Chapter 28: Fading Lines ( 28 )
As Satomi disappeared up the stairs, the house fell quiet again. Kyouko stood still in the kitchen, her hand resting lightly on the counter, replaying her daughter's words in her mind.
"Just be friends with him."
"Friends...?" she whispered to herself.
Friends don't sit shoulder to shoulder under the stars, wrapped in a silence that feels warmer than any conversation.
Friends don't hold each other that close.
Friends don't let their hands rest on places only lovers should touch.
Friends don't cry into each other's arms...
...and they certainly don't look at lips the way he did that night.
Kyouko touched her own lips, her eyes unfocused.
They hadn't kissed. She had stopped it before it went too far.
But something did happen—something you can't undo.