Author's pov

"Seems like I found you", Cera said smiling brightly looking at Taiga from the corner of her eyes, the raven haired boy turned to her direction shocked, his eyes which were red and fluffy from crying were wide and mouth hung open, there were  tear stains on his cheeks. He blinked a few times not believing she's here for real, thinking he's just hallucinating, He want time to stop so he can stay with her... The girl he trust with his life... The girl who make him feel safe... Loved... Cared for... The girl who understand his silence... The girl who can feel his pain... The girl who can read him like a open book... The girl who have a special place in his heart... the girl who's more than just a friend to him... no she's not his girlfriend... She's his best friend...  And no he never caught feelings for her... But still she's special to him... When the realisation hit him he didn't spare a moment to hug Cera tightly and started sobbing hard, letting out all the pain and hurt he's feeling, the pain was not physical but emotional... the feeling of being left alone... the feeling of loosing someone he love dearly... the feeling of being... broken... empty... No one can understand what he's going through right now... Only she can... For the world he is just another evil who's a supporter of his brother.. the one who helps his brother in his bad deeds... For the world he's just a cold hearted person... Or we can say heartless for this world... But for her he's just a boy full of insecurity... Fears... A heart who loves dearly... A soul that cares more than it should... Although he might seems to be strong but deep down she knows he's scared too... He's a brother who's always scared to lose his little brother... He's a friend who lost the only person he trust with his life... But now that she's in front of him, he don't wanna let her go... He want to let it all out... All the pain he's been holding inside for soo long... He want to cry out all the pain... He don't want to let go of her... After all these years of being alone he have found his only shoulder to lean on...

Meanwhile, Cera started rubbing circles on his back trying to comfort him, she knows no words can help at the moment, only the comfortable silence, that's what needed at the moment, "C-Cera he-", Taiga tried to say but she shushed him , "don't say anything, I know already, just let it out", she said in a clam and soothing voice, " how can he do that to me", taiga said between sobs, his tears socking in her shirt but she could not care less. The girl kept quite, she was short of words, she don't know how to answer his question, how can he do that, the same question was repeating in her mind. How can he be so cruel? He wasn't like this before, her mind was occupied with these thoughts, she wants to talk to Gabu about all this, she needs to talk about this to Gabu. He has already caused enough harm. She can't let him do it any further.

After about half an hour Taiga calmed down and pulled away wiping his face with his hands, "Thank you Cera for being here for me", He said giving her a genuine smile, "take that back you idiot, we don't say thank you to our best friend",she said slightly punching Taiga's arm,  pouting, "ok ok I'm sorry I take that back", he said letting out a chuckle, making her hit his arm again. "Where were you after you left that day?", Taiga asked looking in Cera's eyes, " I- a place I can't leave even if I want", she said looking down, " Cera look at me please", Taiga said lifting her chin up, his eyes show pure concern for her, "why can't you leave that place?", He asked calmly, "Taiga, there are things in this world which are very wrong which can destroy this world as well as ours, just know I'm a part of them and I can't do anything about it, just prevent it for sometime", she said in a serious yet scared tone, "promise me you won't tell anyone about this, not even kyoichi",  she said holding both his hands in hers, " I promise", he said looking in her eyes, "but why were you here?",  "my best friend needed me so I have to be  by his side no matter what", she said giving him a warm smile, "and how did you know I was here?", he asked raising one eyebrow, "well you know.. just followed my heart", she said giggling, "I told her", kyoichi's voice came from behind them, they turned around and saw kyoichi getting off the lift, "yeah he told me too", she said rolling her eyes dramatically making Taiga laugh, "so he's your heart that you followed" ,he said between laughters, " are you making fun of me", Cera said huffing folding her arms over her chest , "no love he's just saying I'm your heart", kyoichi said sitting next to Cera, "oh yeah that's true", she said giggling, "you never fail to make me laugh", taiga said putting one arm around Cera's neck squeezing it lightly, "ahem ahem", Cera and taiga looked at kyoichi, and if stares could kill Taiga would be dead by now, " OOO someone is jealous", Taiga said taking off his hand off Cera's shoulder. And the little evil Cera is, she took Taiga's arm and put it around her waist, resting her head in his shoulder, trying to compress her laughter, "you're such a tease Miss Sakamaki", taiga whispered in her ears, "I'm out", kyoichi said getting up, both the best friends busted into fits laughter as Cera ran towards kyoichi hugging him to stop him from leaving, " I'm sorry I'm sorry", she keeps murmuring while laughing. Kyoichi pulled away looking in another direction, " aww is Mr Shido mad at his girlfriend?", Cera asked innocently moving in front of him, just then kyoichi grabbed both her arms and pinned her to the nearest wall, " don't you ever try to make me jealous again miss Cera or I won't hesitate to make sure everyone knows who you belong to", he said dangerously burning holes in her soul with his stare, " eeh cheesy couple", taiga said from his place, "shut it", both Cera and kyoichi said in unison then the trio breaking out in fits of laughter again, "oh my god what just happened", Cera said between laughters, "why are we laughing",  she added, "I don't know", taiga said between his laughter, " we're going insan", kyoichi added.

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