplication or reproduction of all or part of the work without explicit permission by the author is illegal. _____________________________________________

"It's so wild to me, all men in my life do is lie to me. And here I was like an idiot, really believing you when you said you were different." She was holding back tears in her eyes, the last thing she'd allow was for him to see her cry after he broke her in more ways than one. "I am if you let me expla-." "Nah, you can have the sorry-ass explanation. You come near me again... Ima kill you, promise you that." _____________________________________________ © Copyright 2022 All work is property of @xoaiki any duplication or reproduction of all or part of the work without explicit permission by the author is illegal. _____________________________________________ #1 HardKnockLife #2 AuthorsNote

"If I had it my way? No, I wouldn't have." He stated blankly. She looked down at her food disappointed in his response, tears stinging her eyes. "Instead," he continued. "I would've properly taken you on dates, had you meet my ma and fall in love with me properly. But since I couldn't do it the way I should've been able to, I can only do it now and hope I don't screw it up. He finished with a sad smile. She looked up smiling, wiping away the tear she let fall, "and what about letting me make you fall for me?" She questioned coming off more excited and curious than she intended it to be. "Since we have an honesty policy and I am forbidden from lying to you, you wouldn't have had to. I've been in love with you since I looked into your eyes, I'm pretty sure that's what would happen every time no matter how we met." _____________________________________________ © Copyright 2022 All work is property of @xoaiki any duplication or reproduction of all or part of the work without explicit permission by the author is illegal. _____________________________________________ #1 authorsnote #1 hazel eyes