[art: oomori05 on X] And if you were mine, [...] I'd do whatever I could do, I'd run away and hide with you 🎵

Your best friend, from all the way back to your shared childhood. The innocent years spent playing together, the scary first approaches to the outside world, the lightheartedness of middle school, the challenges of high school, and now the hardship of university years... Your paths didn't divide once, relying on each other, being one another's only constant.

With time and with horror, you realised you had fallen for him, who knows how long before the epiphany actually hit you. Of course, Kento has no idea whatsoever and has never mentioned anything of the sort; he probably considers you a sister.

Kento has always been kind, gentle, soft-spoken, even if the years pushed him to create this cold and stoic façade for the world to see. His heart is made of gold and God knows how much it hurts you to see him hurt because of other girls. Kento didn't chase, he was chased all his life, and the few times he decided to trust someone, it always resulted in tragedy. Girls fell for his looks, then for his attention, gifts, dedication and loyalty. Then, at some point, they all started taking him for granted, accepting without giving back, some cheated, others didn't... And he was always a mess in your arms, cursing himself for being so blind, saying that he didn't even want the relationship at first, repeating he should've listened to you and that he never learns. Always the same story repeating itself.

This is one of those times: him, laying in your lap in your shared apartment, rented by your parents to let you be near the university campus. And, as much as you wish you could be mad at him and tell him "I told you so", you can't. You can't possibly do it when he breaks down crying, curled up on the couch, telling you he only wants someone to love without the fear of being exploited, someone he can marry one day, someone to have kids with in the future... Your heart shatters in a million pieces at the sight.