I was always your smile || An anime love story

Chapter 20: Our End Is Just The Beginning

"Jun's leaving!" 😰 Ryo yells to me with such a sour face. I tilt my head, confused by what he's meaning to say. "Leaving? Already? You mean he came?"

"No! He's leaving, leaving. Jun's about to board the flight for America." Eri explains. My eyes widens with fear. 😧 "Wha. . .?"

Junnie: "Woof, woof!"

Ryo: "Let's go!"

Eri takes my hand and I look back at the crew. They all gesture me to go as if already knowing all about this.

~A day ago, Jun's POV~

"I'm sorry, I've already made my decision." I say with a bow to Parm's staffs. "Does Katsumi know about all of this?" Natsumi asks. I shake my head. "And don't tell her."

"But Jun! I thought you guys were a thing!" Natsumi stares dumbfounded. "Wouldn't she be hurt? Not just as a best friend but as a women?" Maki adds in.

"It's her choice to decide on that, whether she comes fetch me or not. But either way, I'm planning on leaving for good. Thank you for taking care of me." I say my last goodbye with a bow then walk out the door.

~End, Katsumi's POV~

Seeing their faces like that, I stare in confusion but Eri's arm pulls me and I don't have time to think. We get into Ryo's car and I can't sit still. My hands shake as I get scared I might never see Jun again without even telling him I still like him. So many memories shows up on my mind from the very minute we had met.

~Years ago~

I stare at the guy in the back corner. His eyes shows such hatred and loneliness that it makes me think of my old self. I stand up from my seat and walk over as we're the only ones in the classroom after school ending. I had just came back from getting my forgotten things. "Hi! I'm Katsumi!" I greet myself but all he does in return is stand up and walk away. "I don't care." Was all the words that comes out of his mouth.

My friend comes to me and sees that I've been talking to him and tells me to stay away from him. "He gives everyone that stink eye, don't bother with people like him." But I was more determined now to try to fix that hatred of his.

The next morning, I walk out of my house and find the guy getting out of his house and realize that we live right across from each other. I blink a couple of times but then start walking. "Morning! I'm Katsumi!" I wave but he doesn't answer, the exact response I knew he would do.

So day after day, when I get the chance, even across the hall when we pass by, I greet him and tell him my name, not that he cares but I keep doing that same thing.

One Saturday morning, I got up more earlier than usual and find the guy running out of his house. Curious, I run and follow him. Minutes later, I find myself at a dark alley and slowly walk in. Then right there, in the corner was him crying.

My eyes fill with sorrow as I can feel his pain. He notices but doesn't say anything. I bend down and take the scarf around me then wrap it around him, seeing that he looks cold. "Hi, I'm Katsumi. I am fourteen years old and I have lots of friends, but no one true friend. I'm a bright and smiling person as you can tell but, even I have my sad times. . . Everything is going to be okay."

". . .As if." He scoffs.

Katsumi: "Well maybe not now but it will overtime. I used to be just like you, and you'll have much bigger problems when you grow up, that's why you need a friend to help you through it all."

Jun: "Friends are betrayers."

Katsumi: "Well fake friends are but not real friends."

Then he stands up and leaves. I can tell he's in some tough times but that wasn't going to get me to give up. So everyday, I start talking to him more and more instead of just greeting him and saying my name. I stay by his side a lot and as days and weeks passes, he starts talking bit by bit and I learn his name.

"Wow, can I call you junk? You it matches our name! Jun and Katsumi, Junk!" But then a flick comes to my forehead. "Ow!" I groan in pain and Jun starts laughing. I stop everything and stare at him, seeing for the first time that he's smiling and laughing. 😳 "You laughed! Oh my gosh! You laughed! Yes! Mission accomplished!" 😄😄

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That next day, I come across some bullies but Jun comes in the rescue.

15 years old comes and we're growing but by bit. People at school even teases us as girlfriends and boyfriends. Jun also starts getting close to students around him and he starts opening up more to me.

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At sixteen years old, we're much closer now, learning about our weaknesses and how pains. Then one day, Jun brings me to an amusement park.

Looking slowly over, there seem to be a dead body so I quickly screamed so loud. "You know we're just 5 feet inside the building right?" He asks. 😒 I turn around and sure enough, the entrance door was just about 5 feet behind us. "Oh." 😅

After the haunted house, we ride the Ferris wheel and we make a promise to each other.

"I promise to always be your best friend! And never leave your side!" I promise him and held out my pinkie. Jun gave me that annoying rolling eyes, but this time it was with a smile. "You're so childish." He says that but he still tangled his pinkie around mine. "Yay!" I beamed.

But the next thing I know, Jun moves to the States.

The plane flew away as I watch it go from the window and I can feel Jun looking from his airplane window as well even though I couldn't see him.

'Goodbye Jun...Let's meet again...' 😔🙂

~End of Flashback~

The minute the car stops, I instantly open it and run out of the door. Jun, please, please. Don't leave yet you Junk! Please! I pray so hard as I'm running in these heels of mine. From afar, I can see his private plane. It's so far though. "Jun! Jun!" I call his name but he doesn't hear.

Knowing that I can't run far with the heels on, I take them off as quickly as possible and drop them then run again but faster. "Jun wait! Please!" Tears flows from my screaming and desperateness. 😭 "Jun!" I scream as loud as I can but I feel I can't reach him.

"Kat!" I then hear his familiar voice. Jun then runs over to me and I fall to my knees in relief that I'm not too late. "You jerk. . ." I look up at him with eyes still crying and get up. My arms reach for his neck and I pull him into a hug. "I like you. . .I still like you. . ."

Jun then pulls away and my heart sinks, feeling that his feelings can't return but instead, I'm pulled into a kiss on the lips. . .for the first time.

That was the end of our friendship, and our beginning of our relationship. We've been through so much together and now we're finally able to confess to one another without the other leaving for some years.

I finally found someone Mom. . . That was your wish wasn't it? 😶😊