Fake Smiles

Lesson Num. 2

When Ayu left me, I felt that everyone was blaming me about letting the ship sink, as if I wanted for "us" to fail.

It was horrible. I didn't want anyone else to feel that.

It felt like I had no one I could trust. Like all of my friends had abandoned me somehow.

Kiyoko and Ami were there for me though.

I told Ami how I felt. At the time I didn't feel any sort of joy or happiness. Just sadness. 

"I don't have any friends," I said. "They all attacked me. They're just assuming that I did everything wrong, like Ayu-San didn't do anything."

Ami did her best to comfort me. "Then you speak to them," she replied. " She told me to speak up for myself, and to get them to understand me.

That was Lesson Num. 2