The characters and the drama is not mine. And trust me, I'm making no money with this story.

" When life offers you a dream beyond any of your expectations, it's unreasonable to grieve when it comes to an end...."

Ren woke up feeling cold. It took him only a few seconds to realize he was alone in his bed.

Yamato wasn't in the apartment.

But Ren wasn't worried. Yamato was supposed to go home and change this morning. They were after all graduating today.

He dressed unhurriedly, for once happy that Kaoruko had to go to work early.

She'd promised to come to the graduation ceremony later.

He was surprised to be in school before Yamato got there, but wrote it off on Yamato's mother fussing over him.

However by the time the ceremony begun he'd gotten worried. There was no sign of Yamato anywhere. And the rest of their crew was growing restless.

The ceremony went by, 3-D looking unusually subdued without their second leader.

Ren fished out his phone as soon as they left the gymnasium.

" Moshi-moshi."

" Is Yamato there?"

" No. Kazama-kun, right?"

" Yes."

" Yamato went to study. His plane left an hour ago."

Later Ren couldn't remember putting away his phone. Nor leaving the school. He could vaguely remember a copious amount of alcohol, but only vaguely. He could remember coldness. The sound of water somewhere close. And darkness.

He wasn't sure how he got home, why he was even there, or even why he was still breathing.

Yamato had left, without as much as a word.

Ren felt like someone had pulled the world from under him.

Everything he'd known, hoped for and planned had changed in a moment, and now he was left without a direction.

Most of all Ren felt lost.