#osana x taro kinda? i guess lol

[isara0408]

Warning: Taro has the Aishi condition, also called Yamada condition in this universe. Ayano and Taro switched places along with the rivals and suitors! :D Enjoy! An emotional moment between Osana and Taro.

Taro nibbled on a strawberry Mochi that Osana's mother made for them for their sleepover. His dull eyes stared at the Mochi he was eating with a blank expression. Osana was sitting next to him, eating one as well while watching a movie. Hanako was already asleep. She was lying down next to Taro, having her head resting on a pillow. Her hair was loosened, and she was wearing her pink pajamas that had a pattern of baby bunnies with carrots. Something her mother gave her for Christmas.

"What university do you plan to go after you graduate high school?"Osana spoke, breaking the silence between them.

"Akademi. I got accepted. I got an email about it a few days ago."Taro replied and returned to eating the Mochi. Osana swallowed the last piece and smiled softly at her childhood friend with excitement,"Akademi? Is it the one that Kusha Corporation built?"

Taro nodded.

"I heard that ,that school is funded very well and a lot of students go there to save some money. I saw pictures of it on my phone, and it's quite gorgeous."Osana reached out and grabbed another Mochi,"I'm glad you got accepted, Taro. You're a smart guy. I know that you'll do great there. Soon, I'll join you there. How does that sound?"

"Cool."Taro mumbled quietly, keeping his eyes on the floor with a blank expression.

Osana's eyes stared at her childhood friend. Her smile slowly faded from her lips. With a sad expression, she glanced down at her lap,"Maybe when you enter Akademi, you can make new friends-"

"I don't think so. People don't understand me. As always, they will just distant themselves from me because of my condition. It's nothing new."Taro protested, shaking his head and finishing his Mochi. Osana frowned sadly from the negative response,"But you'll never know. Maybe someone will genuinely want to be your friend."

"Hm..."

Osana sighed deeply with irritation and grinned her teeth,"Look, Taro, you will eventually have to make friends. Friends who will be there for you like I am. Hanako will have to make friends as well."

"How?"Taro glanced over at Osana with the same blank expression on his face,"People always distant themselves once they realize I'm not like them. I don't express my emotions like them. Once they notice how dull I am, they leave. It happened every single time. I'm not lucky like you, Osana. I can't make friends the way you do. Maybe I was meant to be alone with this condition. It's something I can't escape, no matter what I do." Osana listened to Taro's words as her irritation disappeared, but was replaced with sadness once again,"Oh Taro..."Osana muttered, placing her hand on top of his,"Sometimes I wish I could take that condition away from you. For you to live a normal life without that empty and hollow feeling you have. I just feel so useless whenever I can't help you with what you're feeling, with what you're going through, and can't express well. I don't want you to be alone..."Osana spoke as her eyes crowded up with tears.

Taro noticed Osana's eyes crowding up with tears.

"I don't know how it feels to have your condition. I don't understand how it feels to have that empty and hollow feelings you have in your chest that you can't get rid of. Your father told me a lot about it while we grew up together. Many of those things scared me..."Osana explained, remembering the times of Taro's father explaining to her the possibilities of endings for Taro and what happened with their ancestors,"Along with Hanako. She can end up the same way."Osana mumbled as tears escaped her eyes while her gaze lowered. Taro watched his childhood friend quietly sob, not wanting to wake up Hanako from her slumber. He glanced down at Hanako, who was sound asleep. His hand reached out and gently stroked her head.

"Your father told me that... a few of your ancestors killed themselves because of this condition. They had everything in life, but that hollow feeling never left them... and a way for them to escape it was to take their own lives. One of them shot themselves in the head, another hang themself, another jumped off a building, another took poison, another told their own child to take kill them off..."Osana revealed to Taro as her quiet sobbing continued. Tears continued to escape her eyes as some rolled down to her chin and fell onto her pajamas shorts,"I don't want that to happen to you..."

"Osana,"

Osana slowly glanced up and looked at Taro with her eyes still crowding up with tears. Taro stared at her with a blank expression; however, his eyes were crowded with tears as a single tear escaped his eye,"I know what my ancestors did. I know there's a chance of me taking my own life one day if I can't bear this hollow feeling anymore. I know Hanako will do the same if she can't handle it anymore. I know."

Taro held onto Osana's hand,"But it's something I can't prevent. It's something I will do if I want to and need to."

Osana shook her head as she sobbed, clinging onto the hand of her childhood friend,"Please... if you do ever think of doing it, please, don't. I still need you here with me. Hanako will need you. Your mother will need you here with her. I'm here if you need me. I'm here. I promised you that I'll never leave your side. I'll be your friend until the end. I want to keep that promise until the day I die. I want you here with me. I want us to grow up and see it."Osana reached out and wrapped her arms around Taro tightly, burying her face onto his shoulder,"Please... don't leave me yet."

Taro wrapped his arms around her, listening to her quiet sobs against his ear. He closed his eyes and buried his face onto her shoulder, tightening the hug,"I don't like seeing you cry."Taro whispered quietly,"Stop it."

Osana sniffled,"I can't help it, you idiot..."She gripped onto his pajama shirt as her sobs slowly calmed down. Taro awkwardly patted Osana's head, "Don't call me an idiot, dummy."

A small chuckle escaped her mouth. She pulled away from the embrace and wiped her tears away,"I can if I want to."She talked back with a smile on her lips. The smile faded away seconds after,"But I'm serious, don't leave me yet, okay? I still need you here with me. I still need my cat buddy."Osana reached out and grabbed her phone. She showed Taro that cat charm attached to her phone,"Cat buddies forever, right?"

Taro blankly stared at the cat charm. He reached out and grabbed his phone,"Forever."He showed Osana the black cat charm attached to his phone that was given by her.

Osana smiled brightly at the sight of Taro's black cat charm as her eyes shined as bright as a star.