Ohayo, mina-san.

...Gomenasai for the gloomy posts lately.

So much has happened in the matter of just ONE day...because...Sakana-san and I decided to confront our special friend about her recent behavior.  It's heartbreaking...because now...Takeshi-san, no...Yoshi-kun is hurting even after the confrontation.  It hurts, you know.  And because of that, I just concentrate on whatever I'm supposed to be doing now...  I couldn't sleep last night for some time, so I just talked to people online.  When I finally fell asleep, most of my good buddies had already fallen asleep--hours before I could.  I wanted to talk to Yoshi-kun about everything...but he doesn't really go on Facebook all that much.

More than anything in the world now, the most distractive things in Life...are friends.  Having them around isn't bad at all.  It's really a gift from Life itself, a blessing, and a treasure to behold.  They are priceless, and the memories you have with them? Gems.  Gems without tags.

Yoshi-kun*...Otou-san, I want to tell you that you mean so much to us Girls here.  We trust you, and I'm sorry we couldn't tell you anything up until now.  I was so afraid that if we did tell you the truth, of why things turned out to be the way they are now, you might run away or something.  Disappear.  I should've let Sakana-san tell you the other way when you were driving us back to the University campus--but I got scared and stopped her.  I didn't want you to know...because you're a good person.  You're probably one of the kindest people Yoko-chan has ever met in her entire life, so kind--that it hurts.  You seem to have no fear of what might happen to you or how it will affect you in school.  Gomen...  I even wonder if by now, you were told the truth.  It's not up to me to tell you.  It's up to that special friend of ours.

I don't regret meeting you, Yoshi-kun.

In fact, I think even though you might blame yourself, you don't regret meeting us either.

You know, Otou-san...yesterday was probably the longest day of my life...that I had probably spent with friends.  The tense atmosphere, the gray clouds, the wind...everything.

Though things may be different now between all of us, I want us to be happy.

So, I don't know...  Are you hurting?

It's hard to concentrate in school nowadays because of what's happened.  But we have no one to blame, there's nothing really...  It was the inevitable.  It was bound to happen one way or another.

Friends are bound to have problems.

The point of Life is overcoming your fears and obstacles.

If we were able to overcome these two things now, that's "true friendship" there.

Things are a bit shaky now, but I don't want you to worry too much, Otou-san.

You need to start worrying about yourself more often.  If you don't, you might get into a tough spot where it's hard to get up from.  You're too...kind.  You have to think for yourself more often.

Because not only is the current situation hurting me and the Girls--but the fact that you were caught up in this, the fact that you even cared--maybe a bit too caring...is hurting us too.

The situation really "woke" me up that...Family was merely a title for us all.  It was really a world of "pretend."  "Otou-san" is a given title to you by us, but you're not really a real otou-san, Yoshi-kun.  Please remember that.  We're all really just college students...and we're all around the same age.  But it's really fun to play that "Family" game, and not only that, it brought us all closer to one another too.  Nevertheless, I guess even though they're all just "titles"...if we're really a Family...then, we are.

Arigato, Otou-san.  Because of you, I've learned a lot about myself, from the situation, and about the friends I have around me.  I've learned a lot about Yoshi-kun too, you, really.  Who would've known that one JSA meeting, the moment when I pointed out your existence and having you vacuumed into our lives--would've come to this point? XD No one, really.

Keep smiling :)



-Yoko