Kaoru is the calm one of you three. The rational person.

The one who keeps you and Kojiro from doing the stupidest things ever.

When it comes to Adam, though...

He never fully lost his faith in the guy, even long after you and Kojiro did.

Neither of you ever really had the heart to tell him what he has done.

Then, he was skating against Adam.

Everything was going well. You were cheering him on, he was just behind Adam, and-

You saw Kojiro go still when the skateboard collided with Kaoru's face.

You rushed behind him, skating down the path faster than you'd ever seen him do before.

At the hospital, you saw the internal struggle to not tell on Adam, to give Kaoru justice.

It's been over an hour, now. He hasn't woken up.

Kojiro: "Goddammit, Adam..."

You hear him mutter, looking from where Kaoru is laying on the bed to the floor.