「約束と信頼」
「Promises and Trust」

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A new promise. A new trust.

Make a promise with someone and you trust them to full fill their promise. So in short, every promise have it's own trust. That's why once you break a promise, you will also break their trust to make a new promise with you.

When someone break the promise, it feels like they had betray your trust. They promised that they will do this or anything, but in the end they forget about it or make excuse.

Telling that they have something to do. Telling that they can't join us cause reasons. Sure they may have some reason that they can't help but to break the promise. But there's type of people who break the promise, didn't say anything and act innocent.

The time we ask them why, the simple and normal answer, "I forgot."

That's why, when there's promise, there's trust. When trust is built, then betrayal will find a it's time to show up.

••••

Urata yawn as he walk to school. The brunette decided to walk to school rather than his brother sent him. Besides, his house and school just 15 minutes away. Though his older brother offer him to sent him to school, the short brunette still want to walk.

Walking pass a small playground, Urata stop his track and look at the playground. Staring at it while he can see an image of him, Amatsuki, Mafumafu, Sakata and a black hair boy play around there. He narrow his eyes and bit his lip as a memory played in his mind.

"You... Don't hate us?"

"Why would we?"

A small albino, brunette and redhead looked at the two older kids. An emerald eye brunette and a black hair smiled at them.

"We won't hurt you, I promise."

"Pro-Promise? What is that?"

"Uh... Nii-chan once said to me that promise is something we.. um..."

"Like this..." The black hair boy bent down and look at the redhead, "Can I know your name?"

"Sa-Sakata..."

"Ah, such a cute name you have." He smile.

"Thank you. Umm... What about you?"

"Call me Atsushi and that's Urata. So, Sakata. Point out your pinky finger like this." The boy named Atsushi pointed out his pinky finger. The small redhead followed the action, curious what will the older boy do. Amatsuki and Mafu slowly went to Sakata's side to see it too.

"Now..." He interwinded his pinky finger with Sakata's, "I promise you that me and Uratan will always protect the three of you no matter what and always stays by your side." The three awed causing the two to chuckled.

"Seems you three never had someone to promise you something like this." Urata patted the albino's head.

"No.... Only our family who wants to protect us... But..."

"Didn't I promise you that the two of us will protect you?" They looked at him, "From now on, we will be your guardians."

"Urata!!"

He turn to see a purple hair male walk towards him with a tall blonde beside him. Urata give them a small smile and wave at him.

"Morning Shima-kun, Senra."

Shima glance at the playground before turn to the brunette, "You're thinking about something?"

"Nope. Just... Feel nostalgic everytime I walk pass this old playground..."

"Ah, the playground where you and him firstly met the three." Senra smile softly as the brunette just hum in reply. Urata sigh before he start to walk towards school. Shima and Senra share looks then they follow him from behind.

The two are having a conversation while Urata just walk ahead without any words. His green eyes keep on staring at the ground with his hands in his pocket.

Stay by their side...

Urata look up.

You break that promise, Atsushi...

••••

"Morning, Ama-chan, Saka-chan, Mafu-chan."

The three look at Soraru. They blink and look at each other.

"Did... You just..."

"What? Greet and give you nicknames?" Soraru cross his arms and chuckle, "So what? Those nicknames are cute."

"B-But it's not necessary to put '-chan'..." Sakata blush as the two nod in agreement, "Just call us by our names... It's enough." Soraru tap his chin.

"How about no? I've heard this school... No. The whole town, give you three a nickname. So, what's wrong for me to give you some? Besides I don't really give people nicknames."

"The whole town..." Mafu mumble as quiet as he can. But somehow Soraru manage to hear it. The older blush as he heard the albino's voice for the first time.

"Your voice is.. cute and interesting." Mafu look up and blush before mumbled a small 'eh', "You should talk often in public... But... Knowing the reason they bullied you..."

"My voice is sounded like a girl..."

"That's why I said it's interesting." Soraru rub his neck, "I never hear a cu-I mean a boy like you have interesting voice."

"T-Thanks...? I guess..."

"Your welcome."

"Soraru-san, do you mind to have lunch with us? Wait... Ah, just forget it..." Amatsuki slap his own cheeks with his hands.

"Hm? Lunch with you? Of course. So you three and Urata often lunch together?"

Sakata nod, "Not just Ura-san... We... Also had befriend with some kind people like you..."

"You three deserve kindness and friends..." Soraru blush and mumbled, "Maybe a bit of love too..."

"Lo-Love?"

"Well-" Before Soraru could say anything, the school bell rings, "Ah... We should go to our class now..."

"Yeah..." Sakata look down.

"Class..." Mafu sigh.

"Can I not go to classes?" Amatsuki rub his face.

"That bad huh... You want me to walk you to your classes?" The three look at him before shook their head.

"We don't want to bother you!"

"But I think... It will make our situation worst... I'm so sorry..."

"It's okay, Soraru-san. We can walk to our class. Don't worry."

Look at three make Soraru sigh in defeat, "Ok... Just if anything happens... Just inform me okay? I will protect you three."

"O-Okay... Bye bye Soraru-san. See you at lunch." They wave at the raven hair as he walk away from them. As Soraru disappear from their sight, they share look.

"Are you sure we can trust him?"

"I don't know, Ama-chan..."

"Maybe... We should walk towards class right now..."

"Yeah... See you at lunch, Sakatan, Ama-chan."

"Bye bye..."

"Later Mafudon..."

The three of them part away, head to their own classes. For the first time, other than their friends and Urata, someone want to walk them to class. Especially that someone is a handsome and ikemen type. Soraru probably already got some fangirls. So it's kinda dangerous for them. It can make their situation more worst.

The school already hate them for having red eyes, so if they're close with him, the girls can have a new reason to hate them. All they wanted is to finish their studies and end-I mean leave the town.

Soraru-san... I want to trust you... But I don't know if I really trust you... I just afraid that you will turn your back on us... I just afraid that you will betray us... But your word... Your kind words... You didn't insult me and the others when we firstly met... Are you... Really sincerely accept us be in this world?

Soraru-san, you're such a kind and nice person... I never met anyone like you... You're the first one beside our friends, who talk to me in public... Even if when we first met I didn't say anything towards you... You somehow understand what I'm trying to say... Why.. why's the world isn't like you and the others...?

Soraru-san give us nicknames? Why... He's too... Too kind... I never thought he will be this kind... But we can't trust him too much... But he said he will protect us... Just like him... But why Soraru-san want to protect us? Why... Can we trust him? What if he betray us? Or worst.... He will leave us like him?

••••

"I'm impressed how you can get along with the three immediately."

"What do you mean Kashitarou?"

Soraru look at the tall brunette. Kashitarou lean at his chair and put both his hands behind his head. He hum before he pull his chair and sit near the raven hair's table.

"Well... Despite you're new here... And you only told me that you want to protect them... It impressed me."

"....."

"Besides... It's not easy to earn their trust. They had been betrayed countless of times. So the three had a serious major trust issues. So, if they seems to not trust you fully, don't be offended."

"I won't and let me guess... You're one of their friends?"

Kashitarou nod, "But I know them because Amatsuki-kun had once help me. So rather than they have horrible attitude like the rumors, surprisingly they all are... Kind and generous. Especially Sakata-kun."

"The town really hate them huh..."

"Yeah... Besides, I feel grateful that you want to protect them too. At least I'm not alone in this class who accept them." He grin.

"Oh and also... How long Urata-kun know them?"

"Well... He had been protect them since their childhood. So between us... Urata is the only one who's their childhood friend."

"I see..."

"But..."

"But?"

"There's actually another one..."

"What do you mean, another one?"

"Well... It's actually their sensitive topic. Urata never mentioned his name but only said that he and this boy had protect them."

"....."

"But let's just put it aside even if we're curious. It's up to them if they want to tell us or no. We should wait for the right time for them to tell exactly what happened to the boy."

"You're right... Forcing them won't help..."

"And Soraru..."

"Hm?"

Kashitarou look at Soraru for a while before he shook his head. "Never mind... I forgot what to say."

"Huh? Oh, Kashitarou-"

"Kashi, just fine."

"Well, Kashi, since you're friends with the three... Where do you guys often lunch?"

The taller male blink. He look around and lean to Soraru, "Uh... Behind the gym. There's not lot of students over there... So we decided to lunch there instead. Besides, it even a bit peaceful over there."

"Why not at the rooftop?"

"We have once, but only to get in trouble... There's some students are also having lunch there... So to avoid trouble, we find a new spot."

Soraru nod in understanding. Then the teacher enter the class, make Kashitarou immediately went back to his place. Through the lesson, Soraru can't focus. He did some quick sketch in his notebook and look outside.

He narrow his eyes as he spot Mafumafu sat at the bench while his classmates having p.e. The albino seems to write something in his small notebook before one of his classmates purposely throw the ball at him. It hit Mafu's head, causing him to let go of his notebook and he hold his head.

Soraru frown as he saw they're laughing at the albino. Mafumafu took his notebook and walk away from his laughing classmates with his bangs covered his eyes. Then they stop laughing and run away. Soraru raise his eyebrow in confuse before noticed that Urata is there with his hands at his hips.

Soraru sigh in relief and chuckle as the brunette give them a glare before he immediately be soft and concern towards the albino. The raven hair wonder if the short male had split personality. In one second, he can change from scary to a caring older brother.

Urata really is an interesting person.

••••

Trust...

A word that hard to believe.

Trust is like... No... It's really a fragile glass.

We put the fragile glass on top of something, making sure to prevent it from falling and shattered into pieces.

Like trust, we put our trust into someone, to making sure they won't let it shatter into pieces.

But ever you wonder, putting the glass on something isn't strong enough?

One wrong move, the glass will fall and shatter.

One wrong move...

Trust will be replaced by betrayal...

And that's how...

The series of major trust issues and betrayal begins.

No one will ever know what happened next.

Only the fate knows.

••••

Okokokokokokok so,

Yuina honestly write Amatsuki, Mafumafu and Sakata's thoughts about Soraru while listening to Ayano's Theory Of Happiness and depressed and suicide theme songs-

So now Yuina will go to her hole because listen to suicide theme songs.

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