-Satoshi-

"Wh-What are you talking about, Tsubasa-san?"

Her face was cold and frozen while people bumped into her and chattered.

"...You heard me, Satoshi," she said, avoiding my stare. "When we get to a certain age, we...just stop aging,"

My heart twisted and turned. I practically stumbled to the ground in shock. How...is that possible? All living things age... What about Haruka? Does this mean even if we were to be friends forever, she would take it literally while I crumbled and turned to dust?

My body told me to take off and run home. I dodged all the people on the street, hearing them mumble about how I must've been crazy or insane.

I didn't hear Tsubasa try to stop me, which, in a way, I wanted her to...

-Haruka-

"You...You told him?!" My face crinkled up like paper and water began to stream down my face.

H-How could she, my only older sister, do this to me?? I fell to the ground, cradling myself. I hated this person, I hated myself. Why couldn't I have been in a normal family, not with these curses and twisted life.

"Haruka..." I heard Tsubasa say in pity.

She pulled me up and looked at me.

"I...used to like someone, and we were happy for the time being, but as he grew older, I stayed the same. On his death bed was where he said he'd love me no matter what I was," I could feel the jumping motion of Onee-san hiccuping in sorrow.

"You don't know how much I hated myself, but it took me a while to understand that even if I died, he wouldn't like that...More like, he'd hate me for it,"

"O-Onee-san,"

She wiped a tear from my eye and gave a smirk.

"I don't want you to get your most beloved thing taken away like that and I'm sure Satoshi will accept that part of you too,"

I ran out the house, with wind spreading my tears. I took my forearm up to my face and rubbed the tears away.

"Satoshi-san..."

-Satoshi-

It felt like my lungs were about to burst when I got home. My face felt cold to the touch and breathing hurt.

"Eternity, huh?" I whispered.

The door suddenly slammed open and I heard shoes attack the ground with echoes.

"Satoshi-san!"

"Ha-Haruka?"

She stood there breathing heavely as well. Her face was stern and serious.

"Satoshi-san," she cracked a smile at me. She lept forward and tackled onto me with a chuckle.

"Can we still be friends?" she asked.

I stood there, surprised, but nodded anyways.

"Let's be friends forever..." I whispered as I hugged her gently.

Fin

(The reason why Haruka and Satoshi didn't kiss or anything was because the sequel to this kind of is like a more romantic version of this)