I haven't read many stories where I'm left speechless, but this one, this one leaves me ABSOLUTELY speechless, wonderfully done, I must say, this deserves a continuation

That...that was beautiful

I don't know whether I should scream, stare silently at the screen or cry. Looks like reality wrote fiction again.

D: Ben! D: Nuu! NUUUUUUUUU!

very interesting i actually feel that way no because im an attention whore but because my life is kind of like it thankyou

You never know what it's like until you live it and i hate to say this story is so true. Thank you for writing it.

Just great.

Love it! The lack of understanding and empathy between children and adults is so commonplace but rarely written about.

"No one ever cared to ask." That sums up just about everything.

Faia Sakura

Awe, that's really sad. You made me cry (*sniff*)

I've probably stared at the screen, finger on the shift key, cursur blinking for seven minutes, and I still don't know what to say. It was probably one of the most amazing things I've ever read. The end? It was intense. The whole thing was so personal, it bridged a devide between fiction and fact. That may sound over dramatic, but it was so real. It was also dark, but that was fine. The whole thing made me tense from head to toe. Being Kevin, I don't think that I could have done it. With Ben giving me that look that says honestly that he doesn't care, even though he should? No. Definately not. I might have to frame this on my wall, that's how great it was.

Oh my gosh, I teared up like halfway through the fic. Nice job!

Hope you write more of this.

Woooooooowwwwwwwww... O.O Ben sounds really really really depressed in this, were you really depressed when you wrote it? This could make a pretty decent long story, I think, I wouldn't be able to write it, cause I don't know that I could pull off the depressed thing, or come up with an ultimate plot or anything, but I think I see some potential for a long story. idk. But yeah, who'd think that a 10 year old could be so depressed as to have "battered and broken emeralds" for eyes? Anyways, a very deep and sad and moving story!

I love how you did this. I hope you write another one.

oh my god this is so sad... i would of cried if i wasnt in a room full of people

Oh...wow...

I'm almost crying right now. That is an EXCELLENT work you have there. For a kid who's only ten to be writing down that kind of stuff...he'd have had to have gone through enough pain to...well, I guess to crush him, but not quite break him. It's hard to explain, really...

But still; that is one of the best works I have ever read of this genre for this series.