Mafu was walking to school with Amatsuki and Sakata. The redhead said that his brother seemed really busy and hasn't been home that much.

Mafu could see how Sakata wishes he could hang out with his brother again. They were slowly getting rid of the awkwardness surrounding them. They were starting to go back to their usual selves, all the teasing and joking around.

Soraru still hasn't been joining them during lunch and leaves the school early. Mafu was beginning to doubt the raven-haired male, he was wondering if Soraru still even liked him. He doesn't hang out with us at all now. After first Mafu reasoned that it's because he has to worry about getting enrolled in the college he decided but now he isn't sure if that's the reason any.

"Hey.....isn't that Soraru?"

Amatsuki had noticed the raven-haired a bit before but he wasn't sure if he should tell the two. The brunette decided to and pointed at the person standing ahead of them, talking to Kana.

"Why's he with Kana?"

Sakata was confused at the sight. He turned to look at Mafu with a worried look as the albino just stared at the two in front. So Soraru does......

"Well see ya." Soraru said to Kana as he walked into the school.

The girl just sighed as she watched him walk away. He really hasn't changed at all. She was glad that the raven-haired didn't hate her as much as before. She was about to walk into the school when she noticed Mafu and the other two standing nearby.

She had meet the albino's gaze and stared at him for a few seconds before looking away with a neutral expression. Well this seems like it'll be fun.

"Mafu?" Sakata called out the albino's name in a worried tone as Mafu just looked down.

"I-I'm fine." Mafu smiled at them as the two still didn't believe him.

"Come on, we're going to be late if we don't hurry up."

They walk to their classroom was silent, no one bothered to say anything during the walk. Mafu was already beginning to doubt his boyfriend, so hearing the hallway chatter and gossip didn't help at all.

"Hey I saw Soraru talk to Kana by the gates."
"He seemed to enjoy talking to her."
"Could they be dating?"
"Does that mean he broke up with Mafu?"
"What if he's cheating on Mafu?"
"He's a delinquent so I wouldn't put hurting Mafu past him.
"As if he ever cared about anyone."
"I was beginning to wonder when he'd dump the freak."
"Poor Mafu."
"So once again Soraru is just a cold, heartless person. Not surprised at all."

The three of them hated hearing them talk bad about Soraru, but after what happened they don't know how to feel. They couldn't tell between the truth and lies, Sakata felt like the image of his brother was slowly drifting away.

Senra was sitting in his desk, trying to ignore all the rumors and false information spreading around the classroom as he waited for the others to arrive. He looked up to see the three finally enter the classroom and gave the albino a pitiful look when he saw Mafu's expression.

"Hey guys." He waved at them, trying to make things sound a bit cheerful to make the albino cheer up.

"Hi Senra." Sakata replied back to the blonde with a weak smile.

They sat down, the albino turned his head to look at the wall. Class went by, the four couldn't focus at all since their thoughts decided to focus on another thing.

Of course that one thing that they keep thinking about to is none other than Soraru. They were back to how they were in the beginning of the school year, Soraru not bothering to look at them as they didn't try to talk to him.

All our hard work of getting him to open up to us has gone out the window. Amatsuki thought as they barely listened to the lesson. The three would occasionally sneak small glances at the albino that was zoning out at the window, concerning looks on their faces.

The bell rang, snapping the four of them out of their daze as they began to pack up to go home. Lunchtime today was just as awkward as before, the other three heard the rumors and looked at the albino with a worried expression.

Mafu was starting to get annoyed a bit, he knew they were just looking out for him and was happy to know they care about him, but he didn't like how they treated him as if he was something made out of glass and ready to break at any given moment.

"Well, we don't have school tomorrow so how about we all go to Mafu's house." Shima said as he looked at the albino for his approval.

Mafu just nodded in response to the purple-haired male.

"Then it's decided." Sakata said as he saw his brother ahead of them.

His smile disappeared as he saw a girl walk next to the raven-haired male, who looked like he was ignoring her.

"Who's that?"

The others looked to where the redhead was pointing at as they saw the raven-haired male. Mafu stayed silent as the others began to panic a little.

"A-Ah, Mafu! I have something at my house I need to show you. It's Gochiusa related." Amatsuki said as he dragged the albino, who stumbled a bit because of the sudden force.

The two walked the other way as the others followed. The girl had noticed them and smiled once she saw the group left.

"Please go out with me~"

Soraru just glared at her, he was annoyed about her presence.

"I mean you're not dating anyone, your ex boyfriend didn't say anything."

"Mafu's not my ex."

"Yes he is. You guys broke up."

"That's a rumor, and as usual it's not true."

"Even so, come on~ I'm so much prettier than him."

"You say that now but no matter how sly you are that makeup is going to wash away after ten years and everyone will see how fake you are." The girl had a shock expression on her face as the cold, harsh, brutal words left the raven-haired's mouth. She glared at the raven-haired male before smacking his arm.

"You're such a fucking asshole!" She barked before stomping off in the distance.

"Takes one to know one." Soraru mumbled as he rubbed the arm that was hit.

He then looked at where the guys were before, just a bit more and then...... The raven-haired sighed as he looked at his phone when he felt like he received a text. If they hate me then that would be better.......it'd be easier. He put his earbuds in and headed towards his house.

Sakata had arrived back home late, he had been with the others the whole day as they tried to cheer up Mafu. The moment he entered the house, he noticed the sweet, tasty scent of something delicious coming from the kitchen. He went to see a plate of food for him, niichan probably cooked it for me....

Sakata felt conflicted on whether he should be happy or sad at the gesture. He could tell that Soraru wasn't home at the moment so he ate the food by himself and went to tale a shower before going to sleep.

It was late at night, probably 11:00 pm, when the raven-haired male had finally arrived. He had come home from school to do his homework and cook for Sakata before heading out for work. He was mentally and physically exhausted from today's event.

He noticed the finished plate on the coffee table and was smiled sadly as he reminded himself that he had left his brother alone. Soraru went to the redhead's room and slowly opened the door, not to cause any noise, to see Sakata asleep.

He sadly smiled to himself as he walked to the redhead. He gave him a small kiss on his head as he left the room. Sorry Sakata, you and the others were really important to me. Goodbye.

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Mafu was laying in his bed, he had no energy to get up at all. His thoughts get going back and forth, they had been getting more and more negative as the days went by.

Soraru probably hates me. He probably wants to break up with me but doesn't because the others will be mad. Soraru probably lost all interest in me and that's why he's talking to Kana.

He rolled over on his bed so his face was buried in his pillow. Tears were slowly making their way into his eyes and he furiously blinked them away.

The others said they'd come by. They had planned to hang out in the albino's home but, he'd rather lock himself in his room alone at the moment.

He heard the doorbell ring, there they are, but he still stayed in his bed. His phone lit up as he saw messages from his friends. Mafu sighed and got up to open the door for them. He plastered on a fake smile as he greeted the others.

"Hi guys."

"Mafu couldn't you open the door a bit quicker." Amatsuki pouted as the albino just sheepishly laughed.

"Ah, I was still asleep." A small lie escaped his mouth, they shouldn't worry.

"This is why you're a shut-in." Urata mumbled as they entered the albino's comfortable home.

"Where's Sakata?" Mafu noticed that the redhead wasn't with them.

"Probably still asleep, just like you." Shima thought out loud as Mafu looked at Urata questionably.

"You didn't come with him?" The brunette looked away as he glared at the wall.

"Uh, I don't think it's a good idea for Urata to see Soraru." Kashitarou said.

At the mention of the raven-haired male, Mafu's fake smile faltered a bit.

"A-Ah right."

"Mafu....." Amatsuki was hesitant, he was carefully choosing his words.

"I-I think you should b-break u-up with S-Soraru...."

Mafu snapped his head as he looked at his brunette friend. The albino stood frozen still, the guys were silent as they waited for Mafu's reaction.

"I still think you guys should reconsider this." Senra mumbled to himself as he watched the scene.

I don't think this would be good for the both of them. I think Soraru still cares about Mafu. The blonde was against the idea but decided to not say anything to the others about his disagreement. We don't need anymore fights within our group.

The blonde snapped his head to look at Mafu as the albino spoke in a shaking tone, tears began to fill his eyes.

"I-I-I t-t-think s-so t-too...."

The others had shocked expression on their faces, they didn't think the albino would agree with the idea.

"S-S-Soraru probably d-doesn't l-like m-me anymore..."

Amatsuki quickly went to the albino's side and tried to comfort him as Mafu finally let all the tears he's been holding in escape his eyes. Urata was distraught at the sight of seeing his albino friend cry. And the one who made him cry is that delinquent.

Urata was vivid, he has had enough of the raven-haired's bullshit actions, and fiercely got up from his seat, startling the purple-haired male next to him.

"E-Eh? Urata where are you going?" Shima asked as the others turned to see the brunette head towards the door.

"To give that fucking delinquent a piece of my mind!" Urata was pissed, he didn't care anymore and wanted nothing more than to so badly punch Soraru.

"W-Wait, t-this isn't a good idea!" Senra exclaimed, but his pleads were ignored by the frustrated brunette.

Urata opened the door, but his angered expression soon changed to worry when he saw a crying Sakata greet him.

"Now what did that fucking delinquent do this time!?" Sakata threw himself onto the brunette as Urata wrapped his arm around him.

"N-N-Niichan i-isn't h-home."

"He's probably at work." Kashitarou said as Sakata cried even harder.

"N-No, n-n-niichan i-isn't h-home. H-He's g-g-gone...."

As those stuttering words left the redhead's mouth, everyone in the room froze. Mafu widened his eyes as they all stared at the redhead, who was still crying into Urata's shirt.

"N-N-Niichan l-l-left, a-and h-he w-won't c-come b-back."

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A/n

I honestly almost cried while writing this இ_இ
I SWEAR that they'll be happy eventually, the book is about to end so..... (though I'm kinda sad at the thought)

Side note: wonder if anyone figured out the SoraMafu Roki reference~

Hope you guys liked this chapter (⊙﹏⊙✿)