Isn't that right Yuuki?

My shoes were broken, my mother had bought them from the lady who lived across the street, her children had grown up, but the lady still kept her things from when they were young, even if they were in bad shape, that's why if I needed something she would sell it to my mother, it made it easy for my mom, all the time she was out of the house and she didn't have too much time to spend on me.

No matter how hard I tried washing them, they always looked dirty, the laces were starting to come undone, the shoes had little holes in them and the bottoms were coming off, I had those shoes for two years, from when I was ten to my twelfth, the lady across the street was already much older than the shoes, so she died naturally, it may sound insensitive, without further ado the first thing that came to my mind at that time was to ask my mother for new shoes, when I asked her for necessary things she didn't say no, she just nodded, many times she forgot and nodded again, as if she was an empty shell.

I was very happy with my new shiny shoes, I ran to show them to Akira who always felt sorry for the broken shoes, we called them soldiers of many battles, we were both delighted by the shoes and quickly made many drawings on them with colored markers, I guess my happiness caught the attention of the group.

-Let me go!- Reiko held my hands with Kimiye, Akira tried to attack Daiki, but Yuta held Hikaru's arm and Ryo hit him in the nose, when I saw Akira's nose with blood I froze and started to tremble, one after another tear fell on my shirt, I could hear Ryo and Daiki's disgusting laugh.

-Don't hit Akira anymore, Yuuki will be good, won't you Yuuki? Daiki's face at that moment I will never forget, his smile, his face, his voice, everything about him terrified me, and I hated him.

I nodded, and when I did I felt like an empty shell, like my mother.

Daiki took off my shoes and the girls let go of me, I ran to Akira.

-L... L... L... I'm sorry Hikaru, I'm s... e... e... e... so sorry- I kept shaking, Akira covered his nose and took my hand to reassure me, I wanted to hug him, but we both would have done much worse, his little gesture and his reassurance made me calm down, they threw me the shoes with the laces cut, big holes that probably had been made by a razor, and.... Dai written in blood, Akira's blood -I'm fine, don't worry, I'll give you my shoes so you won't be sad- Akira smiled at me even though his nose hurt, he stayed with me.

Once they left I hugged Akira and cried in his arms as if I was going to die, he cried silently while caressing my head, of course it hurt me that after a long time I got decent shoes and they didn't last a day, Akira gave me his shoes and used the broken ones, we both slept together that day and I didn't let go of his hand, I clenched my fist and for a moment, I wanted them all to die to be happy only with Akira.

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