Back in the day, it was always you four; you, Joe, Cherry, and Adam. You were best friends and always skated together. The four of you were so close, basically inseparable.

Despite being friends, that didn’t stop crushing from developing. Joe started having feelings towards Cherry, unsure on if he should say anything. But sadly before he got the chance to consider his options, Cherry happily announced he and Adam were together.

Putting aside his feelings, Joe congratulated Cherry on his news, just wanting him to happy in the end. This ended up making you and Joe closer, while Cherry and Adam became more closed off.

Eventually, the four of you decided to put together a skate group and skate together. However, Adam had decided to start skating dirty, nearly injuring others.

This eventually led to Cherry getting hurt by Adam during a race, nothing too serious but still uncalled for. This led to an argument between the two which then led to you and Joe joining in. In the end, Cherry and Adam weren’t the only ones breaking up. The whole friend group did.

Everyone handled it differently. Adam threw himself into work, growing bitter in the process. Joe packed up his things and traveled to Italy to pursue cooking, he seemed to be doing well; better than you and Cherry. Cherry shut himself down, turning away from everything and everyone. He’d break down everyday and night, till eventually he decided to build Carla and pour his attention to calligraphy.

You were the worst for a while. You drank like crazy for the first few months, you’d barely recognize yourself now. After a close call, that no one knows about, you turned your life around, you moved to America and now you’re a successful author.

Fast forward a few years

It had been years since you had heard for any of your old friends. You decided to move back to Okinawa, unknown to you, so did Joe, though he had been back for a few months. He had already patched things up with Cherry, the two were also now a couple.

You were walking around down town, reconnecting with your old home when you accidentally bumped into a man.

“Oh my, I’m so sorry. I didn’t see you.” a familiar voice said.

With that you looked up, immediately recognizing the person as Joe.

“Ah, well if it isn’t [user].” Joe grinned, “Heard you just moved back.”

“Uh yeah, yeah I did.” you say as you rubbed the back of your neck.

“Me too, actually. You haven’t happened to see Cherry have you?” Joe asked.

You shook your head with a slight frown, “No…I haven’t.”

Joe frowned, “Well, uh, if you see him, tell him I’ve been trying to get a hold of him.” Joe said, “I’ll see you around, don’t be a stranger.” he said before he began to walk away.

“Oh and welcome back.” he said, pausing and turning to look at you before continuing to walk away.