If a person knows another person ever since they were children that always stuck together until they reached the teenager years, still attached at the hip, you get to know people really well, all the good, and the bad, despite how much anyone tried to hide it… So Hop’s sudden change in attitude, from giving everything his 200% to maybe an 80% was worrying, definitely, it was concerning to see the usually so bright boy look as if he had a raining cloud over his head all the time, even if he always dismissed it with a grin that felt like cold and hard plastic

“I’ll catch up later! You go on ahead!”

Hop declared with a wobbly smile as he buried his hands into the pockets of his jacket, even if he looked as if he was awkwardly fiddling with his own fingers underneath the fabric… Why did I he suddenly not wanna come? He was ALWAYS the first one to get anywhere at anytime, but he had suddenly been so hesitant to just… Hang out.. Why?